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• Community, Business and Economic Development Consulting.
• Provide comprehensive community and economic development consulting services to public agencies and private sector organizations.
• Project manager and economic development practitioner with 20 years experience generating new jobs and investments while retaining current businesses and employment for the community.
• Experienced in business attraction/retention, governmental affairs, economic development corporations, private business / governmental liaison, community outreach, economic analysis, and strategic planning.
• Extensive relationships with local experts including economists, attorneys, urban planners, real estate brokers, accountants, researchers, economic developers and community based organizations.
• Projects include: Organizing City of Los Angeles’ construction industry business matchmaking events for over 500 attendees; Assisting Community Build non-profit with required City of Los Angeles Business Inclusion.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

• The Advanced Manufacturing Partnership for Southern California (AMP SoCal) collaborates with organizations in both public and private sectors, across government, academia, and industry, to strengthen the region’s.
• Grow the AMP SoCal consortium and identify partners to help engage the region in activities that support the growth of the A&D industry in Southern California and create jobs.
• Formulate and implement outreach operating practices to encourage small A&D suppliers to join the AMP SoCal consortium. This includes the development and maintenance of the AMP SoCal website in addition to all.
• Create research forums on topics of interest to consortium members from both industry and academia, develop a semi-annual conference to showcase the successes of the consortium, and engage industry and the public.
• Develop and implement workshops, trainings, and webinars to address industry problems in workforce development, new technology, and business assistance so that A&D suppliers have the tools to be successful.
• Coordinate and provide technical assistance to small A&D manufacturers for business growth including hosting semi-annual strategic matchmaking events to introduce small A&D suppliers to OEMs.

Los Angeles

• Responsible for developing policies and programs to assist the 300,000+ small businesses in the nation’s second-largest city. Key areas of focus include City Services, Procurement, and Convening Resources.
• Alongside the Community Development Department (CDD), oversaw the implementation of the City’s redesigned business assistance program, BusinessSource. Responsible for strategy, content, and partnership development of.
• Developed programs related to such areas as job creation, economic development for disadvantaged communities, and access to capital.
• Negotiated and managed strategic partnerships with major corporate partners including Goldman Sachs, UBS, Kiva.org, and Dun & Bradstreet to offer programs that benefit the City’s small businesses.
• Assisted the Executive Director of the Office of Contractor Relations with developing and implementing programs that worked to increase the City’s utilization of small, minority, women and disabled veteran-owned.
• Managed the Mayor’s Small Business Advisory Council which provided guidance to the City on policies and procedures that affect small businesses.

• Lead the Small Business Program for the nation’s second-largest school district.
• Responsibilities included increasing the number of Small Business Enterprise (SBE) firms competing for bond-funded construction, architecture, engineering, and professional services contracts in an effort to meet the.
• Provided referral services to technical assistance, financial, bonding and insurance, and SBE certification services.
• Developed and executed seminars, symposiums, and special events for contractors, architects, engineers, construction management firms, and elected officials to increase competition and promote Owner initiatives.
• Tracked and reported the District’s small business utilization rates for use in evaluating future contractors.
• Reviewed, evaluated, and scored Request for Qualifications and Request for Proposal submissions.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Community and Economic Development Consulting.
• Provide comprehensive community and economic development consulting services to public agencies and private sector organizations.
• Project manager and economic development practitioner with 15 years experience generating new jobs and investments, while retaining current businesses and employment for the community.
• Experienced in business attraction / retention, governmental affairs, economic development corporations, private business / governmental liaison, community outreach, economic analysis and strategic planning.
• Extensive relationships with local experts including economists, attorneys, urban planners, real estate brokers, accountants, researchers, economic developers and community based organizations.
• Recent projects include producing a resource guide of technical assistance providers and funding options available to innovative companies (www.laedc.org/irg) in addition to a gap analysis of workforce, training and.

• The Los Angeles Economy & Jobs Committee (LAEJC) was a blue ribbon task force responsible for helping the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles retain and attract job-creating investments.
• Served as executive director conducting broad-based collection and analysis of key issues, obstacles, and deterrents to business/job attraction and retention in Los Angeles; o executed a comprehensive audit of existing.
• Supervised the work of a research assistant, interns and pro-bono consulting firms.
• Reported directly to the Chairman of the LAEJC, Russell Goldsmith, CEO of City National Bank. To view the final report visit https://www.thelacoalition.com/research/laejc-report-mayor/.

• Provide one-on-one, business assistance services to companies located within the Westside Cities of LA County with the focus to attract, retain and expand businesses, and jobs within the region.
• Act as confidential liaison with city and county officials, business leaders, real estate professionals and other economic development allies such as trade organizations and chambers of commerce to provide a variety of.
• Work as an executive on loan to the newly formed Westside Economic Collaborative (WEC) to strengthen its development. Help the WEC better understand its market, industry clusters and area needs.
• Market to and build relationships with brokers, bankers, building owners, management companies, architects, facility managers, consultants and developers.

• Responsible for identifying opportunities and developing community economic development programs and initiatives to stimulate economic growth.
• Also responsible for management of the LAEDC Business Assistance initiatives designed to improve business opportunities and competitive position of LA County.
• Developed and maintained relationships with over 300 federal, state, county, local and regional professionals.
• Managed implementation of the Job Creation Investment Fund, a $750,000 state funded program to stimulate job creation activities within LA County.
• Awarded two additional grants to supervise workforce and economic development outreach programs throughout various regions of LA County.
• Supervised Department Coordinator and several project based consultants.

Selected as one of 12 Fellows for Southern California. On average only 2% of applicants are selected. Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs is one of the premiere non-academic, full time postgraduate programs in the country. Over the last decade, The Princeton Review has consistently featured the Fellows Program as one of the top 10 internships in the country..

Master Of Leadership

Certificate, Real Estate Development And Finance

Lusk Center for Real Estate, Ross Minority Program in Real Estate (RMPIRE), Summer 2004.

Education record

Bs, Mpa, Public Administration

Activities and Societies: Vice President, Associated Students; Cal State Students Association (CSSA) representative