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• Provides technical direction and advice to component centers in all aspects of budget formulation• Directs FDA-wide formulation of annual budget justifications to HHS, OMB, and Congress• Guides process improvement initiatives for FDA's budget formulation processes• Explains agency budget procedures, identifies potential problem areas or funding shortfalls, and develops and recommends alternative courses of action• Prepares and assists the Commissioner and senior leadership at budgetary meetings and develops talking points• Coordinates FDA responses to internal, HHS, OMB, and Congressional data calls and inquiries• Develops and formulates unique reports that enable FDA components to monitor expenditures relating to operating/payroll/FTEs• Contributes expert technical and budgetary support as well as advice and guidance based on policies and procedures• Advises on budgetary impacts of Agency reorganizations• Oversees the implementation of policies and procedures and assures compliance• Acts as Division Director in their absence including periods of multiple months

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

• Responds to Congressional inquiries and requests by quickly developing proficiency in several unfamiliar, scientific portfolios and coordinating with subject matter experts • Develops funding exhibits such as crosscuts, functional activity tables, and budget initiative requests to support annual budget justifications• Prepares the Center Director for Congressional briefings and hearings and meetings with FDA and HHS leadership by creating briefing books, talking points, and flagging potential questions and answers• Creates and manages yearly and multi-year spendplans for COVID-19 supplemental funding by obtaining needs from office leadership, aligning needs with available funding, legislative allowability and strategic planning, and coordinating review from center leadership• Conducts policy analysis and makes recommendations regarding appropriations- related issues, opportunities, and inquiries• Overhauled branch’s local operating procedures for the main yearly deliverable; created new tracking and change control methods, documented and standardized established practices, and developed more efficient and accurate methodologies-----This significantly reduced time spent on certain tasks, and allowed the team to complete additional in-depth analyses while meeting deliverable timelines.• Develops, implements, and trains others in advanced data analysis capabilities in excel, leading to increased efficiency, less virtual storage burden, and decreased administrative workload• Acts as team lead when needed, directing team work efforts, tracking progress, and ensuring timely delivery of FDA, HHS, and Congressional data calls

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conducted management and program improvement studies for Congress, including: interpreting regulatory guidance, policy, and legislative proposals; drafting reports; evaluating management practices; and documenting audit findings• Spearheaded GAO’s work on cell-cultured meat and fish including drafting and negotiating congressional requests, leading audits of FDA and USDA’s work on labeling, regulation, and coordination, serving as the primary contact for both government and private industry stakeholders, and tracking audit progress for internal and external accountability-----This resulted in increased Congressional interest in GAO conducting real-time audits of current and future issues in the food and agriculture space• Monitored and reported on agency implementation of GAO recommendations, creating reports for senior GAO leadership and Congress• Prepared SES leadership for Congressional Testimony by drafting written testimony, identifying likely questions and providing talking points for the same, and participating in a ‘murder panel’ practice• Led meetings and briefings with senior leadership and congressional clients, providing effective and succinct oral presentations to convey information and reach decisions• Reinstituted GAO’s food and agriculture community of practice, providing background to new analysts, developing strategic planning for related GAO work, and collecting and sharing current events and analysis across audit teams• Created positive working relationships with outside groups, agencies, and audit liaisons while conducting audit work in areas of tension and high political attention

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Researched and drafted memos on intelligence, counterterrorism, homegrown extremism, international relations, and cyber-security to prepare staff and members for hearings• Fulfilled needs of the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism by conducting original research and analysis

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Developed and managed an online terrorism and counterterrorism course with over 10,000 participants• Developed and implemented moderation guidelines for class message boards and content sharing, making decisions when policy was unclear and developing policy to meet future needs• Hired, supervised, and trained teaching assistants

Washington D.C. Metro Area

•Extensively utilized excel and NVIVO to conduct original research and analyses •Identifyied relevant information, patterns, inconsistencies, interdependencies, and potential implications•Worked with Federal Agencies to collect data that aligned with objectives, planning decisions, and needs•Led formal and informal interviews, meetings, and presentations to collect relevant information•Developed and utilized methodologically sound techniques, tools, and processes that are specifically targeted to project requirements

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Attended briefings and committee hearings, and then drafted summary memos for distribution• Conducted Legislative research• Sorted and answered constituent mail and phone calls, drafting form letters as well as custom answers• Answered multi-line phone system, greeted guests, and worked in a front office setting

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Security Studies Program

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Major: Law, Societies, And Justice

Activities and Societies: Swing Kids UW- Vice President UW Flying Huskies- Founder/President Chabad UW- PresidentGraduated Cum Laude.

High School Diploma