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Waltham, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Make sage advice and counsel available to new Harvard Extension Alumni Association (HEAA) Leadership Team, and assigned Chairs of HEAA Committees, in coordination with awe-inspiring HEAA Office of Advancement Team. Prescribe strategies and directions anticipated to vouchsafe continued success of ongoing programs and predicted to reassure community of alums planned HEAA Board activities will work well. Dossier of programs and activities in 2024-2025 academic year emphasizes lifelong learning and career development, and includes three-pronged series of HEAA Surveys (in particular, continued implementation of HEAA Engagement Survey Networking programs, and launch and implementation of second and third in HEAA Surveys on HEAA Lifetime Learning and Career Development), HEAA Back to the Classroom Initiative, HEAA Annual Report and HEAA Social Media Ambassador Pilot Program.

Cambridge, Ma

Embolden HEAA community, including HEAA Board of Director colleagues, awe-inspiring HEAA Office of Advancement Team and community of alums in the HEAA, in positive, forward-thinking action by depending upon civil, humane, inclusive, problem-solving approach. Study stated purposes and measurable results of current HEAA policies, programs and resources, including available continuing education and career development options. Endorse successful current HEAA policies, programs and resources, suggest improvement as needed, and recommend innovative new solutions responsive to observed conditions and expressed wants and needs of members of our community of alums. Advocate for members of our community of alums to realize lifelong learning dreams for more educational achievement and meaningful career and volunteer placements, and take decisive action to make lifelong learning dreams happen.

Help every member of community of alums in HEAA member feel valued, and respected, as lifelong learners desirous of obtaining more education as well as needed acumen to make positive, constructive contributions to workplaces, civic organizations, and communities to solve pressing social, environmental and economic issues. Work together with HEAA community members to recommend innovative new programs and resources. Contribute to civil, forward-thinking, conversations leading to positive outcomes for community of alums in HEAA numbering more than 15,000 active members.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Willing to share expertise and impart mentoring advice to entrepreneurs with ventures destined to make meaningful societal change. Available to judge accelerator contestants.

Cooperate with faculty and Illinois Community Ambassador colleagues to encourage learners to realize educational and professional success in positive and welcoming online academic community characterized by diverse, equitable, inclusive, respectful and international approach to lifelong learning. Guide students in preparation of digital marketing plans as Course Mentor in Digital Marketing Capstone Course. Highlight innovative uses of 3D printing technology to improve business, human health and society, as 3D Printing Applications Course Mentor. Promote availability and accessibility of Illinois Digital Marketing and 3D Printing Courses and Specializations as Illinois Community Ambassador. Shepherd new blog articles to publication as Project Manager. Spark intellectual discussions in Digital Marketing Scholars Club Forum as Illinois Community Ambassador Team Leader.

Listen to presentations by venture founders in general business and social entrepreneurship, then judge if approved for membership in accelerator. Mentor accelerator members on business best practices. Kindle entrepreneurial spirit with positive advising and social media messaging. Attend demonstration day events.

Appraise content and learning methods included in draft online courses. Forward appraisals to faculty for discussion.

Plan, research and write case studies, content and achievement tests for accredited online courses available from innovative learning company founded by educators from Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Edit subject matter content and grammar in draft versions of courses.

Cambridge, Ma

Evaluated plans of action for participants, then recommended appropriate future steps. Identified noteworthy characteristics in participant plans in written evaluations.

Audited monetary relief awarded to clients recovering from fires, floods and disasters. Documented audit findings in written reports to supervisors. Reconciled hotel receipts for clients adversely affected by Hurricane Maria with available financial data. Began work on draft Fiscal Review training manual.

Generated ideas for new Graduate-Level course for Naval officers on retirement planning. Prepared relevant financial models and examples.

Hired as Master of Business Administration summer intern to develop new strategies to reaffirm educational software company's status as premium brand.Researched and delivered presentations to senior management on essential strategic acquisitions and partnerships to support Jenzabar University, company's customer-centric response to prevailing trend favoring elearning and Massive Online Open Courses. Suggested Jenzabar University as element of new advertising campaign to remind customers of brand's premium quality.Made progress on advertising objectives for Jenzabar software promotion and Request for Proposal (RFP) development. Drafted white paper. Analyzed RFPs by various vendors to identify how Jenzabar can emphasize status as premium brand and successfully secure more software contracts.

Researched and wrote content for modules in accredited online courses in training programs in Leadership, Management and Marketing. Attended meetings to reach agreement on appropriate learning strategies to include.

Responsible for authoring, researching and filing more than 700 clippings on deadline later published in Daily News Tribune, MetroWest Daily News, Boston Herald, College Football Historical Society Newsletter and Patch.com. Composed assigned and enterprise stories, features, sidebars and editorials on various topics, including national and local news, business, technology, education, nonprofit organizations and sports. Prepared copy in accordance with rules for journalistic form available in Associated Press Style Guide. Won, along with members of Daily News Tribune Sports Department, Best Sports Page Award from New England Press Association in 2003.

Asked to research topics on international trade for faculty member, Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment Robert Lawrence. Prepared document collection with research findings for academic conference.

Contributed to successes of Global Supply Management research group. Coded survey questionnaires on procurement topics for response by purchasing and financial executives. Identified "best-in-class" procurement practices from survey responses in reports, bulletins and papers to purchasing and financial executives. Listed as co-author on three reports and bulletins, unnamed contributor to 10 more reports, bulletins and papers. Vouchsafed veracity of financial calculations in work product forwarded to clients at leading commercial and investment banks. Checked correctness of coding language and financial equation functioning for initial survey from custom survey unit.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Improved student chances for academic success in succession of roles--Scribe, Research Assistant and Research Associate. Scribe - Took detailed, copious notes on student classroom participation comments in first- and second-year Master of Business Administration courses taught by two faculty members--Lecturer of Marketing Gail McGovern and Assistant Professor of Business Administration Randolph Cohen. Prepared electronic document with notes on student class participation, then forwarded to faculty for grading.Research Assistant - Co-edited book co-authored by HBS faculty member, Albert J. Weatherhead, Jr. Professor of Business Administration D. Quinn Mills, and Professor of Comparative Economic Systems at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Steven Rosefielde, issued with publication name, Masters of Illusion (Cambridge University Press, 2006). Contributions intended to illuminate best practices in leadership and communication. Research Associate - Researched and co-authored case studies and teaching note on contextual intelligence, identified as characteristic entrepreneurs, managers and leaders need to successfully respond to trends with relevant strategies to reassure stakeholders and customers of future growth. Described contextual intelligence of well-known entrepreneurs, managers and leaders--some controversial-including Chief Executive Officers of General Electric, C.W. Post, Henry Luce, Henry Kaiser, William Levitt, J.R.D. Tata, Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola, Li Ka-Shing, Liz Claiborne, Gordon Bethune, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Provided HBS case study and supplemental research on Gordon Bethune to help with academic text co-authored by Associate Dean and Paul Lawrence Professor or Business Administration Nitin Nohria, Thomas Murphy Lecturer of Business Administration Anthony J. Mayo and Research Associate Mark Rennella, with name at publication, Entrepreneurs, Managers and Leaders (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

Project Second Wave

Belonged to research team honoring Holocaust survivors. Read 15-page surveys completed by Holocaust survivors and control group of contemporaries, then recorded relevant information in Microsoft Access database. Credited in book co-authored by Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Professor of History of Science, Emeritus, Gerald Holton and Dr. Gerhard Sonnert, What Happened To The Children Who Fled Nazi Persecution? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).

Center For American Politics

Aided Center for American Politics Director, Visiting Professor Terri Bimes, with research on appeals to special interest groups in past inaugural speeches by United States Presidents. Scanned speeches into electronic files later burned onto compact disc.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Conducted research to prepare documentary films and companion websites for release. Contributed relevant historical information--including facts, quotes, document text and narrative accounts, and visual imagery--from primary and secondary sources to filmmakers for script storylines. Harvested relevant historical information available in primary and secondary sources for production executive to later post on documentary film websites. Troved through library and archival collections for relevant historical information and visual imagery. Sifted historical data available in primary sources, including autobiographies, newspaper stories, speeches, transcripts of conversations, and government documents, and secondary sources, including history books. Located data later posted on documentary film website for award-winning release, Jimmy Carter, in 2002. Checked quotes and narrative accounts posted on companion websites for more documentary film releases in 2002 and 2003, including The Murder of Emmett Till and The Pill. Vouchsafed veracity of transcribed text of past speeches by United States Presidents on companion websites for multi-episode documentary films released before 2003, in the series, The Presidents. Listed in closing credits of two documentary film releases later in 2003 and 2004--Reconstruction and They Made America.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Processed and indexed public and private papers, document collections and political office files, for ease in reference and access. Preserved for posterity and prepared finding aids for public and private papers and document collections of Washington Post foreign affairs journalist Chalmers Roberts and Presidential biographer Richard Reeves. Created folder-level inventories of boxes of political office files of United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), and United States Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Massachusetts).

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Managed administrative record file document compilation and dissemination activities for Superfund waste site cleanup remedial action decisions in United States Environmental Protection Agency New England (USEPA New England) Office in Boston, Massachusetts. Coded documents according to established legal principles and case law. Created computerized document indexes available for public inspection in USEPA New England Superfund Records Center, and repositories located throughout New England. Supervised employees providing reference support to visitors to USEPA New England Superfund Records Center.

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

Hired to help manage administrative audit function at Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup Northeast Regional Office (MADEP BWSC NERO). Evaluated submittals on immediate and longer-term remedial actions by responsible parties and Licensed Site Professionals (LSPs) for administrative completeness, then input data from administratively complete submittals into MADEP BWSC NERO databases, or advised of documents and technical information missing from original submittal.Passed initial onboarding, including a MADEP BWSC NERO overview of Commonwealth of Massachusetts environmental law and regulations, to prepare to evaluate submittals on immediate and longer-term remedial actions. Input data from administratively complete submittals successfully and correctly into databases. Drafted form letter template to solicit needed documents and technical information from responsible parties and LSPs. Composed, on word processing software, more than 1,000 modified versions of form letter template for delivery by mail.

Hartford, Ct

Chosen for the Travelers Law Department Special Liability Coverage Unit to make coverage determinations for environmental lawsuits and claims against insureds. Adjudged fact scenarios and insurance policy terms and conditions to determine if Travelers had duty to defend or indemnify environmental lawsuits and claims against insureds for more than three years, then voluntarily resigned.Assembled fact scenarios. Asked insureds in inquiry letters to describe past oil and hazardous waste storage and disposal practices. Directed, in consultation with legal counsel, company investigators to research document repositories at government agencies. Interviewed, with guidance from Travelers investigator, former employees of insured with more than 100 environmental lawsuits and claims. Collected fact scenario data for insured with more than 100 environmental law suits in Microsoft Excel database.Evaluated fact scenarios to determine if defense or indemnity coverage existed under terms and conditions of Travelers insurance policies, then after consultation with legal counsel, wrote letters to advise insureds if coverage was available.Supported in house and outside legal counsel after insureds sued Travelers for failing to provide coverage. Responded to discovery requests for information on fact scenarios and copies of Travelers insurance policies and coverage files. Observed progress of coverage litigation. Prepared, in consultation with legal counsel, draft settlement agreement documents.Promoted continuing education and career development of colleagues. Invited Travelers engineer to SLCU to teach colleagues on oil and hazardous waste management and disposal pracitices topics needed to assemble and evaluate fact scenarios.

Courses In Graduate-Level Specialization (Specialization), 3D Printing

Finalized first two courses in Graduate-Level 3D Printing Specialization--3D Printing Revolution and 3D Printing Applications--with.

Graduate-Level Specialization (Specialization), Financial Management

Completed academic preparation for Graduate-Level Financial Management Specialization to achieve greater confidence in making corporate.

Graduate-Level Specialization (Specialization), Essentials Of Corporate Finance

Secured Graduate-Level Specialization by studying financial tools needed by corporate executives to better analyze, then manage.

Graduate-Level Specialization (Specialization), Digital Marketing

Wrapped up six courses in Graduate-Level Specialization in Digital Marketing on topics including co-creation, analytics, content marketing.

Graduate-Level Certificate (Certificate), Online Learning

Enrolled in Graduate-Level Certificate course of study to learn electronic learning principles and practices. Concluded five course.

Online Graduate-Level Courses In Financial Accounting

Took two Financial Accounting courses taught by Professor Brian Bushee, Wharton's Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor of Accounting: Introduction.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Corporate Finance/Brand Mangement

Earned MBA in Management. Maintained Dean's Scholarship throughout program. Excelled in Corporate Finance Specialization Seminar.

Master Of Liberal Arts Degree (Alm) In Government

Received Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) Degree in Government. Studied political economy, ancient and modern political theory.

Online Graduate-Level Course Of Study In Financial Management, E-Cornell

Registered for e-Cornell Financial Management course of study. Rewarded with A grade for successful completion of course assignments.

Courses In Graduate School Of Journalism

Subscribed as Graduate Special Student in three Internship courses directed by Graduate School of Journalism Faculty Member Lincoln McKie..

Courses In Graduate-Level Hazardous Materials Management Certificate Program

Signed up for four courses in Hazardous Waste Management Certificate Program--Hazardous Waste Law, Environmental Chemistry, Introduction.

Courses In Graduate-Level Environmental Studies Program

Managed assignments to successful completion as Graduate Student in three Graduate-Level Environmental Studies Courses--Introduction.

Two Bachelor Of Arts Degrees (Bas), History And International Relations

Graduated with two Bachelor of Arts Degrees in History and International Relations, each magna cum laude. Fulfilled Undergraduate Degree.

Undergraduate Courses, Poetry And Computer Science

Invited, as Waltham High School Senior, to take Poetry Course, January to May 1986. Opted, on break from Tufts University in Summer 1988.

High School Diploma

Studied Arts and Sciences curriculum, including courses in English, History, Sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics), Mathematics.