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Portland, Oregon, United States

- Congressional Engagement (detail March 2023 - July 2023): Created and analyzed data models and developed recommendations for practice improvements.- Urban Agriculture: Contributed to group analysis of performance indicators with national impact.- Supervising a nationwide, remote team of realty specialists and administrative staff.- Leading a team of realty professionals managing a portfolio of over fifty simultaneous real property acquisitions, representing millions of dollars in public expenditures.- Participating in leadership and managerial direction of a federal agency national headquarters branch.- Managing complex, multi-year, Branch-wide projects, monitoring progress and making adjustments to meet timelines and strategic goals.- Devised and implemented a program to utilize a novel procurement method, reducing due diligence service procurement timelines by 50%.- Consulting with Agency leadership regarding the implementation of national programs and the attendant dissemination of new or updated policy guidance.- Liaising with Agency leadership, leadership of national industry groups, and leadership of state agencies to ensure maximum awareness and efficacy of Agency programs. - Representing controversial Agency positions to external stakeholders with tact.

Portland, Oregon

• Realty: supports a federal agency regarding realty issues for conservation easements from application to closing and monitoring; reviews deeds and title reports for compliance with law and program policy

Armenia

• Organizational Development: devised and guided implementation of unique solutions to issues of financial sustainability and organizational capacity ; trained local counterparts on financial reporting and organizational governance• Volunteer Advisory Council: chaired volunteer-staff liaison committee; represented volunteers’ interests before staff• HIV/AIDS Initiative: led efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS in Armenia; organized and evaluated HIV/AIDS training for local medical professionals, ultimately reaching over 13,000 individuals

Cincinnati, Oh

• Transactional Law: negotiated, reviewed, and drafted a wide variety of contractual agreements; drafted contract terms for domestic and international commercial transactions; assumed primary responsibility for negotiating terms of an eight-figure private equity investment• Corporate Law: directly advised businesses of all sizes on corporate legal matters; formed domestic and international business entities; worked as a part of a team to complete mergers and acquisitions deals, including a nine-figure multi-national transaction• Healthcare Law: advised clients on Joint Commission compliance; helped solve complex dilemmas related to the Stark and Anti-Kickback laws; performed legal research relating to participation in Medicare and Medicaid

Williamsburg, Va

Research Assistance: assisted with research involving contract law, civil fraud, and the Uniform Commercial Code; updated treatise on commercial transactions

Provided legal research services (not including advice or representation) to College students, faculty, and staff. Managed office of approximately 20 part-time volunteer staff. Served as liaison with student government.

Taught conversational English at the university level to Foreign Language and Tourism majors.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: William & Mary Law ReviewTop 19% of class.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Pi Sigma Alpha - Political Science Honorary