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Tacoma, Wa, Us

Spokane, Washington

● Responsible for advising the commander on future operations, planning, and executing current operations as it relates to mission requirements● Responsible for presenting courses of action to the commander in accordance to the military decision-making process● Prepare products to make data-driven decisions in a complex and dynamic environment● Responsible for building relationships with higher (JTF) and co-working Task Forces to support mission requirements outside our direct chain of command.● Contributed to the National Guards’ COVID-19 Response efforts that have yielded 34 million pounds of food distributed, 160,000 test kits created, 53,000 completed contact tracing assignments, 12,000 unemployment applications verified, and 15,000 people tested for COVID-19● As a Platoon Leader, directly engaged with civilian and military personnel to help stand up largest food producing National Guard warehouse in the country alongside Food Lifeline in Seattle● In Seattle, managed up to 70 personnel and packaged and distributed food for Washingtonians

Washington, United States

● Raised over $120,000 for a Spokane virtual fundraiser featuring Doug Emhoff and other regional elected officials● Worked to establish and schedule events with elected officials from WA State and served as part of the “networking” team● Worked as a Phonebank Captain, Trainer, and Virtual Staging Location Director to work with teammates to organize calls into key battleground states● Election Day netted 231,000 GOTV calls to Minnesota, contributed to the 1.13 million calls from expansion states in the first half of the day, and helped facilitate over 600 volunteers over the day

Colfax, Wa

Worked on creating the county wide ordinances covering use, sale and zoning of projects. Makes decisions and delivers recommendations regarding zoning law and strategic planning for the county to the Board of Commissioners. Communicating to residents regarding current and future policy relating to planning.

Pullman, Washington

● Responsible for legislative advocacy and action at the local, University, State, and Federal level● Winner of the 2020 President’s Leadership Award● Prepared internal and external communications● Prepared talking points to be used on complex pieces of legislation● As a member of the S&A Fees committee, responsible for working collaboratively to allocate $8,310,693● Wrote briefing memos for internal and external stakeholders on complex legislation● Continuing relationships with sitting legislators and working with them, staff, other lobbyists, and interest groups to build coalitions around policy● Hired and managed office staff and 8 Directors, and three internal committees, sat on four University committees● Full time lobbyist at the State level, and lead and coordinated multiple visits to DC to advocate at the federal level● Helped manage a budget of over $600,000 and spearheaded several projects including creating a fulltime TA position for Health-related projects, a package of Student Safety Projects, including “Immigration and Citizenship Status” as a protected class in EP 15, and more● Legislation worked on included: Title IX (HB 2327), Abortion access for students (HB 2252), Tenant rights (SB 6378/6379), Comprehensive Sex-Ed (SB 6175), Undocumented Student Loan Program (HB 2801), Military education access, and more.● Created/managed University wide projects specifically targeting sexual assault prevention, mental health, and protecting underprivileged groups● Worked directly with ASWSU and administration and was the author and originator of the Grocery Assistance Program developed in response to COVID-19

Pullman, Wa

Board member on 1.) Pullman Board of Adjustment, and 2.) Pullman Police Advisory CommitteeWebpages:http://www.pullman-wa.gov/city-council-boards/city-boards/board-of-adjustmenthttp://www.pullman-wa.gov/city-council-boards/city-boards/police-advisory-committee

Pullman, Washington

$29 million bond for the local regional hospital

Pullman, Wa

Candidate for Washington's 9th Legislative District #LD09● Raised and managed a budget of over $85,000, with two paid employees, and 20 interns● Developed relationships with multiple elected officials, interest groups, and lobbyists● Led and coordinated the development of an internship program with 20 interns that were given weekly trainings, leadership development, and graded coursework, complete with the evaluations of individual interns● Executed a districtwide communications strategy● Created a state-of-the-art digital communications plan reaching hundreds of thousands of residents

Marysville, Wa

-Promoted to Sergeant in NOV 2013-Officer Candidate as of NOV 2016-Organized multiple foreign and domestic civilian and military groups to successfully build a medical addition during a humanitarian aid mission in El Salvador-Secret level clearance-Rated “Among the Best” (highest rating category) for yearly leadership evaluations.-Duty Positions include: Squad leader, Bridge Commander, Physical Training Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge, Advisor to the Commander of Air Assault Operations- Notable Awards: Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year (2013), Commandant's List (Warrior Leader Course), Army Achievement Medal (x2), Air Assault Badge, German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (GOLD), Overseas Training Ribbon, and a General’s Coin of Excellence -Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Mission in El Salvador MAY2015

Pullman, Wa

Dr. Brian Collins Research Group Researching Organic Photo-VoltaicsConstructed cells and helped gather data

Political Science (M.A.), Global Justice And Security Studies, 3.9 Gpa

Bachelor’S Degree, Political Science Pre-Law

Courses also taken in Chemistry, Computer Science, Math to include Calculus II and Linear Algebra, complete Physics for Engineers series.