I assisted a dynamic team to provide strategic guidance to high-profile leaders in government, the military, and the corporate world. BlueDot developed focused, results oriented strategies that played to clients’ strengths and provide measurable results. Regular tasks included social media and website management, internal and client content creation (press releases, op-eds, proposals), subscriber/client management and acquisition, scheduling, and company HR/payroll management.BlueDot Strategies closed in August 2022, but our skills and abilities included, but were not limited to: - Results-oriented, actionable strategic communications plans and research - Strategic counsel - Identifying thought-leadership opportunities and engagement - Traditional and social media engagement - Partnership development and engagement

• Soundly implemented the Commander’s program’s military personnel and family outreach and overall effectiveness and efficiency with sound judgement and initiative by coordinating work and family life consultation services.• Expert in resource and referral data collected from sources such as MCCS, MFLCs, Financial Counselors, Chaplains, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, and local services’ education programs, for family resiliency, morale, and mission capability.• Officially communicated with families regularly on behalf of the Commander, utilizing a variety of media and social media outlets, while ensuring compliance with applicable military regulations, laws and response protocols, the satisfaction of participants, and the effective resolution of any problems that arose.• Assisted over 300 senior leaders, departmental staff and personnel with their duties and responsibilities, adhering to safety regulations, military standards and government policies, for the purpose of reaching optimal squadron performance targets.• Developed and facilitated briefings such as pre-deployment, post-deployment reintegration and decompression, safety stand downs, Command functions, memorials and mandated career development to audiences of up to 350 of all ranks and authority.• Recruited, trained, and supervised family volunteers for special functions and unit support.• Managed two separate budgets, each reaching between $5,000 and $25,000 annually from unit fundraising and military funds, and maintained records of financial details for Command review.• Maintained and reported monthly unit personnel numbers, fund use, trends, and individual challenges to higher Command for evaluation of programs utilized and supported.• Completed over 215 hours of government-required/-issued training with completion certificates from Prime for Life, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Franklin Covey® programs, Six Sigma Green Belt Training, MCCS and DoD programming,

• Controlled pre- and on-site logistics and registration of the Annual Meeting (5,000+ attendees with registration revenue over $800K and sponsor donations close to $1M), Mid-Winter Educational Symposium (annual; 400+ attendees), NIH Educational Symposium (annual; 100-200 attendees), education workshops (2-5 per year; 50-100 attendees), board meetings (2 per year; 40 attendees) and webinars (20+ per year, 5-200 attendees); issued reports on registration numbers and revenue to all directors, CFO and CEO every 3 days.• Wrote vendor proposals and requested, reviewed and edited vendors contracts, with final approval from Director and CEO.• Handled all meeting room space requests, banquet event orders, audio-visual orders and any short-notice on-site logistics.• Coordinated VIP/faculty/staff program registration, special event registration, sleeping rooms and accommodations. • Assisted in signage design, document and program design, and email blasts and mailers to market events to members and non-members. • Directly oversaw summer interns, temporary employees, and new hires to the department and relating departments, delegating tasks appropriate to or in alignment with their scope of work.

• Planned and actualized 5 high-level forums for Fortune 1000 executives from across the globe; tasks included on-site logistics, client support, attendee check-in, and onsite client schedule changes at events for over 125 attendees per event. • Contracted 14 events for 2012 and 2013 within the U.S. and U.K.• Strategically developed 40 property and vendor proposals, wrote 7 contracts, and analyzed and revised over 14 received property and vendor contracts to company specifications.• Assisted in the formulation of a $100,000 budget per event with the company president to include property rental, hotel room costs, catering, vendor rentals and employee travel.• Re-developed the company’s web-based event management system to track attendee and sponsor registration, communication, and participation for use towards future programs. Assisted in the growth of company CRM to track company’s communication with current and future clients and sponsors.• Edited and distributed over 50 communication pieces to attendees and potential attendees regarding program material and continuing education achievement.• Delegated departmental tasks by supervising department staff and interns with regular meetings and statements of work, and governed staff responsibilities at all events.

• Controlled pre- and on-site logistics and registration of the Annual Meeting (5,000+ attendees with registration revenue over $800K and sponsor donations close to $1M), Mid-Winter Educational Symposium (annual; 400+ attendees), NIH Educational Symposium (annual; 100-200 attendees), education workshops (2-5 per year; 50-100 attendees), board meetings (2 per year; 40 attendees) and webinars (20+ per year, 5-200 attendees); issued reports on registration numbers and revenue to all directors, CFO and CEO every 3 days.• Wrote vendor proposals and requested, reviewed and edited vendors contracts, with final approval from Director and CEO.• Handled all meeting room space requests, banquet event orders, audio-visual orders and any short-notice on-site logistics.• Coordinated VIP/faculty/staff program registration, special event registration, sleeping rooms and accommodations. • Assisted in signage design, document and program design, and email blasts and mailers to market events to members and non-members. • Directly oversaw summer interns, temporary employees, and new hires to the department, delegating tasks appropriate to or in alignment with their scope of work.Promotions: started as Meeting Coordinator, Jan 2007; promoted to Meeting Planner, March 2008; promoted to Meeting Manager, February 2009; promoted to Meetings and Registration Manager, March 2010.

• Planned and executed the week-long traditional Greek Week event for the University of Maryland Greek community made up of ~3,000 University students.• Co-manned and delegated tasks to a committee of ten students, overseen by three graduate student advisers from the University Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life (OFSL).• Created relationships with various campus offices and departments as well as off-campus companies and individuals to successfully execute sanctioned events from speaking engagements to fundraising efforts to a campus-wide scavenger hunt.• Earned 7 college credits

• Supervised by the Event Planner at the Washington, D.C. branch of the Business Journal located in Arlington, VA, shadowing the planner on events, site visits and networking events.• Supplemented the Subscriptions Department by researching area university business schools who could benefit from the Journal • Compiled spreadsheets of individuals nominated for annual Journal awards and put together nomination book for Publisher and Editor to look through to determine Journal winners for events, specifically Women Who Mean Business, Top Small Businesses, and Washington's Top Lawyers.• Earned 4 college credits