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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed and successfully launched a Five-Year Strategic Plan for the San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA) in the midst of an organizational change management process. • Supported the Chief Strategic Planning and Budget Officer and other key decision-makers to assess the current state of the organization; its operations, internal/external dynamics, prepared forecasts and presented solutions to achieve growth in key program areas related to affordable housing. • Engaged a coalition of leaders that included, San Francisco Housing Authority staff, City and County agencies, local elected officials, community based organizations, and private developers through a performance analysis to identify strengths and target areas for future growth.

Greater Chicago Area

• Executed reporting to support management and operation of largest health insurer in Illinois. • Assisted teams during business process changes, which included implementing new technologies in order to modernize and better manage operation of the state Medicaid and Medicare programs. • Identified inefficiencies in operation of state health programs and executed solution for remedying.• Utilized Excel and SQL to create a dashboard for implementing and evaluating policies and procedures impacting operation of state Medicaid/Medicare programs and contracted vendors.

Greater Chicago Area

• Assisted in evaluating a billion dollar intervention, the Patient Advocate Medical Home Connection (MHC) program, to determine whether it reduced returns to the Mitchell Emergency Department. • Presented findings from the Patient Advocate MHC program to the UHI management team.

Pasadena, Ca

• Directed policy staff at a consulting firm that specializes in applied research and program evaluation, such as facilitating the strategic planning process at the lowest performing schools in California. • Facilitated multi-year evaluations that incorporated analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, including survey analysis, school case studies, and longitudinal evaluation of achievement data. • Authored more than forty reports related to school reform initiatives, which articulated study design purpose and produced cogent recommendations, which were presented to senior management. • Utilized SPSS and Excel to synthesize a variety of data and drafted applicable recommendations for more than thirty schools and/or districts to implement school improvement efforts annually.• Fostered strong relationships with policy officials at the California Department of Education and leading non-profit organizations in order to disseminate information related to state and federal policy.

Pasadena, Ca

• Utilized SPSS and Excel to synthesize student academic data and drafted applicable recommendations for more than thirty schools and/or districts to implement school improvement efforts annually.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Managed an after-school program that offered tutoring and team sports for more than 200 children. • Supervised youth and adhered to program protocols for creating a safe space for children.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Arranged and supervised a computer literacy and writer’s workshop for thirty children. • Maintained records on student participation in order to evaluate program effectiveness.

Mpp, Social & Economic Policy, Education & Health

Activities and Societies: The Graduate Program in Health Administration & Policy Alumni Project Coordinator

Ba, Political Science