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Columbia, Maryland, United States

Columbia, Maryland, United States

Mclean, Virginia, United States

Lead complex project teams to achieve highest standard of service for government clients, with special focus on turning around underperforming teams. Manage all aspects of projects including planning, client and subcontractor relations, recruiting, budgets, and creating reports to facilitate executive decision-making.Clients include:DHS - CBPDHS - CISADHS.

U.S. Embassy - Tbilisi, Georgia

Directed all aspects of community outreach and educational programs including planning, communications, execution, and monitoring and control. Leveraged project management tools to meet short and long-term mission and Department goals and objectives. Managed cultural grant programs including selecting programs that extended mission short- and long-term.

U.S. Embassy - Yerevan, Armenia

• Led a five-person office to plan, execute, and monitor employee and family member and engagement programs. Accomplishments:
• Managed internal communications for staff of over 400 employees using weekly newsletters, social media, and internal channels.
• Site Officer for Secretary of State visit to U.S. Embassy.
• Designed and launched a website to support on-boarding of 60 Foreign Service Officers and their family members per year.
• Designed and delivered training on HR, safety and security, and educational topics.
• Created and managed summer intern program for over 10 students per year.

Yerevan, Armenia

Represented U.S. Embassy families and students on issues of community interest including tuition, budgets, extra-curricular activities, physical plant improvements, staff management, and hiring. Committee representative in faculty interviews. Spearheaded school self-study in preparation for successful 2012 Re-accreditation Audit. IInitiated a parent.

RAF Alconbury, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire, UK

Wrote SAC Annual Report and briefed parents at Annual General Meeting.Represented parents in matters including discipline, testing, curriculum, and extra-curricular activities. Researched and drafted In-School Suspension Policy and Return-to-Sports Policy for injured student athletes. Representative of the School Advisory Committee (SAC) to the.

Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK

• Directed youth and family services for 1 central library and 12 branches. Accomplishments:
• Planned, executed, and monitored over 200 community events per year, including author visits, interactive performances, and maker events.
• Developed and delivered highly popular IT training series.
• Established focus groups to align library offerings with community needs and desires.
• Spearheaded efforts to raise awareness of county family support programs through new social media presence.
• Selected, trained, and managed over 50 interns per summer.

Tallinn, Estonia

Led a 10 member board providing oversight the management of a non-profit institution with an annual budget of approximately €2,000,000. Undertook the creation of the school's first business plan beginning with the drafting of a new strategic plan. Managed School Director hiring process including search, interview process, selection, and final compensation.

U.S. Embassy, Tallinn

• Developed Security Outreach program to share critical information with key U.S. Government partners, U.S. citizens in country, and Embassy staff and families.
• Designed and delivered four Overseas Security Council conferences; worked with local and international partners to identify and recruit expert speakers for keynote speeches and panel discussions.
• Wrote and designed briefing book for visiting support staff preparing for visit of President Bush.
• Managed internal communications for security portfolio, including drafting security notices and other bulletins.
• Redesigned webpages, wrote and curated content on internal and external embassy websites.
• Wrote and edited embassy newsletter for internal and external communities.

Mlis, Library And Information Science

Bachelors Of Arts, Political Science