I serve as the Chief of the Administrative Services Branch in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. OASH oversees the Department’s key public health offices and programs, a number of Presidential and Secretarial advisory committees, 10 regional health offices across the nation, and the Office of the Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.As a part of the OASH Executive Office leadership, I manage a team of Administrative Officers who provide critical business services to over 700 federal employees (civilian and Commissioned Corps Officers) in support of the OASH mission. My duties include analyzing and developing strategic policies, guidelines, and procedures for administrative and management requirements; executing studies of management practices and making recommendations for improvement to practices; and resolving administrative and operational challenges. Additionally, I am the administrator of the OASH/ Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) workforce development program, liaising with OASH offices to support embedded ORISE Fellows.

I am co-founder and CEO of Rue Windsor Holdings (RWH), a real estate development company. RWH’s focus is on growing a portfolio of single-family, multi-unit, and hotel development projects throughout the DMV (Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia), as well as in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Michigan, and Florida.

I served as the Executive Assistant / Administrative Officer for the Office of Workforce Investment (OWI). OWI is responsible for $4 billion in Federal workforce investments. As part of OWI’s front office and management teams, my duties included assisting the OWI Senior Executive/ Administrator with management, administration, and policy development; representing and speaking for the Senior Executive in both formal and informal circumstances; and managing key operational and administrative processes, including human capital management and S&E accounts (travel, supply, training, awards). I managed a number of office-wide initiatives, including Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) programming, professional development, and a US. Department of Health and Human Services / U.S. Department of Labor interagency technical assistance workgroup. I also supervised OWI staff who were responsible for administrative procedures and processes.

I served as the national program lead for various workforce, education, and training initiatives, including Scaling Apprenticeship through Sector-based Strategies Grant Program, America's Promise Job-Driven Training Grant Program, the Strengthening Working Families Initiative, the Ready to Work Partnership Grants, and the Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge (co-sponsored by the Department of Commerce and the Small Business Administration). My activities included responding to requests and inquires from White House and Department of Labor officials, leading grant compliance teams, writing and revising funding opportunity announcements, reviewing grant application packages, developing and implementing communications plans, answering policy questions from the public, coordinating technical assistance activities for program grantees, and collaborating on the development of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) policy guidance.

Rainbow Place provides women with emergency overnight shelter during hypothermia season & helps to transition them to a better quality of life. Board directors provide development, financial, human resources, and governance guidance for the shelter.

I trained HRSA staff and contractors to better utilize technical assistance (TA) resources. As the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for the Bureau of Primary Health Care's (BPHC) largest TA contracts, I also managed approximately $50 million in federal resources. While at BPHC, I led efforts to develop training and technical assistance evaluation, coordinated HRSA-wide training initiatives, conducted training and technical assistance seminars (in-person and online) and managed staff professional development contracts. My acquisitions certifications included COR Level II and Program and Project Management Level I.

As an at-large Presidential Management Fellow, I worked on a number of projects as I rotated throughout the Agency. I rotated with the HHS Office of Global Affairs, where I supported HHS's initiatives in the Americas region (Latin America and the Caribbean). My activities included facilitating communication between HHS Operating Divisions (OpDivs) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); coordinating meetings with OpDiv representatives around substance abuse policy and the US-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality (JAPER); participating in the planning of HHS Health Disparities Summit; and compiling an landscape analysis of HHS activity within the U.S./ Mexico border region.

As an at-large Presidential Management Fellow, I worked on a number of projects as I rotated throughout the Agency. I rotated in the Office of Policy, Planning, and Innovation (OPPI), where my primary duty was to support Agency-wide policy initiatives. My activities included: coordinating the development of SAMHSA’s contribution to the FY 2014 HHS budget justification, compiling data on SAMHSA grants that include Indian tribes as potential grantees, developing a SharePoint site on tribal affairs for SAMHSA staff, representing SAMHSA at the U.S./Mexico Border Health Commission meeting, and participating in appropriations law training.

As an at-large Presidential Management Fellow, I worked on a number of projects as I rotated throughout the Agency. I rotated in the Center for Mental Health Services, where my primary duty was to support the Safe Schools/Healthy Students inter-agency grant program (co-sponsored by the Departments of Education and Justice). My activities included: Co-managing eight grants with a combined FY 2011-2012 budget of $7 million; Participating in budget approval conference calls and follow-up communications with grant project directors; Approving budget changes; Monitoring grant performance; Reviewing contractors’ statement of work and directing work production; Analyzing data on US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency websites in order to compile a special report on HHS children and family support activities for the SAMHSA Deputy Administrator for Operations; Participating in technical review meetings; Coordinating development of the agenda for SAMHSA National Advisory Council meetings; Presenting special project status reports at Branch and intra-agency meetings; Reviewing and evaluating written and oral proposals for multi-million dollar SAMHSA technical assistance and training contracts; Organizing Agency-wide health and fitness meetings and programs as part of the SAMHSA Let’s Move steering committee; Reviewing web content and the organization of web-based information as part of the SAMHSA Bullying Prevention Taskforce.

As an at-large Presidential Management Fellow, I worked on a number of projects as I rotated throughout the Agency. My first rotation was in the Office of Communications, where I provided communications planning and development support by: Reviewing content and writing review memoranda for 11 Agency publications (including treatment advisories for medical professionals; toolkits for educational institutions; and policy and program recommendations for mental health and substance abuse professionals); Developing content and providing editorial support a Native American-focused substance abuse prevention newsletter developed by representatives from SAMHSA, the Department of Justice , the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Participating in the Agency-wide Communications Governance Council workgroups; Editing an Agency communications strategy report; Drafting talking points for a speech given by the SAMHSA Deputy Administrator for Operations; Facilitating a breakout session during an Agency-sponsored workshop; Drafting recommendations for a management system for publications planning and clearance; Formulating a management plan for an Agency-wide publications schedule; Training for Contracting Officer's Technical Representative duties.

I was employed as a research assistant for a multi-university consortium created to promote engagement within the Detroit Public Schools system. My job function was to inventory the current DPS engagement activities of seven area universities. I interviewed university and program officials, attended inter-organizational meetings, conducted analyses on university websites, compiled disparate university data into a centralized spreadsheet format, and provided my successor with a summary briefing of the project status.

I conducted research and analysis on education topics for a policy and advocacy organization affiliated with the Michigan State University Education Policy Center. I conducted phone and in- person interviews with school administrators and staff, collected and analyzed school demographic and assessment data, wrote data summaries that were later included in policy briefs, fielded media inquires related to my research, and gathered pertinent resources for the organization's website.

I supervised Detroit-area teacher interns during their during their post-baccalaureate internship year. Specifically, I:Trained interns in classroom management and curriculum and instruction; Provided educative mentoring and professional development coaching; Acted as a liaison between the university and the placement school; Delivered oral and written guidance to school personnel regarding university policies and procedures; Facilitated individual, small group, and large group meetings with teachers and school administrators; Assessed intern progress using university, school district, and state standards; and Facilitated evaluation meetings with interns and their mentor teachers.

After traveling to Brazil numerous times over 3 years conducting preliminary research, I spent eight consecutive months in Brazil conducting dissertation research on education and career development policies and programs at the federal, university, and community levels. I analyzed governmental and university policy documents, interviewed university administrators, students, and community leaders in Portuguese and English, observed educational programs, presented preliminary findings to American study abroad students, facilitated meetings between American teachers and students and their Brazilian counterparts, and provided career development training to Brazilian secondary and post-secondary students.

I independently taught one section of TE 250: Human Diversity, Power, and Privilege in Social Institutions. I developed a course syllabus under the guidance of a faculty supervisor and utilized various media and technologies to enhance student learning.

I supervised Lansing-area teacher interns during their during their post-baccalaureate internship year. Specifically, I: Trained interns in classroom management and curriculum and instruction; Provided educative mentoring and professional development coaching; Acted as a liaison between the university and the placement school; Delivered oral and written guidance to school personnel regarding university policies and procedures; Facilitated individual, small group, and large group meetings with teachers and school administrators; Assessed intern progress using university, school district, and state standards; and Facilitated evaluation meetings with interns and their mentor teachers.

I worked as a research assistant on a variety of educational research projects. Specifically, I:Conducted qualitative interviews of administrators in schools not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress according to Federal guidelines; Conducted qualitative interviews of prospective urban educators; Analyzed qualitative data using Atlas.ti software; Wrote a literature review on women and minorities in higher education; Developed an online learning site for a study abroad course on Women and Education in Ghana; Co-authored and published an academic journal article on higher educational institutional change in South Africa; Co-authored and published three book reviews in academic journals.

I worked for seven years as a classroom teacher and library media specialist in an urban school system. Specifically, I: Developed and administered library media policies and programs for a newly opened Library Media Center (LMC) that served 1,100 students and over 50 staff; Wrote and administered a materials purchasing budget; Coordinated the use of the LMC computer lab; Selected appropriate print materials to add to the LMC collection; Taught information literacy skills to students; Collaborated with teachers to develop and implement lessons; Supervised two LMC support staff and one student volunteer; Instructed seventh grade students in Civics, Economics, and Geography; Instructed eighth grade students in American History and African American History; Instructed third grade, fourth grade, and a third and fourth grade combined class in Science, Math, Social Studies, and Language Arts.