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Seattle, Washington, United States

Contract Management: Confidently reviews, comments and negotiates a broad range of agreements including master service agreements, statement of works, non-disclosure agreements, consulting agreements, marketing agreements, software as a service agreements, and professional services agreements. Works with the business unit to ensure agreements meet business needs and reflects what has been operationally agreed upon. Advises colleagues concerning all matters of corporate contract standards, and provides guidance to help close any gaps in those contract standards. Builds, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Leads and participates in conference calls to negotiate terms of an agreement with vendors and business unit sponsors. Advises all levels of management on contractual rights and obligations, risk avoidance and mitigation, strategy, and problem solving. Manages the request for proposal program by assisting internal stakeholders develop, issue and track key deliverables for RFPs. Acts as liaison between internal and external stakeholders. Mentors and guides less experienced team members when needed.Leads the preparation of reports to senior management regarding the status of the contract management program.

Seattle, Washington

Prepare agenda, coordinate and attend all board and committee meetings, drafting of minutes and other records. Conduct legal research and provide recommendations to board and committee chairs. Act as liaison between board of directors, management, and staff when needed. Ensure board compliance with laws and regulations pertaining to the credit union industry. Gather and assemble documents for upload into OnBoard director portal for board and committee meetings. Manage calendar for all regular and special board and committees meetings. Routinely draft corporate documents and resolutions. Prepare and upload voting documents into OnBoard portal and monitor status of voting.Assist in the direction of activities related to the annual meeting of the members. Established and maintain the policy and procedure program.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Responsible for providing Corporate Governance support to subsidiary companies of Voya Financial, Inc. including filings with secretaries of state and compliance with domestic laws. Developed and oversaw maintenance of documents and data management systems within the Corporate Governance Unit. Facilitated Board of Director and Committee meetings for the Voya Financial Trust Company. Assisted with preparing SEC periodic and annual reports. Routinely drafted resolutions and assisted in the preparation of materials for meetings of the Board of Directors and Board Committees and responsible for the distribution of materials for those meetings. Responsible for preparing and maintaining various corporate law reports and miscellaneous documents including organizational charts, officer and directors list and other corporate information. Coordinate, schedule and provide administrative support for internal Board of Directors and Committee meetings.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

● Responsible for managing all aspects of running a small retail business including: web design, promoting business through the use of social media, accounting, marketing, employee hiring, training and management of a team of employees.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

● Nash-Finch Company, Paralegal, Licensing Specialist, assisted with obtaining and renewing state licenses for the Company’s distribution centers and over 100 local stores. Reviewed and logged in over 1000 licenses in Compliance Licensing database. Cleaned up a much-neglected licensing spreadsheet (Excel spreadsheet) so that it became a useful and reliable database for the acquisition team. ● Medtronic, Inc., Paralegal, Licensing Specialist, assisted with obtaining and renewing state licenses for the Company’s distribution centers. Organized and cleaned up tracking document for license renewals. ● Polaris Inc., Claims Specialist, assisted lead paralegal in managing claims against the company. Reviewed, analyzed and responded to various claims against the Company. ● Medtronic Inc, Litigation Department, Assisted in managing a large, multi-faceted litigation by gathering information from various sources and combining into one location which could then be accessed by entire Medtronic Litigation team. ● Performed legal research on multiple legal points at issue using on-line legal resources including Lexis database.

Assist with discovery requests and responses, conduct document searches, organize documents and coordinate document production.Review Statement of Claim, conduct factual investigation and provided highlights and comments to attorney in the form of reports and summaries. Performed a variety of legal assignments and lead routine and non-routine projects, including drafting, reviewing and transmitting legal correspondence and documents. Provided regular feedback and consultation to business partners and appropriate departments regarding the status of litigation. Maintained significant direct contact with outside counsel for case monitoring including research and obtaining discovery documents, locating appropriate witnesses and other appropriate case management duties.Interpret and applied laws, policies and regulations governing one or more programs in order to answer questions, provide advice and guidance to others to help solve problems. Responsible for monitoring the budget for each matter utilizing the on-line case management database.

Responsible for providing Corporate Governance support to subsidiary companies of American Express Financial Corporation (n/k/a Ameriprise Financial Inc.) including filings with Secretary of State and compliance with domestic laws. Managed calendar of meetings requirements for Board of Directors and Committees. Routinely drafted corporate documents and resolutions, assisted with preparation of proxy statements, SEC filings and interrogatories. Assisted with the preparation and filing of Section 16 reports for executive officers and directors. Managed moderately complex projects or segments and phases of complex projects ensuring the projects achieved the expected results within the time and budget constraints. Created, re-branded, merged and dissolved companies as business needs dictated by filing appropriate documentation with State agencies. Prepared meeting agenda for each meeting ensuring the board of directors reviewed mandatory topics on a timely basis. Prepared meeting minutes for review and approval by board of directors. Prepared and maintained various corporate law reports and miscellaneous documents including organizational charts, officer and directors list and other corporate information.

Incirlik Ab, Turkey

• Prepared and disseminated fact sheets, news releases, and tape recordings to the general public and other persons interested in U.S. Air Force activities or messages. • Organized, researched and presented rumor control queries/answers in a clear and understandable manner. • Periodically provided entertaining and informative articles for publication in base newspaper.

Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland

• Responsible for providing legal assistance, under the supervision of an attorney, to eligible clients.• Reviewed documents, such as Reports of Survey, Duty of Investigations and contracts for legal sufficiency. • Drafted wills, powers of attorney, and other legal instruments for execution.• Examined evidence and prepared charges and specifications for courts-martial and Article 15 actions. • Acted as initial client contact in order to field request for defense services. Reviewed requests and either followed up for further detail or assisted as necessary. • Interviewed clients and witnesses, prepared and edited affidavits, statements, and correspondence in connection with courts-martial, non judicial and involuntary discharge proceedings, and other adverse personnel action.• Maintained the Area Defense Counsel’s trial docket; performed legal research and investigative duties.Accomplishments• Worked closely with Base Contracting office in order to effectively obtain $10,000 in Fall-Out money which was used to upgrade computer equipment and procure a desperately needed filing system. • Developed a court-martial handbook in order to provide education to defense counsel clients in regard to the Manual for Court Martial. This handbook was eventually disseminated and used throughout the Eastern Circuit and European Theater. • Developed and organized a Defense Paralegal handbook which allowed training and business continuity within the defense paralegal profession. The handbook was distributed to all Defense Paralegals in the Eastern Circuit. • Volunteered to manage Base Tax Program, which involved organizing a 5-day Volunteer Tax Preparer Tax Class.• Created tracking system for both Article 15 and witness funding processes enabling office personnel to quickly provide accurate statistics to commanders and ensuring all witnesses were paid in a timely manner.

Master'S Degree, Legal Studies, General, 3.8

B.S, Paralegal Studies, 3.5

Obtained BS in Paralegal Studies with a focus on Litigation. Minor in Art History, Graduated a member of the Dean's List.