Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement• Led on issues related to health and science intellectual property rights (IPR) and trade policies • Designed and executed several programs for the State Department – including a counterfeit medicines display at the U.S.A. Science and Engineering Festival, a health biotechnology workshop and session at the 2014 Bioeconomy conference, and an innovators trade show at the 2014 World Water Day program. • Guided U.S. negotiators within the U.N. system and bilateral partners on resolutions related to technology transfer, access and benefit sharing, biodiversity and climate change mitigation technology• Partnered with the NGO and private sector communities to develop dialogues and develop programs, such as the 2014 Food and Drug Law Institute workshop on substandard and counterfeit medicines • Developed stakeholder dialogues for the private sector and NGO community as a part of the Shared Prosperity Agenda/Economic Statecraft, including PhRMA, GPhA, and several NGOs such as Public Citizen and Public Knowledge• Collaborated with FDA leadership to create an interagency policy dialogue to share information and develop policy related to substandard, spurious, falsified, falsely-labeled and counterfeit medicines and medical products • Conceptualize specific international policy strategy towards high-priority partners on health/IPR and technology transfer access issues• Reflect strategy in talking points for speeches and meetings for Department principals, briefing memoranda, and other communications in the within and outside of U.S. government.• Coordinate Department strategy on counterfeit medical products and clean energy technology; convene private sector and interest groups; present to international audiences on the U.S. strategy.

• Strategizing on international outreach, including to the United Nations and the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER)• Leading health and preparedness coordination activities for the State Department• Coordinating messaging and public outreach on the State Department's role in the Ebola response• Coordinated preparedness and a complimentary outreach strategy with U.S. government colleagues, managed diplomatic relationships with Western Hemisphere and sub-Saharan African countries• Led the process which evolved into the international outreach effort for the U.S. government, worked with senior staffers to coordinate high-level government-to-government outreach which resulted in commitments of $800 million towards the response• Liaised with the WHO, UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response and other international stakeholders • Drafted testimony and reports, prepared the Deputy Secretary of State and Special Coordinator for Ebola for hearings, including the testimony for the $6.2 billion funding request • Led congressional response on Ebola issues, which included briefings and questions for the record on Ebola response and recovery on a daily basis• Oversaw the design of the post-action analysis and reporting process• Collaborated with USAID’s Ebola Secretariat, State finance and Congressional relations teams to prepare and transmit the monthly Ebola spending plan reports• Served as a Congressional liaison for the office on all Ebola-related matters• Supported the State Ebola Coordinator in building strategy and policy for the team• Managed and supervised new members of the team • Represented the State Department at international conferences, including WHO Ebola meetings

• Designed and facilitated all leadership trainings and Executive Council retreats • Oversaw the reporting and analysis of service metrics of all members and committees to the Baltimore affiliate and National Urban League• Created policies and operating procedures to streamline the flow of information and resources to optimize the program development and services to the Baltimore community• Overhauled existing policies for data reporting to increase information flow from committees to CEO

Coordinating health awareness and prevention through events, collaborations and written communication. Working to provide resources to educate and inform the Baltimore community.• Directed the health and health disparities pillar in Baltimore City through service and outreach • Developed strategic partnerships with more than 20 state-wide and private-sector organizations• Analyzed, qualitatively and quantitatively, effectiveness of health education tools and community health needs through assessment surveys• Published papers and non-papers to communicate the position of the Baltimore Urban League to stakeholders, committee members, and board members• Created annual programs to address public health priorities in Baltimore, including environmental stewardship, nutrition, intimate partner violence and sexual health programming• Advised the President and CEO of the Baltimore Urban League on policy positions regarding local public health initiatives and legislation• Communicated with local government on public health efforts and influenced decision making

Courses taught and designed to meet institutional and regional accreditation guidelines:• Introduction to Biology – Lecture and Lab • Microbiology • Physics I – Lecture and Lab • Cell and Molecular Biology • Biology II – Lecture and Lab