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Kansas City, Mo, Us

Omaha, Nebraska, Us

Accomplishments include:∙ Developed a user cost model for the Bay Area Transportation Authority’s (BATA) life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) of eight major bridges, evaluating maintenance scenarios to support one of HDR’s largest asset management initiatives.∙ Secured over $8 million in Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant funding for the City of Columbia by mapping crash data, articulating community impacts in the grant narrative, and providing economic insights to strengthen the proposal.Responsibilities include:∙ Providing economic analysis and geospatial insights for transportation and infrastructure projects, delivering actionable data on disadvantaged communities, high-injury networks, and socioeconomic impacts to support engineers and planners.∙ Collaborating with national economists on Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) models to ensure grant compliance and enhance funding strategy effectiveness.∙ Conducting quality assurance to uphold data accuracy, facilitating clear client communication and timely project deliverables.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Clean and validate the Annual Member Survey (AMS) for OFN’s membership expansion to over 400 CDFIs. Collect comprehensive financial information from survey respondents to ensure accuracy and transparency, offering valuable insights into CDFI performance for public consumption.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

∙ Organized the build-out of program-specific framework, CRM platforms, and project management tools to incorporate an impact measurement plan into organizational operations.∙ Gather and aggregate community data for New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) projects (jobs, revenue, growth). Assessed the impacts of our investments that produce maximum benefits for low-income communities.∙ Manage portfolio reporting, fund development, and market strategy for internal and external stakeholders, using strong data analysis and communication skills to ensure everyone is informed and in alignment.∙ Enable and support external communications, including grant reporting and storytelling, by working with the External Affairs team to generate over $200,000 in funding during 2022.∙ Advised leadership on topics related to the economy and entrepreneurship. Identified key financial indicators to generate small business insights that resulted in 3 new loan products.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

∙ Developed an innovative process for impact analysis, reporting, and evaluation. This involved collaborating across teams to identify program efficacy and monitor community profiles within the first 6 months.∙ Designed, administered, and analyzed a comprehensive survey of AltCap's pandemic-related borrowers to evaluate the impact of lending during COVID-19. Achieved a high response rate of 20% from over 500 voluntary participants within a 3-week period.∙ Facilitated AltCap's Relief Fund impact efforts, collecting 20+ data sources for over 600 borrowers to support the launch of the Funder Campaign.∙ Implemented quality control procedures and best practices for data collection and maintenance to ensure data integrity, accuracy, and completeness between Operations and Senior Leadership.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Contracted with Community Capital Fund (CCF) and their work with the City of Overland Park, KS on how to allocate and target funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in the small business community.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Accomplishments include: ∙ Led customer implementation on 20+ public-sector projects, synthesized customer discovery calls and content delivery, and developed customer insights for internal purposes within 30 days of contract date.∙ Created and presented the Digital Inclusion report, utilized by the City of Kansas City to allocate $3.2 billion in internet and computer resources for residents.∙ Collaborated internally to streamline the customer journey process in order to improve content delivery on projects, decreasing quality assurance costs by 60% in Q1 2021.∙ Spearheaded the redesign of the Resident Survey product workflow. Implemented Python and Java to analyze survey data and automate the creation of 700+ data visualizations for Downtown Detroit’s Perception’s Survey.∙ Created dashboards and reports to communicate data through the lens of a storyteller, supporting strategic planning and advocacy efforts for various civic organizations, including Prospera Business Network, Greenville Chamber of Commerce, and National League of Cities (NLC).

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

∙ Provided consultation for troubleshooting, data manipulation, data validation, and evaluation of 40+ Community and Economic Development and reports.∙ Applied economic expertise on 15+ projects for Community and Economic Development, Transportation, and Downtown Council customers.∙ Created the Economic Recovery Center prototype during the COVID-19 pandemic to identify key metrics to track the impact of organizational policy efforts to empower data-driven decision-making.∙ Mastered critical parts of the customer project life-cycle, including the execution of data acquisition plans to process, analyze, and create data visualizations for monthly, quarterly, and yearly updates.∙ Constructed and streamlined data collection and analysis processes using Python, R, and Jupyter to clean, aggregate, analyze, and create data visualizations for monthly, quarterly, and yearly updates.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Assisted business development, collection of data, and researched growth strategies at the No. 1 regional economics group in the nation.

Part-time Position while attending UMKC full-time.

Oak Creek, Wi, Us

Taught and mentored students from grades K-12 in the KC metro area.

Coordinated catering operations, including preparing, booking, and transporting orders. Managed staff, sales, and accounts payable. Increased catering sales by at least 10% consistently over 12-month period.

Anaheim, Ca, Us

Oversaw and trained employees while managing a $48,000/ year store quota. Implemented inventory control, merchandising, and in-store promotions.

Hoffman Estates, Il, Us

Interviewed, staffed, and scheduled for all sales positions. Maintained excellent customer service, administered store operations, and earned store #1 in sales increase regionally twice during 2011.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Economics

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics (Emphasis: Urban Economics), Spanish Minor

Associate Of Arts (A.A.)