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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Atlanta, Ga

• Attended committee meetings, conducted policy research, and prepared briefings• Summarized Legislation to allow Georgia House Democrats to make informed voting decisions• Conducted research and drafted briefings by request of representatives

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Increased Student Activity Fee by $15, approved by undergraduate referendum by 60% to 40% margin. • Wrote overhaul of student governance policies including the restructuring of executive functioning, re-distributed apportionment, and the interplay between governing bodies. Approved by campus-wide referendum. • Advised the Board of Trustees on Emory's search for a new University President. Organized and moderated focus-groups & townhalls.• Advocated for investment in Emory career services partnership with divisional bodies to provide sponsorship of internship opportunities for students, now known as Emory Pathways.• Regularly interface with administrators to promote student life.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Represented the needs of students in Emory College of Arts and Sciences to administrators and faculty• Revamped committee structure to empower student groups with the resources of student government

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Organized and chaired Undergraduate SGA executive meetings while keeping check on and assisting individual projects with fellow executive members. • Aided in organizing voter registration efforts ahead of 2018 Midterms • Created and Co-Chaired Electoral Reform Commission- a University wide effort aimed to take a holistic approach to reforming Emory Student Government Elections rules. Rule changes passed Spring 2019.

Remote

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Developed policy/research memos for communications team to develop policy suggestions through the campaign• Identified and distributed relevant social media and television clips for use of entire campaign• Developed logos, informational graphics, branding, and digital advertisements for distribution during the campaign• Created and organized primary night victory livestream for entire campaign- picked up by cable news and elsewhere

Greater Atlanta Area, Usa

• Organized and gained permanent charter for club dedicated to hosting regular debates and promoting civil discourse in response to the 2016 election. • Designed, organized and participated in a for-credit presentation involving the Dean of Oxford College on the state of discourse in America, and participated in a debate regarding environmental policy intended to model proper discourse. • Organized multiple debates between campus Young Democrats and College Republicans.• Held open campus information forums & debate skills trainings on various topics.

Greater Atlanta Area, Usa

• Oversaw the executive functioning of student organization responsible for a budget over $200,000. • Resolved cyclical debt issues prevalent among institution, left office with approximately $2.5k surplus as opposed to approximately $30k of debt.• Established the Constitutional Revisions Committee to overhaul procedures in the SGA constitution that provide clearer guidelines, rules, and more equitable distribution of power. Passed revisions via successful campus-wide referendum campaign.• Successfully advocated for a full-time Administrative Resource position addressing Sexual Assault & Misconduct programming, policy, and counseling as well as a full week of programming titled Its On Oxford.• Directed project to build new, cohesive SGA branding and communication templates to increase professional look of the organization.• Designed SGA Orientation Packet & Curriculum to improve on-boarding of new SGA members.

Murfreesboro, Tn

• Coordinated management, baggers and customer service tasks in fast paced environment. • Promoted from bagging to cashier within the month

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Sexual Assault Peer Advocate, Oxford College SGA First Year Legislator, Oxford College Young Democrats, Beta.

Associate'S Degree

Education record