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• Lead the Ultrasound Proficiency Grand Challenge, a multi-national, multi-sector initiative: By 2030, every user of medical ultrasound around the world will be proficient and certified, ensuring patient safety and increasing equity in healthcare, focused first on maternal-fetal health in Kenya• Develop and foster domestic and global partnerships, alliances, mergers, and acquisitions to fulfill strategic and mission objectives to improve patient care and access around the world.• Through expansive global collaboration, oversee international and domestic development efforts in maternal-fetal care to provide societal, health and economic impacts in emerging markets and historically under-resourced regions. • Accountable for new business integration processes ensuring a smooth transition into core operations.• Ensure all projects, programs and internal efforts consider an equity and access lens at every step.• Provide leadership in organizational change management.

Rockville, Maryland

• Led targeted international expansion efforts;• Oversaw process to review current international assessment administration, including identifying gaps and requirements, and recommending the best way forward after careful analysis and team collaboration.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed the development and implementation of People Operations policies, programs and practices including organizational culture and development, workforce planning, on-boarding, employee engagement, talent management, training, benefits, competency modelling and performance management. Directed People Operations workflow while coaching and mentoring the executive team to maximum performance and development.

Expert in international relationship building, partnerships, consultative management and cross-cultural communication, and working with a global membership base. Change agent tasked with the transformative change of the organization while overseeing all operations, including working with and engaging 18 international organizations as members. Managed implementation of strategic plan, including the diversification of revenue and building the organization as a worldwide leader in the industry. Mapped out the one- to five-year strategy, including creating funding proposals for grants, creating RFPs for research, and researching funding and grant opportunities. Planned the annual meetings of member organizations including agendas, sessions, and reworking organizational policies and bylaws.

Developed, launched, and managed the Global Internship Program that spans nearly every continent and myriad of industries. Developed and launched the international Chapter Youth Exchange. Director for Family initiatives in Latin America and Northeastern US including developing content for events and training. Worked closely with individual members from around the world.

Monitored compliance with ISEP strategic growth plan as well as streamlined membership procedures worldwide; managed US member participation, growth and program development; principal liaison for US member coordinators, advocating for the needs and expectations of US membership.

Experienced and innovative leader tasked with developing, marketing, and moving forward an entrepreneurial organization.

Led all IAESTE United States initiatives, including corporate partnerships, the international exchange, alumni and membership, and strategic partnerships. Responsible Officer (RO) with the Department of State. Acted as the face of IAESTE United States at domestic and international conferences.

Responsible for the national effort to work with university and industry contacts in order to raise internship position offers in the US for incoming international trainees.

Ba, Art History

Activities and Societies: Founded the Italian Cultural Society, was active within Club Latino.

Graduate Certificate In Organization Development And Change Essentials, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management, 4.0 Gpa