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United States

Riverside, California

• Command a company of 80+ soldiers as an integral part of a Combat Sustainment Support Battalion requiring strategic resource planning, logistic coordination, and intensive training to improve unit-wide health, welfare.
• Drastically improved service member retention rates while increasing unit performance and readiness metrics by successfully executing two major training events with zero incidents.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Direct the development and implementations of community relations programs and activities for a public works project worth $2.8 billion including leveraging community support through comprehensive strategies, managing.
• Carefully fostered and maintained community-wide project support despite multiple consecutive full closures of major thoroughfares by collaborating with management to ensure residents and businesses effected by project.
• Developed an innovative communications plan that aligned with all schedule goals which enhanced and promoted project schedule priorities and ensured overall effectiveness.

Los Angeles County

• Supervised community relations operations for major construction projects requiring in-depth project management expertise to ensure all projects were completed on-time and under-budget, as well as community outreach.
• Spearheaded the development of an award-winning community relations program for a project worth over $120 million which was highly praised for exceptional communications.
• Established an innovative template to identify mitigations measures which required in-depth research and analysis of three Metro rail projects.
• Ensured a consistent public image throughout the community by utilizing excellent bilingual, interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of government organizations, business, and residents.

• Directed all community relations activities including acting as the primary liaison for external vendors and subcontractors, administering bids for potential services, and facilitating labor compliance interviews.
• Planned and executed multiple special projects and events including assembling a community advisory committee and managing large grand opening events.

Master'S Of Science In Public Administration

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science, Public Administration