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Arlington, Massachusetts, United States

Miami, Florida, United States

Security Assistance Officer - Directorate of Strategy, Policy, and Plans

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Eight month active duty tour leading globally distributed team to produce 2023 revision of the Global Campaign Plan-Russia.

Hanscom Air Force Base, Ma

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Developed 2021 revision of Global Campaign Plan-Russia, adjudicating stakeholder input from across DoD and interagency• Prepared briefing materials for Joint Staff senior leaders, including CJCS, participation in National Security Council meetings• Provided Russia Team expertise in Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs led strategic plans development (Received written recognition from DepSecDef for contribution to Second Adversary Deterrence analysis in support of 2021 NDS development)• Voting member of 2021 Joint Staff Independent Risk Assessment group that rated five top national security threats

Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, United States

• Implemented directives for the Chief of Staff who oversees 10+ direct reports with 900+ fulltime personnel • Led staff coordination within headquarters, including Army, Air Force and state governmental elements • Developed and implemented a revised staff activity cycle, improving effectiveness of cross-functional processes• Managed security cooperation relationships with Kenya and Paraguay, improving defense capabilities • Supervised CoS office personnel, managed organizational internal control program, and Legislative Chair of NGAMA

Washington, Dc

• Managed a team of 4 international policy experts in developing/implementing the senator’s legislative priorities • Personal Representative of the Member (PRM) for Senator Markey in the Foreign Relations Committee • Set bipartisan policy foundation and legislative strategy that led to passage of the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (DoD’s 2019 Indo-Pacific Strategy Report described ARIA as “major bipartisan legislation” that established “a generational whole-of-government policy framework” for “U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region” through promotion of “sovereignty, rule-of-law, democracy, economic engagement, and regional security”)• Led successful bipartisan staff effort to amend the 2017 NDAA, stopping expansion of U.S. military assistance to Burma • Organized resounding bipartisan passage of a resolution condemning state-sanctioned killing of LGBT people in Russia• Engineered passage of a resolution threatening targeted sanctions on people undermining democracy in the DRC• Managed relationships to support MA non-profit, business, and state government interests in DoD appropriations• Led planning for and directed Congressional Delegation visits to: China/Korea/Japan, West Africa, Haiti, and Ireland• Worked with Communications Director on messaging strategy and to write speeches, statements, and social media posts

Kuwait & Iraq

• Led teams planning options to defeat ISIS through combination of international air and local ground forces

Washington, Dc

• Framed, assembled and advanced inter-agency discussions between the Dept. of Defense and Dept. of State • Helped align policy, strategy and plans for the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa with State Dept. priorities

Afghanistan

• Deployed to Kabul and Kandahar on team planning implementation of President Obama’s counterinsurgency strategy • Strategic advisor focused on development of population-centric civil-military campaign plan• Prepared briefings to visiting Congressional Delegations and top-level Department of Defense officials

Fort Drum, Ny

• Framed and launched planning for Fort Drum’s long-term growth as a community of over 25,000 soldiers and families

• Held various roles including Company Commander in charge of 300+ people and almost $1M in equipment

• Deployed to Baghdad, Iraq to be a decision maker in hearings to determine if detainees were still a danger

Boston, Ma

• Criminal prosecutor responsible for discovering evidence and building cases that prove charges against defendants • Handled mostly white-collar crime, successfully securing guilty verdicts or just pleas in over 99 percent of cases• Fourteen month full-time assignment to Grand Jury investigation of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for covering up child sexual abuse

• Deployed to Bosnia post-9/11 to advise on international law for peace keeping and counterterrorism operations

Master Of Laws - Llm, International Law And Justice - 2019

• Magna Cum Laude, Highest Program GPA • Recipient of the James Leitner award recognizing the graduating LL.M. student in International.

Doctor Of Law (Jd), 1991

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History And Economics - 1986