Founded in 1996 as a response to the federal government’s passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act or “welfare reform,” Poverty Action is Washington state’s largest anti-poverty organization, committed to building grassroots power to end causes of poverty and create opportunities for everyone to prosper.We are directed by people with low incomes and people of color, ensuring accountability to the communities that are most directly impacted by the effects of poverty. Together with our 8,000 members across the state, Poverty Action:◾Develops and advocates for innovative public policy solutions that address the root causes of poverty;◾Registers, educates, and mobilizes voters from low-income communities and communities of color;◾Engages community members in advocating for the issues that impact their lives;◾Organizes community members through a racial equity lens; and◾Develops leaders in low-income communities.Poverty Action is reclaiming democracy for families who work hard, but still struggle to get by. We want the Governor, legislators, regulators, and other decision-makers in the state to hear these voices and stories. That’s why we mobilize our members to come together, get educated and act. We organize people across the state to vote, march on the capitol steps, flood legislators with mail, phone calls and email, and testify at hearings. Together, we can make sure elected officials work for all Washington families.

Provide high-level executive level administrative support to Chief Financial Officer, executing an annual budget of over $37billion. Led team of five administrative professionals. Drafted and edited executive level correspondence in support of General Officer. Maintained complex calendar and secured travel arrangements for three executives. Managed $75K office travel and $50K supply budget. Prepare meeting agendas and carefully monitor all action items. Prepared executives for general and specialized meetings. Network Workgroup Manager. Records Manager. Conveyed stimulating ideas during enterprise Lean Six Sigma event, which led to several innovations in processing staff packages enterprise-wide and expedited administrative package processing time by 24% Collaborated with architects and coordinated with plumbers, painters, and construction workers to complete $30K break room project to correct safety issue; project completed on- time and on budget.

Leads and directs full spectrum information management support for Headquarters Air Force Research Laboratory Command Section supporting 3 General officer level executives and a 300 member staff Directed, planned, and controlled the daily activities of two administrative professionals. Interviewed, hired, trained and dismissed personnel; performed evaluations and decided on salary increases and promotions. Drafts and edits executive level correspondence. Manages personnel evaluation program and tracks completion of over 1.2K reports annually. Forecasted, defended, and managed $170K annual travel and supply budget. Improved employee morale and overall work center performance through unscheduled walk-through to monitor staff activities, revamping staff training program, and initiating staff cross-talk through off-sites Focus and decision making skills influenced team to work together toward the common goal of ensuring accurate sorting and on-time delivery of more than 100K pieces of mail and 1K staff packages annually.

Hand-selected for this nominative position to provide executive level administrative support to the Director, White House Situation Room providing crisis management support to the President of the United States. Drafts, edits, and processes general and specialized executive correspondence. Manages personnel program supporting over 50 military and civilian personnel. Manages Director's complex schedule coordinates travel requests and claims. Developed and implemented administrative practices and procedures. Liaison to DoD and other Executive Branch agencies on personnel, administrative, and security related matters. Records Manager. Maintained 100% accuracy when tasked on spot by Special Assistant to the President to provide key edits to decision document briefed to President Bush during the critical days; Coordinated effort to have three network accounts created on HQ DISA new local area network platform; project efforts streamlined processing of organizational budget, personnel and staffing actions.