Renae Peden Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Greater Chicago Area

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• Manages three teams of undergraduate students, mentoring and assisting clinic members on diverse IT consulting projects for local nonprofit organizations
• Leads group sessions on leadership, professionalism, and project management for team leaders, demonstrating best practices for work within business and nonprofit environments

Greater Chicago Area

• Provided advisory consulting services on three public sector client engagements over a three-month internship
• Assessed and conducted a review of multiple business processes, resulting in work-flow recommendations for increased efficiency, cost-savings, and increased information security
• Provided feedback and edits for client deliverables and presented research findings to client

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assisted with Salesforce coding scheme design, data cleaning/management, and overall roll-out of CRM
• Co-developed a “Best Practices” Salesforce User Manual for CRM roll-out, drawing on existing market research and personal experience
• Provided qualitative research support for various O@W programs relating to student loan financing, revolving financial models, and U.S. labor market focused initiatives
• Observed firsthand the interplay between the private and public sectors through contributions to O@W’s start-up, social enterprise model

Washington, DC

• Authored multi-page introduction and supporting paragraphs for $500K Carnegie grant proposal
• Researched and developed in-depth, prospective donor briefs for organizations and foundations
• Collected, compiled, and designed monthly Truman Newsletter for prospective and current donors
• Navigated and maintained Salesforce CRM, editing existing data and entering new information

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• Collaborated with local Public Relations company to design new marketing materials and website
• Updated existing website content and display via Wordpress
• Co-designed curriculum and syllabus for a new student ethics and leadership credit course which was implemented in Fall 2014
• Laid the groundwork and began preparation for a yearly recruitment event encompassing direct participation from over 2,000 collegians and over 6,000 individuals in total

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Served as a summer intern for the Adams Morgan Partnership (AMP), a non-profit in the Adams Morgan Business Improvement District (BID)
• Fully updated the business directory and iPhone app for the business community, accounting for approximately 250 businesses
• Updated and monitored all social media platforms for the AMP
• Administered and presented metric-based results of year-end, constituency satisfaction survey to ED
• Navigated the inner workings of the non-profit sector, observing firsthand the relationship between local government, small businesses, and non-profit organizations

Master Of Public Affairs/Administration (Mpa), Public Policy Analysis; Information Systems

Activities and Societies: Serve IT | Indiana University NonProfit Clinic Graduate Assistant; SPEA V160 (National and International Policy).

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba) With Honors, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Vice President of Recruitment, Panhellenic Association, Indiana University; Vice President of Panhellenic.

Semester In Washington Program, International Relations And Affairs

Activities and Societies: Semester in Washington, International Relations Program