Assist NC municipalities in completing mandated US Treasury reports regarding ARPA funds.Coordinate and conduct outreach to municipal governments on behalf of NCLM and NC Councils of Government.Synthesize and summarize US Treasury information on how to complete ARPA reports and communicate that information to local government units.

- Conduct interviews with local government employees to assess workplace dynamics to find opportunities for growth.- Provide recommendations to local government leaders to improve workplace environments for employees.- Research best practices for government workplaces that emphasis actions to improve employee satisfaction, retention, efficiency, and effectiveness.

- Plan and facilitate meetings to create strategic and business development plans for clients in the public and private sectors.- Develop proposals to do business with large and small-scale academic and government institutions.- Coordinate logistics for international conferences covering a wide variety of topics from cybersecurity to agriculture policy.- Create deliverables for presentations, conferences, and meetings.- Design and implement coursework to train public officials on best practices for management, including audio and visual materials used within the program

Working with an Albert and Gladys Coates Distinguished Term Professor to collaborate with a research team in distributing surveys to study local government employees’ job satisfaction. Our team works to analyze government workplace data to provide recommendations to improve job satisfaction, and search for and analyze academic research related to police identity and stress factors.

- Recruited, trained, and supervised campaign volunteers for activities including phone banking, door-knocking, and serving as precinct captains.- Studied and synthesized campaign policies and values to communicate to voters and potential volunteers.- Coordinated with colleagues in development of organizing strategies used to engage the community.

- Created and facilitated lesson plans for English language instruction in a primary school.- Led a Peace Corps grant project to build a community garden.- Collaborated with community leaders and members to build two community libraries.- Utilized Tongan language and cultural knowledge to build community relationships andFacilitate cultural exchanges between host country nationals and foreign visitors.