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Long Beach, CA, US

Los Angeles, California, US

• Direct federally-funded lead hazard remediation and construction programs and lead team of eleven direct reports.
• Monitor compliance with federal regulations and safety standards under execution of $9M federal funded programs.
• Manage the procurement, contract negotiation and ongoing performance of 15 contractors.
• Submitted 16 joint-applications for state funding from the Infill Infrastructure program. Evaluated developer's applications developing a scoring rubric to assess financial model, construction costs, building design.
• Research and identify new opportunities to innovate programs and lending products offered by the LA Housing Dept. Scrutinize the feasibility and publish report with recommendations in a timely manner for the Housing.
• Perform data analysis on Los Angeles' existing affordable housing stock at risk of conversion to market rate. Investigate public policy solutions, perform cost benefit analyses and draft report with recommendations to.

• Planned, directed, and coordinated activities of right-of-way (R/W) projects to ensure that the objectives of each project are accomplished within set schedules and budgets.
• Supervised or personally conduct highly-complex negotiations with officials and representatives of government agencies, public and private utilities, financial concerns and attorneys.
• Headed complex relocation and acquisition projects, including Engineering, Utilities, and R/W Engineering components.
• Controlled scope, out-of-scope work requests, schedule, budget, forecasting, resource constraints, project risks and ensure project is carried out according to the applicable state and federal regulations.
• Negotiated independently with property owners, mortgage holders, corporations, executors, or their attorneys or representatives to obtain cooperation with both, private or public stakeholders.
• Interpret detailed appraisals for use in negotiated acquisitions, sales, leases or condemnation suits.

Los Angeles, CA, US

Innovations Department

Newport Beach, CA, US

• Created a direct competitor analyses matrix to understand client’s position in marketplace.
• Established new business opportunities by building relationships with city officials.
• Designed a feasibility study to understand how on-site social services impacts affordable housing developer’s operating expenses.

Seattle, Washington, US

• Oversee each property’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit commitments, monitor contractor performance to meet these requirements; identified risk in services provided and standardized the service agreement template and.
• Verified properties were in compliance with tax credit service requirements.
• Developed theory of change, logic model and metrics for portfolio of 110 multi-family properties and collaborated with marketing contractors to communicate this story in branding.
• Developed VITUS’ social impact strategy and integrated concepts into video, website, collateral and presentations for new properties.
• Designed “healthy housing” features and partnered with general contractor and architects to integrate new features into the acquisition rehabilitation scope of work.
• Created catalog of social value projects across portfolio and produced quarterly report w/ analytics.

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Developed a Master’s in Social Work field education program for 20 students providing case management to high-risk residents of affordable housing with a variety of special needs.
• Served as a guest lecturer, as needed.
• Project managed a longitudinal study to better understand the impact of Project Access’ serviceson low-income housing residents’ health, educational achievements and financial stability.stability.

Orange, CA, US

• Ensured the programmatic success of safety net and educational programs in partnership withdevelopers of 65+ Family and Senior Resource Centers and over 50 field staff serving over 10,000low-income clients annually.
• Raised over $350K in annual grant funding, leading program design in applications and overseeing implementation and reporting.
• Supervised 5 Regional Managers, including hiring, training and performance evaluation.
• Developed evaluation systems to measure the social impact of services using surveys and pre-and post-tests, meta-analysis and report cards. Used results to improve programs by incorporating new evidenced-based best.
• Identified and pursued opportunities for public policy coordination with strategic partners. Participated with the intent to join forces to join in support of common goals in Washington D.C. and Sacramento.
• Created an annual budget of $1MM and monitored adherence to planned spending.

Los Angeles, California, US

• Project assistant for the El Monte Community Building Initiative project, supporting with all advisory board meetings, reviewing and analyzing grant reports and developing a logic model to evaluate outcomesAssisted in.
• Developed metrics to evaluate advocacy grants and created a method for effectively tracking outcomes

Orange, CA, US

• Provided strategic leadership, hiring and supervision of 12 direct reports.
• Oversaw all aspects of planning and monitoring of 6 site budgets totaling $350,000 annually.
• Executed successful grants applications totaling $100,000 and reported on the use of funds.
• Cultivated and maintained 30 community partnerships and oversaw creation of third-party contracts.

Orange, CA, US

• Coordinated all Family Resource Center’s comprehensive social service programs serving 3,500 low-income residents of affordable housing annually.
• Established relationships and built trust with the residents of neighborhood community, identified their service needs and implemented strategy of service provider partnerships to meet these needs.

Master In Public Policy, Social Policy, Public Policy

Bachelor Of Arts, Journalism