• Plan and direct all administrative, financial, and operational activities.• Provide oversight and guidance for projects and initiatives, demonstrating strong adaptability with shifting priorities, creative problem solving, and responsible ownership to ensure completion.• Develop and reinforce organizational vision and priorities and provide strategic direction.• Create operational practices and procedures and support capital projects.• Oversee rate development, negotiation, and budgeting for each of the VINSE Core Projects to ensure compliance with internal and federal guidelines.• Manage institute finances, forecast yearly budget, capital acquisition, iLab billing and cost recovery plans.• Write and edit proposals and annual reports for educational based projects.• Supervise assigned staff and student workers, demonstrating a collaborate leadership style.• Guide the overall vision for VINSE outreach and evaluate impact of outreach initiatives.• Manage developing partnerships with industry and external partners, negotiate external user agreements, and ensure compliance with export control policies.• Run a 10-week summer internship program that hosts students from across the United States. Develop professional development opportunities, ensure program operations are compliant with the sponsor and federal guidelines.• Oversee Interdisciplinary Materials Science Ph.D. program, admissions committee, track degree requirements, and prepare reports for reporting and accreditation.• Plan key programs and national/regional events effectively by incorporating team strengths.

• Developed and ran VINSE’s K-12 STEM outreach activities, including high school field trip program, middle school teacher training workshops and 2-week residential program. Program has impacted more than 35K students in 32 counties.• Assisted with the development of a $20M National Science Foundation proposal to expand infrastructure and collaborations at Tennessee academic institutions. Served as the Vanderbilt Project Manager for the 5-year award.• Worked with partners at the University of Tennessee to implement a statewide K-12 outreach program, develop lessons that focus on energy and nanotechnology.• Created metrics to measure success of outreach programs.

• Built strong relationships and developed impactful messages by actively seeking out communication and collaboration opportunities.• Completed monthly billing for VINSE Core Facilities, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations.• Assisted in the development of a $2.94M National Science Foundation award for research and education in the nanosciences, served as Project Manager for the 5-year award.• Developed effective communication and collaboration opportunities and promoted unified view of VINSE’s interests.• Processed over 1K applications annually for graduate school and undergraduate research opportunities.• Created and maintained institute’s website and social media presence.

• Gained increasing responsibility in financial oversight. • Coordinated industrial and international internships for graduate students.• Supported new Vanderbilt-Fisk partnership for education and training in materials and nano science. • Tracked project reporting requirements and maintained extensive historical information on the program.

• Demonstrated a big picture thinking and succeeded in articulating the “why”. • Supported department chairman, completed general accounting, reconciled the budget, completed quarterly budgets, wrote letters of recommendation, managed calendars, coordinated travel and handled purchasing. • Developed strong technical competencies.