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Essentia Strategy Group is a DBE, EDGE and WBE certified business that works with private companies and public agencies to help them meet their goal of embedding diversity and inclusion into the fabric of their business practices by creating sustainable, mutually beneficial relationships with a diverse supplier, contractor and consultant network. Essentia specializes in:• Diversity Compliance – Essentia is your resource for successful diversity compliance, monitoring and reporting. Our experienced team works collaboratively with clients to ensure success.• Strategy & Planning – Essentia partners with clients to help them to achieve their diversity and inclusion goals, turning their diversity commitments into business strategies. • Business Certification – Essentia works with historically underutilized businesses to identify, apply for, obtain and utilize city, state, federal and private certifications for Minority, Women and Veteran owned businesses including DBE, MBE, WBE and EDGE.• Public Private Partnerships (P3) – Essentia has successful compliance experience and superior understanding of diversity best practices on innovative project delivery models, including Public Private Partnerships (P3).• Workforce Diversity – Also referred to as Organizational Diversity, Essentia helps clients identify, hire and retain qualified team members to foster and enrich the diversity of companies, boards and other organizations.• Supply Chain Diversity – Essentia helps clients to analyze and identify opportunities for diverse suppliers in their existing supply chains, and connect with vendors to create comprehensive strategies to exceed organization diversity goals.

• Advised a wide-range of companies and their investors on business transactions such as initial company organization,financing and capital formation, employee incentive plans, contract negotiation, and mergers and acquisitions. • Worked as a government relations attorney assisting businesses in the legislative, administrative and judicial branches of government.• Assisted clients in drafting, creating and maintaining programs to be in compliance with specific laws and regulations.• Advised businesses in government contracting and procurement, ethics law compliance, minority and disadvantage business certifications compliance and support.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

• Oversaw the Federal DBE Program for the State of Ohio by i. nterpreting Federal laws and regulations and developing an expertise in the specialized area of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program.• Managed the Federal Outdoor Advertising Device Control Program.• Collaborated with ODOT Office of Construction Management, the Federal Highway Administration, County and Municipal Agencies, and other entities involved in the Unified Certification Program to ensure proper administration of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, Equal Employment Opportunity, Contract Compliance, and Prevailing Wage requirements.

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• Hearing Examiner contracted with the Ohio Department of Transportation, Ohio Department of Administrative Services, and Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission.• Preside over Ohio Revised Code 119 administrative hearings.• Research, review, and apply the controlling Ohio Administrative Code, Ohio Revised Code, Federal Regulations and other applicable law to the facts presented.

• Provided guidance for all in-house legal matters including contract negotiations and administration, human resources issues, and corporate structuring.• Negotiated federal GSA and state STS purchasing contracts.• Drafted and reviewed contracts for appropriate language.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

• Analyzed and interpreted state and federal rules and regulations to ensure Department contract compliance.• Formulated and implemented operational policies and procedures that streamlined both the Department of Transportation and the Office of Contracts.• Responsible for reviewing and awarding Procurement contracts.

Juris Doctorate

Bachelor Of Science Of Social Work, Minor In Women'S Studies

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