Current Experience: Purchasing Agent- Ensure compliance in procurement, improve efficiencies in the purchasing process, prepare competitive bids and RFPs, and assist end users in sourcing products and services to meet their needs.Past Experience: Experienced data and communications professional at a pre-k through eighth grade public school: Managed the eSD database, communicated data to department heads, created and published the weekly community newsletters and posted website and Facebook content. Finance and budgeting experience: Managed budget lines relating to textbooks, special education, teacher and office supply needs for each school year, and entered requisitions to convert into purchase orders. Aided the team in writing and securing grants for special school projects. Served as a liason to donors granting awards to candidates in the graduating class. Successfully completed a semester-long public school budget internship at GUFS.Office management experience: Onboarded new staff, coordinated orientations, conducted trainings, and managed the office support team. Fourteen years of prior experience in the event consulting and design industry managing vendor and staff teams for private weddings across the tristate area and managing design teams executing the floral decor for fashion trade shows held in Las Vegas and in NYC convention centers.Data and Digital Information Communications Experience: Former experience designing websites using Blackboard and Dreamweaver platforms. Google Slide decks for program meetings. Designed a custom dashboard in Excel to manage sub coverages and relay key information to staff. Customized an Operoo SaaS platform to manage auto generated online registration forms. Marketing Material Experience: Prior experience designing marketing material for wedding planning and floral company. Creator of all special event programs for school musical performances and ceremonies, and press releases.Education: Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at UAlbany. Graduated December 2023, Master of Public Administration with a concentration in public economics and financial management. GPA: 4.0.For Fun: I enjoy playing tennis, swing dancing, hiking, biking, and skiing.