Stephen Rabent Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

• Provide financial planning assistance to Principal Investigators within the Materials, Chemical, and Computational Science directorate. Directly responsible for a $40 million portfolio of solar energy projects.
• Independently review, monitor, and evaluate financial plans that include resource allocations and expenditures to ensure costs are incurred in line with plans approved by the Department of Energy (DOE).
• Produce monthly financial performance reports. These reports help identify potential issues with project costing, highlight trends in spending versus available funding across program areas, and track planned versus.
• Use an Oracle financial system to pull custom financial reports. Review project financial information including available funding, purchase order commitments and accruals, and labor usage to make recommendations to.
• Produce quarterly financial reports for over 50 projects according to DOE reporting requirements.
• Develop financial reports for leadership tying data together from multiple sources to explain trends in expenditures, available funding, and labor usage across 300+ solar projects to create cohesive financial.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Review, edit, and approve cost estimate reports produced by other analysts.
• Project the budgetary effects of legislation and policy on federal agencies and the deficit.
• Develop baseline models using quantitative data to estimate the impact of programs and policy changes.
• Produce concise reports on the costs of legislation under tight deadlines.
• Build and maintain relationships with congressional staff and federal agencies to gather data and ensure robust analyses.
• Convey complex information on the budgetary effects of legislation, scorekeeping conventions, and analytical bases to congressional staff on a routine basis.

Washington D.C

Portfolio included the SEC, FCC, FTC, SBA, CFTC, CFPB, OFR, NIST, and Terrorism Reinsurance Program.

University Of Maryland, College Park

• Aided in the administration of the Maryland Smart Energy Communities program.
• Maintained a database of 57 municipalities and over 250 projects detailing financial and project information regarding state grant dispersal.
• Analyzed budget and financial data to identify trends for the creation of a program information guide.
• Created Energy Reduction Plans for municipalities to implement.
• Developed and analyzed electricity and energy baseline information for municipalities.
• Oversaw and managed the workload of one other employee.

• Provided research and commentary on state and local government issues for use in reports and columns in Governing Magazine.
• Summarized large quantities of information, identify trends, and convey results in a clear framework under time sensitive deadlines.

New Delhi Area, India

Worked with a team of student consultants in Delhi, India to evaluate the policy advocacy strategy for Chintan, an environmental NGO based there, and recommended improvements for long-term tracking of advocacy outcomes.

Takoma Park, Maryland

• Fellowship appointment to work on sustainability and financial-related projects in the Department of Public Works in Takoma Park, Maryland.
• Created and launched a micro-grant program of $4,000 for local businesses.
• Conducted cost and product analyses based on multiple vendors to support the implementation of a polystyrene ban.
• Analyzed and evaluated the City’s waste stream and produced an analytic report and proposal for new waste reduction targets for the City.

College Park, Maryland

• Manage database of 2500 employers and input an average of 20 job and internship postings each week for over 1800 students and alumni
• Extract pertinent information from job and internship postings and input details to the School of Public Policy’s job database.
• Create content for and distribute a weekly Career Connections newsletter.
• Analyze data of School of Public Policy alumni employment statistics.

Cambridge, MA

• Identified issues surrounding climate change, sea level rise, and community preparedness to help shape and develop a public forum related to Hurricane Sandy.
• Coordinated, outlined, and engaged in note taking on conference calls among three organizations regarding the logistics of the forum.
• Researched relevant topics, identified and contacted leading experts, and paired them with topic outlines to create a blog series in conjunction with the event.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Co-authored two publications focused on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing.
• Researched scientific, political, and social topics related to energy development and hydraulic fracturing.
• Collected, organized, and distributed large amounts of information and data for both internal use and to supplement external reports.
• Communicated with experts to facilitate participation in the forum proceedings.
• Coordinated outreach to organizations and stakeholders to participate in the public event.

Masters Of Public Policy (M.P.P.), Budgetary Analysis And Environmental Policy, 3.96

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And History, Minor: Environmental Studies, 3.97

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, University at Buffalo Honors College

Honors Summer Study Abroad In Wroclaw, Poland

• Explorations in Modernity Course examining the democratization of Poland. • Urban Research Seminar involving the synthesizing of.