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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

● Manage the Legal process for drafting, negotiating, and finalizing Investment Management Agreements for Separate Account Clients located in Canada, US, and LATAM, including ERISA and 40-Act Clients● Engage with Counsel and internal subject-matter experts to raise and discuss risks associated with certain requests and contracting requirements (including Public Funds) and propose solutions to meet client needs while protecting the interests of the firm● Draft and negotiate Non-Disclosure Agreements with prospective Clients● Research and maintain knowledge of industry-wide issues within the Advisory and Separate Accounts space; in collaboration with Counsel, advise internal stakeholders on ad hoc issues that arise● Designed an Access database for approved contracting language and Legal knowledge management● Proposed an improved model for maintaining guidelines by which LATAM region sales teams should utilize when engaging with prospective clients

Business risk management project managerResponsible for managing projects to establish modify or dissolve global legal entitiesSME on the establishment of new products or extension of existing products into new jurisdictionsExecution of internal re-orgs to align with strategic goalsStrategic expansion of global footprint into new regions

Greater Boston Area

•Manager of relationships among several global entities within State Street, ensuring proper governance and contracts in place to commence business and provide services globally•Secretary for the new products committee, overseeing compliance and marketing conditions of 20+ products in 55+ countries/jurisdictions, guiding successful products to new markets globally, and maintaining records; completed a full cleanup of existing records and developed and implemented a new procedure to facilitate future record keeping•Developed and created two internal SharePoint sites, one for audit record keeping and another for organizational culture and community•Member of the Global Exchange CAO team, executing special organizational projects to increase efficiency, manage risk, and ensure high functionality

Greater Boston Area

•Effectively drive and manage multiple Legal Department special projects involving a diverse group of stakeholders across regions and business units; coordinate with different departments to carry out operations successfully•Provide high-level support to the LCARS PMO team with an emphasis on value-added activities and efficiency, accuracy, timeliness, and self-prioritization•Facilitate PMO team reporting operations in an accurate and timely manner•Provide expert guidance on change management and problem-solving to the PMO team•Brainstorm creative solutions to complex department-wide and project issues, including new systems of demand management, risk and issue tracking, and status communications•Analyze and evaluate PMO operations and procedures to offer recommendations for process improvement based on findings; assist management in identifying issues, sorting solutions and implementing them

Greater Boston Area

• Review funding opportunities, budget, and coordinate the submission of research proposals• Review incoming research awards, negotiate terms and conditions, ensure compliance• Researched, consolidated, and disseminated results on organizational policy; increased efficiency

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

• Wrote, reviewed, and negotiated terms and conditions for research agreements between Texas A&M and other entities (universities, federal sponsors, state sponsors, private organizations, foundations and NGOs) to protect intellectual property, patent, and publishing rights (25-35 contracts per month)• Supervised internship program (4 interns)• Took active role in recruitment of employees from alma mater (8 applied, 5 interviewed, 4 hired)

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

• Coordinated the submission of proposals (170 proposals, $59 million dollars, 0 rejected for compliance)• Identified ways to improve organizational efficiency: conceptualized and recruited for internship program in research administration. Presented the internship program at NCURA Regional Conference• Maintained open dialogue with directors, bringing forth innovative ideas to recruit new talent• Accommodated workloads of departed employees – rate of 320/year (double the regular workload)

Austin, Texas Area

● Researched policy issues, analyzed bills, and made voting recommendations to Rep. Turner (~ 1,000 bills)● Prepared legislative strategy for the following policy areas: Economic, Tax, Lending, Finance, Education, Natural Resources, Transportation, and International Trade● Undertook research, utilized quantitative data and hypothesis testing to support new policy proposals ● Prepared bills for committee hearings, including acquiring expert witnesses

Austin, Texas Area

● Identified policy issues and worked to find ground-breaking solutions to problems facing Texas● Used statistical analysis (STATA) to analyze trends in finance data● Drafted social media responses for Rep. Turner and provided expert customer service to our constituents

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Master'S Degree, Public Service And Administration

Activities and Societies: Student Government- MPSA Liason and Tailgate Committee Chair

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government

Associate'S Degree, Physics, 3.78

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