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New York, NY, US

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Greater Seattle Area

• After being hired as a kitchen expediter and food runner, was promoted to the management team of a casual fine dining restaurant attached to a downtown Seattle boutique hotel. Was responsible for opening the restaurant.
• Collaborated with chefs to develop new menu formats, shifting the focus of the restaurant to more composed dishes and raising the average individual check amount. Overhauled the design of the Drinks menu, increasing.
• Developed standard operating procedures for storage, organization, and tracking of wine, liquor, glass, silver, and plateware, lowering the amounts of breakage, loss, and theft of restaurant property.
• Redesigned elements of the restaurant’s webpage and web presence to showcase menu items, restaurant background, and local purveyors.
• Interviewed and hired new team members, devising training programs and supervising staff development. Met individually with employees to set and achieve personal professional goals.
• Cooperating closely with hotel and sales teams, organized and executed events for major companies in the restaurant, hotel, and at offsite locations.

U.S. Embassy Dakar, Senegal

• Selected as intern to the political and economic sections of U.S. Embassy Dakar, Senegal for a duration of ten weeks. Performed duties similar to those of junior officer, attending embassy briefings, conducting.
• Deputy Control Officer on U.S. Ambassador's first trip to the Casamance region of Senegal, responsible for developing trip itineraries, coordinating delegation events with local contacts, giving and receiving.
• Drafted cables for the political and economic sections, and contributed reporting to other sections. Cables concerned mining, solar energy, commercial port operations, education, child labor, human trafficking.
• Advance Officer on U.S. Ambassador's visit to artisanal gold mines in Kédougou region of Senegal, meeting with village mayor, community leaders, government officials and miners, and planning the Ambassador's itinerary.
• Delivered demarches (requests or intercessions with foreign officials on political and economic subjects) from the U.S. Department of State to the Senegalese Foreign Ministry, and translated diplomatic notes and.
• Gave briefings to visiting congressional, military, and private delegations on political and economic matters. Met with American, Senegalese, and multinational businesses, NGOs, and other groups to discuss U.S..

Seattle, WA

• Directed Editorial staff of 11 through publication cycles of peer-reviewed academic journal: soliciting new articles, working with authors through rounds of edits and revisions, producing visually compelling print and.
• Developed and implemented new publication cycle, moving from a static biannual solicitation for submissions to a dynamic rolling system, increasing new submissions and streamlining the editorial process.
• Conducted interviews with visiting experts in government, media, business, and non-profit sectors.
• Led design and launch of journal website (InDesign) and organized social media advertisement campaign.

Arlington, VA

• As a summer intern, responsible for conducting archival research in oral histories of retired diplomats and writing and editing articles of critical events and individuals in diplomatic history, and supporting ADST's.
• Articles published in ADST database and on Huffington Post and contributed to diplomatic case studies and educational materials at the Foreign Service Institute.
• Assisted ADST historians in interviewing former Foreign Service Officers and Department of State officials, including Strobe Talbott, Thomas Krajeski, and Ambassador George Moose.
• Participated in FSI training seminars for FSOs including Security Overseas Seminar, Realities of the Foreign Service, Communicating Across Cultures, and Social Media Strategies.
• Assisted Foreign Service Institute (FSI) staff in Embassy Simulation workshops, portraying Embassy employees in exercise with children of Foreign Service Officers.

Bronx, NY

• As Assistant Director, supervised camp staff of 20 counselors and 100 campers, coordinating daily operations of fleet of 15 boats, working closely with staff to provide a safe, enjoyable, and educational program for.
• Developed and implemented “Logbook” system of tracking student progress at maritime skills, and scheduling daily activities based on results.
• OUPV Captain’s License (Under 100 Tons)
• Red Cross Certified Waterfront Lifeguard

Seattle, WA

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Studies, History, Interdisciplinary Honors

Activities and Societies: Cellist, University of Washington Symphony Orchestra; Captain, Intramural Co-Recreational Softball TeamLed.

Middlebury Language School, French Studies

Activities and Societies: Participated in 7-week intensive immersion French language school at Middlebury College. Completed Level 3 Upper.

Certificate In Management Essentials

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