·Lead teams in analyzing fiscal challenges and ways to improve the accountability and performance of government programs; responsibilities include project design, planning, and management; data collection and analysis; staff development; maintaining client relations with Members of Congress and their staff; and report writing. ·Develop and present materials orally and in writing for congressional staff members, meetings with high-level agency officials, and meetings with GAO’s Executive Committee members. Have also developed testimony for GAO executives, including the Comptroller General, to deliver before Congress. ·Establish and maintain positive relationships with teams across GAO as a subject-matter expert on multiple projects.·Helped improve numerous internal policies and functions. Received multiple awards for these efforts. ·Manage GAO’s recruiting activities at Syracuse University, including assessing, selecting, and interviewing candidates.

·Examined federal, state, and local policies to determine their current and potential effects on members.·Analyzed policy issues affecting the business community for monthly newsletter, “Politics and Policy.”

·Designed and implemented study of the contracting and procurement practices of seven New Jersey municipalities as part of an overall management review for the New Jersey Initiative.·Analyzed and evaluated the capital management practices of each state for the Government Performance Project, a multi-year assessment of government capacity in the United States.·Worked with diverse research team, including academics and journalists, to interpret our collective findings and determine a final grade for each state. Results were published in the February 2001 issue of Governing magazine.

·Worked with team to develop solutions and an implementation plan to increase union contractors’ market share. ·Proposed an advertising campaign for the local chapter that was so successful the national organization adopted it.

·Established and maintained contacts with the press and subsidiary rights agents.·Developed key marketing tools, such as book titles, promotional items, and press materials.

·Wrote press releases and designed promotional items for the launch of The Martin Short Show and Hollywood Squares.·Acted as a liaison between King World executives, talent, and the press.

·Appeared in and contributed to the writing and editing of a segment that was aired in July 1998.·Logged tapes and chose footage to be used on the show.