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Accomplished and versatile contributor with experience in corporate governance, investor/shareholder engagement, and process improvement.Background supporting investment analysts and portfolio managers, fostering relationships with board members, managing a research team, contributing to policy decisions, and advising on best practices for corporate governance and executive compensation. Former professional actor and director with focus on regional theater (current member of Screen Actors Guild and Actors' Equity Association). Exemplary communications, interpersonal and leadership skill. As an Assistant Vice President at Capital Group (investment manager with more than $2 trillion assets under management), shared oversight of global team responsible for collaborating with investment analysts and portfolio managers to reach vote decisions and ensure completion of all proxy ballots for portfolio companies held in the American Funds and institutional accounts. This included navigating sensitive discussions with senior executives and board members of those portfolio companies to influence adoption of governance and compensation best practices. Key accomplishments included:• Collaborated with global counterparts to Integrate teams with similar functions into single cross-site team to align processes, improving organizational consistency and efficiency to support approximately 250 investment professionals across Capital Group’s global investment footprint.• Built team profile as reliable knowledge center for investment analysts and portfolio managers, providing ongoing support to engage with senior executives and directors of portfolio companies.• Directed team efforts to develop online workflow platform, coordinating with IT and external vendor (Appian) to replace three redundant legacy systems by creating cost effective and efficient solution to communicate and record voting decisions for approximately 2,000 shareholder meetings per year.Outside of work responsibilities, I served on the board of Multiracial Americans of Southern California for four years, and continue to be actively involved in the Community for Diversity and Inclusivity at my son's school. My family is also part of an informal but strong Ethiopian adoptive community in the Los Angeles area.