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Tukwila, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

● Develop and maintain financial forecasts for public sector clients● Build robust financial scenario analyses for clients to guide their decision-making● Conduct financial, operational, and organizational analyses for ports, cities, counties, public universities, school districts, and state agencies● Serve as lead analyst and designer of new budget models and budget processes● Write and refine financial policies and procedures for clients● Design and maintain financial performance monitoring and measurement infrastructure● Convey accessible expertise through communications, presentations, and reports on complex financial information to executive teams, governing bodies, the public, and other stakeholders

Olympia, Washington, United States

● Performed a process improvement consulting engagement for the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD)● Conducted peer benchmarking and comparative analyses of the application and claims processes for paid family and medical leave across five states.● Recommended improvements to Washington's application and claims processes with the goals of (1) easing user burden, (2) easing staff burden, and (3) improving efficiency.

Seattle, Washington, United States

● Conducted a workload analysis, staffing level analysis, labor cost analysis, and expense forecast model for the Police Department of the City of Glendale, Arizona● Performed a capital budget analysis for Jeffco Public Schools (Colorado)● Created a wage compression analysis on Police, Fire, and Public Works for the City of Salem, Oregon● Conducted an organizational assessment and governance review for the Douglas County (Nevada) Public Library

Seattle, Wa

● Worked on a three-state initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve state agencies administering early education in Washington, Oregon, and Tennessee.● Performed and authored state agency operational and financial performance assessments, functional case studies, policy analyses, best practices research syntheses, and other periodic reports to Gates Foundation and government stakeholders to facilitate, coordinate, and improve state government administration of early education.

Waianae, Hi

● Organized and led students from diverse racial and socioeconomic backgrounds to maximize academic outcomes and create a productive classroom culture within a community of concentrated poverty● Developed and implemented a text-based "choose your own adventure" financial literacy game for students

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Concentration: Public Financial Management

GPA: 4.0 13th student in 35 years to earn a perfect score in King County Budget Director Dwight Dively's Public Sector Financing course.

Bachelor’S Degree, Public Policy Analysis