Organized a focus group on best practices in veteran benefits from more than 30 states, producing timely, targeted objectives for the next legislative session, with concurrence among partner agencies. Resulted in passage of 8 bills aligned with the objectives.Drafted letters for Governor and executive director in support of multiple federal grant applications and communications with Congressional and Department of Defense officials.Oversaw design and publishing of strategic plan and multiple brochures to inform policymakers and defense decision-makers and attract veterans and private industry to Kentucky.Coordinated redesign and relaunch of commission’s website.Coordinate operations with multiple state and federal agencies, and private industry executives. Serve as proxy for the executive director on the Military History Museum Committee, and Libraries, Archives, and Records Commission.

Information Officer at Personnel Cabinet from 2015-2016Executive Assistant at Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs from 2017

Helped organize, launch, and analyse (and utilize the results from) a communications survey of 150,000 customers. Also used this data to craft the launch (and philosophy of) new social media accounts for the Cabinet. Design, write copy, and produce graphic art, illustrative material for brochures. Write, produce, and edit short informational videos for public distribution. Plan, create, release, and manage content for social media. Plan, create, and deploy email marketing campaigns. Design graphics for internal office use. Develop informational materials such as brochures, forms, newsletters, to be distributed. Prepare a monthly newsletter, news releases and various written information publications. Respond to requests from the public received by email, letter, or phone. Originate, assemble, organize and write news releases for newspapers and other publications.

Commanded military history detachment at Fort Lewis, Washington. Served as subject matter expert in field of expertise in support of local units historical operations. Completed historical preservation projects and provided historical reference assistance. Actively engaged in professional development activities, including attendance at the Conference of Army Historians, Combat Historian Course, and Society for Military History annual meeting.

Wrote news articles on a weekly basis, meeting short suspenses on assigned topics. Conducted research for historical background to written work. Organized and executed writing for a precise audience, scope, and coverage. Several stories were published on the Army online news source, www.army.mil.Analyzed complex events and organizations synthesizing various narratives and interpretations into a full, coherent picture of a complex whole. Wrote a series of articles on the Joint Readiness Training Center, detailing specific facets of the combat training center, and providing readers with a larger perspective of the whole operation.Adept at responding to the editorial process. Experienced in refining and redrafting written products prior to publication at the direction of supervisors and editors.Involved in planning, researching and writing articles providing detailed background and perspective on Army operations and training. Conducted fact finding to verify the information contained in written products. Intimately familiar with Army doctrine, organization, and equipment.

Curated, designed, and installed five temporary exhibits. Maintained the museum website and network with basic IT support. Assisted in collections management: Maintenance, archiving, and cataloging. Facilitated tours and educational events. Answered research inquiries and assisted in research efforts.Conducted historical presentations to public and in-house audiences.Managed collections, including the handling, movement, storage, documentation and use of artifacts selected for display in museum exhibitions.

Created and updated collection inventories, transcribed collection of 19th century handwritten sermon notes.Assisted preservation and storage of framed paintings.Answered research inquiries using a variety of sources (microfilm, photo collections, books, boxed collections). Developed comprehensive knowledge of records and archival repository.Provided information management support in relation to collections management. Created and maintained the computerized database of objects selected for specific exhibitions.Worked with exhibition team during object list development, assisting with research, access and handling.Documented collections, assessing the proper display of collections within exhibitions, and creating and enhancing digital records for collection objects.