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United States

Mount Vernon, Washington, United States

Working directly with the owner/operator to streamline and revise company’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to enhance efficiency and support business scalability. ● Support project tracking, forecasting, and client journey management to optimize workflow and customer satisfaction.● Organize data tracking across CRM, Google Suite, and QuickBooks to improve operational accuracy.● Assist in job costing estimates and proposal revisions to better position the business for growth.● Support consulting services through onsite client interactions and development of formal project proposal materials.

United States

The Local Government Division (LGD) partners with local governments, nonprofits, and others to strengthen the ability of all forms of local government and community-based organizations to fund and develop critical services to their citizens. The division provides leadership in local government finance and statewide infrastructure initiatives that help create and retain jobs. We also provide grants, loans, and planning and technical assistance to local governments for community development needs, infrastructure improvements, and economic development opportunities.As a Commerce Specialist 3, I provided statewide technical assistance to cities and counties on planning and implementation for middle housing under the Growth Management Act. The role included review of local municipal code and comprehensive plan update drafts from cities and counties across Washington State, and administration for Middle Housing Grant funding and accounting. ● Review and documentation of draft municipal code and comprehensive plan updates from cities and counties, focusing on elements responding to housing bills 1220 (HAPT Planning Tool), 1337 Accessory Dwelling Units, and 1110 Middle Housing.● Administrative management of Middle Housing Grant contracts and contract deliverables to fund cities and counties in implementing updates required by recent legislation.● Invoicing and accounting - review, authorize, and process payment requests. ● Used the Contract Management System (CMS) and Smartsheets app to track contract budgets, expenditures, balances, and reimbursements, and to submit invoice payments. ● Created Smartsheet tracking templates for policy review tracking● Created matrix data analysis to track local adoption of middle housing bill requirements within city and county municipal codes and local policies. ● Collaborated with senior department members to publish guidance on the implementation of recently passed middle housing legislation.

Bellingham, Washington, United States

• Conducted policy research for Whatcom Housing Alliance, working on scope of work contracts with City of Bellingham and Whatcom County planning departments.• Developed public engagement content for residential parking policies.• Developed a case study report of affordable housing policy implementation and funding from across the US.• Updated the ADU Handbook, published by WHA in 2018, with changes to policy from the recently passed HB 1337, which expanded zoning allowance for Accessory Dwelling Units across Washington State.

Bellingham, Washington, United States

Self-directed research on policy and regulatory structures for the production of affordable housing and infill development. Conducting comprehensive literature reviews, design research project and methodology to meet standards of academic publication, prepare and deliver presentations about research subject and results, GIS analysis of relevant land use and demographic data for long-range community development planning.Grade student essays, facilitate weekly discussion class as supplement to seminar lectures, support students to build academic writing skills

Bellingham, Washington, United States

Grade student essays, facilitate weekly discussion class as supplement to seminar lectures, support students to build academic writing skills

Bellingham

Independently manage Weatherization and Home Repair projects, working as part of a collaborative team. Conduct Energy Audits and inspections of client homes, according to program directives. Assemble funding packages of deferred loans and grants for home repair projects, administer documentation compliance for funding requirements. Setting up project scope and budget, getting competitive bids from contractors, assemble final project contracts. Maintain active communication with contractors and clients, ensuring all relevant project details are recorded, and all final agreements are signed and uploaded to Project Database at the completion of each project. Research and present on chosen staff safety subjects for presentation at monthly department meetings

Friendship Bee Fine Arts is a small-scale publishing company offering graphic design, illustration, and layout for printed media. This entity exists for the production of my independent design work. Design services include custom Illustration, digital colorization and vector graphics. Publishing services include event promotion, professional branding, short run publishing. Fine art productions include high-quality print products: aluminum prints, CNC woodcut prints, stickers and assorted merchandise. Current ongoing project is the Art for Humans Zine - collected works of participating Bellingham Artists 2020, 2021. www.friendshipbeefinearts.com

Independently manage Weatherization and Home Repair projects, working as part of a collaborative team. Perform diagnostic inspections and determine eligibility for weatherization upgrades. Educate homeowners about energy conservation and program services. Draft reports of home inspections results. Write-up of construction work scope. Communication and management of contractors. Conduct audits of multifamily residential buildings and group shelters, plan and manage work scope for improvements. Follow-up Inspections for quality control analysis.

Master Of Arts - Ma, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning, A

Certificate, Construction Management

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