Work history

PMA August 2008 to the present
Task Lead

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??? Direct team members in the execution and management of five Transportation Security Administration (TSA) transit security grant programs collectively valued at over $400 million.
??? Manage staffing requirements and project workloads, train and mentor new staff, delegate and assign tasks,
and monitor quality of work and evaluate efforts and outcomes.
??? Facilitate stakeholder communications, monitor and respond to stakeholder inquiries, and manage and maintain contact databases, SharePoint database, project databases and document archives.
??? Organize and coordinate National Review Panels; track applications received, perform initial application reviews, screening applications for compliance with program requirements.
??? Coordinate logistics for stakeholder meetings, workshops and conferences, record meeting minutes, document action items and summarize stakeholder questions.
??? Develop workshop and conference materials and training presentations; create agendas and prepare stakeholder handouts; compose summaries and transcripts.
??? Update and maintain TSA grants website; draft, manage and advise on website content and design.
??? Analyze and streamline business processes, develop monthly status reports, report progress and document accomplishments, tabulate labor hours and maintain performance records.
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eSource August 2007 to June 2008
Senior Analyst

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??? Supported Program Management Office and provided grants subject matter expertise to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in the development, design and execution of full lifecycle grants management system
??? Drafted and edited project documents, assured quality control/quality assurance
and performed risk management assessments.
??? Monitored and tracked project schedule, updated and maintained project plan, communication plan and risk management plan; coordinated deliverable document reviews and collected and consolidated comments.
??? Coordinated and facilitated stakeholder meetings, recorded meeting minutes, and documented and tracked action items.
??? Assisted with outreach efforts, produced product marketing materials; developed presentations and posters, and designed brochures.
??? Designated e-Room administrator, managed user access and system privileges, maintained project files, and established document storage and archival processes.
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Beacon Associates/DB Consulting July 2006 to August 2007
Grants Management Specialist

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??? Functioned as U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Global Health Affairs (HHS/OGHA) grants and cooperative agreement administrator; managed a portfolio of domestic and foreign grants and cooperative agreements with international NPOs.
??? Served as department liaison,
cultivated and maintained open lines of communication with grant program partners, internal departments, external agencies and grant recipients.
??? Collected and compiled program statistics, reviewed and evaluated grantee performance, developed internal and external performance measures, reported program performance using Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), tracked and monitored grantee awards, budgets and expenditures.
??? Drafted Requests for Applications (RFA???s), interagency agreements and Memorandums of Understanding (MOU???s), composed program guides, internal memoranda and external correspondence, and established program protocols and streamlined business processes, developed grantee application instructions and payment schedules.
??? Coordinated grant application technical reviews, facilitated stakeholder meetings and conference calls and supported program advisory committees.
??? Managed the review and clearance process of international partnership agreements; served as the OGHA international agreement liaison; interfaced with HHS, Office of General Counsel (OGC), Center for Disease Control and Intervention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Department of State (DoS).
??? Designated department point of contact for General Accounting Office (GAO), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) inquiries; coordinated conferences and facilitated and managed consolidated responses.
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Chesapeake Investment Services October 2005 to April 2006
Account Administrator

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??? Partnered with senior broker in the management and administration of established client accounts; interfaced with clients, outside brokers, and support staff; responded to client account inquiries, researched transactions and resolved account disputes.
??? Provided account management,
administrative and sales support to senior broker; scheduled and maintained broker???s appointment calendar; developed client databases and spreadsheets; tracked client assets under management, withdrawals, and deposits.
??? Monitored client accounts, equity and margin requirements; calculated month-to-date (MTD) and year-to-date (YTD) returns on investment (ROI); produced ad hoc financial reports on demand; maintained client records and tracked new account paperwork.
??? Researched and communicated market updates and recent developments to broker and clients; communicated firm???s market strategy to clients and prospective clients.
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TMS August 2004 to August 2005
Analyst

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??? Formulated program protocols, procedures and processes and assisted with operations design and development for DHS personal property loan program.
??? Spearheaded successful coordination and execution of personal property loan program; maintained acquisition records and managed asset
allocations valued at over $2 million.
??? Coordinated, and managed personal property loan program for the Homeland Security Operations Center (DHS/HSOC).
??? Prepared detailed spreadsheets related to requests, acquisitions and financial transactions, serving as single point of contact for all involved parties; populated Sunflower asset management system with current purchase and delivery information; prepared equipment status reports and ad hoc reports for management use.
??? Interacted daily with DHS clients, DHS contracting agent, equipment vendors and local law enforcement personnel; coordinated equipment purchasing with government procurement agency and local law enforcement, verifying and ensuring accuracy of loan agreements and records of equipment purchase and delivery; advised vendors and local law enforcement agencies on policy and program information.
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JBS International May 2004 to August 2004
Grants Review Administrator

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??? Organized and facilitated field review of over 300 individual grant applications in less than 3 months in a competition for multiple awards of federal grant funding totaling over $13 million.
??? Recruited 250 grant reviewers in less than 1.5 months; managed over 40 review committees,
providing reviewers with guidance and direction.
??? Vetted and approved over 30 grant reviewers for an internal grant reviewer database in less than 1 month.
??? Reviewed, synthesized and composed summary statements for the top scoring grant applications in less than 1 month.
??? Interpreted and complied with federal grant regulations; screened grant applications for compliance with program guidelines and provided verification of review evaluations, scoring and documentation for the review process.
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Education

George Washington University October 2004 to December 2006
Public Policy

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MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY (MPP)
CONCENTRATION IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS / GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2006
western kentucky university May 1999 to December 2001
Psychology

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How would you describe your time at western kentucky university?

MASTER OF ARTS (MA) IN PSYCHOLOGY,
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2001

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