Senior Management Consultant

• Sep 2023 - Present

Emergency Management Specialist

• May 2017 - Aug 2023

Served as an Emergency Management Services (EMS) Specialist, providing technical expertise and project management for complex disaster response, recovery, and resilience projects. Core responsibilities and skillsets included: - Project Management: Provided project management assistance and led task management for complex, multi-year projects for federal government clients, including creating and maintaining project management plans, developing templates to streamline progress tracking and reporting, identifying and mitigating risks, and tracking action items and deliverables against project schedule. - Technical Writing: Wrote content for a wide variety of documents, including policy documents, guidance documents, agency directives, position assists and job aids, standard operating procedures, annual reports, and concept of operations plans; facilitated stakeholder reviews, comment collection and adjudication, and implementation of approved changes; and provided copyediting and quality control reviews for alignment to agency style guidelines and compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. - Training Development: Designed and updated training courses for adult learners, including creation of visual presentation materials, talking points, instructor guides, student manuals, case studies and other handouts, and feedback surveys; supported training course delivery through facilitation and critical observation/analysis for future improvement. - Process Improvement: Identified risks and gaps, proposed potential solutions, and drafted implementation tactics and measures of success to improve various processes and procedures and bolster efficiency. - Event Support & Facilitation: Facilitated working group sessions and other live discussions; provided in-person support for forums, summits, and other high-attendance events; developed agendas, note templates, talking points, and other meeting materials. Show less

Head Resident

• Aug 2016 - May 2017

Led a team of 10 resident assistants, supervised a building of approximately 270 first-year women, worked closely with university administration to address issues and improve the residential experience.

Resident Assistant

• Feb 2014 - Aug 2016

Worked to build community in a residence hall, helped first-year students transition into college life, upheld university policies, acted as an advisor, provided programs for residents.

Senior Program Associate

• Aug 2016 - May 2017

Proposed, planned, and facilitated monthly meetings for 100 scholars. Advised junior class representatives. Organized and developed this year's senior Presentations of Learning, the capstone experience of the Bonner Scholars program. Proposed, planned, and facilitated monthly meetings for 100 scholars. Advised junior class representatives. Organized and developed this year's senior Presentations of Learning, the capstone experience of the Bonner Scholars program.

Student Curator

• Dec 2015 - Dec 2016

Co-curated an exhibition on regional transportation in partnership with the Southern Environmental Law Center. Planned community dinners, scheduled classroom visits, and gave a TEDx talk related to the exhibition. Co-curated an exhibition on regional transportation in partnership with the Southern Environmental Law Center. Planned community dinners, scheduled classroom visits, and gave a TEDx talk related to the exhibition.

Fellow

• Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

Chosen via a competitive process to be a part of the Piedmont Environmental Council's 2016 Fellowship Program. Studied various environmental issues through a mix of classroom sessions with staff, experts, local landowners/farmers, and field trips through the Piedmont region that reinforced learned information. Topics of study included land conservation, agriculture, historic preservation, land use, energy policy, water quality, and public policy. Created a guide for residential solar installation processes, requirements, and fees across PEC's 9 county region. Show less

Climate Change Intern

• Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

Assisted with the chapter's Climate Change campaign through outreach and event organization. Created an inventory of all comments submitted to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality regarding state implementation of the federal Clean Power Plan. Assisted with the chapter's Climate Change campaign through outreach and event organization. Created an inventory of all comments submitted to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality regarding state implementation of the federal Clean Power Plan.

Intern

• Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

Researched diverse environmental issues including climate change, waste management, and invasive species. Co-facilitated a Bike to School Week competition encouraging eco-friendly transportation at Maori schools. Produced fact sheets and press releases for eco-friendly transportation and anti-plastic campaigns. Researched diverse environmental issues including climate change, waste management, and invasive species. Co-facilitated a Bike to School Week competition encouraging eco-friendly transportation at Maori schools. Produced fact sheets and press releases for eco-friendly transportation and anti-plastic campaigns.

Farmers Market and Library Assistant

• Aug 2013 - Aug 2015

Co-planned and co-organized the 2015 Byrd House Farmers Market. Developed and implemented a preschool-level environmental education program for the market season. Co-planned and co-organized the 2015 Byrd House Farmers Market. Developed and implemented a preschool-level environmental education program for the market season.

Intern

• May 2014 - Jul 2014

Wrote K-12 curriculum for students in Minnesota to increase understanding of the global water crisis. Proposed and implemented a project to expand the community's knowledge of local water issues. Wrote K-12 curriculum for students in Minnesota to increase understanding of the global water crisis. Proposed and implemented a project to expand the community's knowledge of local water issues.