Experience

Martha's Table

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Outfitters Store Manager

  • Oct 2019 - Present



RICS

• Switzerland
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher

  • Oct 2016 - May 2017



Hanover Research

• United States
• Market Research
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Content Director

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016



Foundation For Defense of Democracies

• Deputy Director for Research

  • Dec 2013 - Sep 2015

  Responsible for managing and overseeing the day-to-day activities of FDD’s research department, including the team's Research Analysts, Research Associates, and Interns. This includes hiring, new hire orientation, tasking team members with assignments, research assistance and editing of work products, periodic evaluations, and maintaining communication between FDD Fellows, Vice President for Research, and executive staff, and the research team. Coordinate the objectives of the organization with the Research Department and other departments at FDD. Continue previous responsibilities including managing FDD’s rapid response research project, tracking events in Iran, the Middle East, and Africa, and performing other needed research.

• Senior Research Analyst, Program Manager, Special Research Projects

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2013

  Responsible for providing research support to FDD's projects and areas of expertise including the Iran Energy Project, Iran Human Rights Project and the Rapid Response Research Project. Responsible for the development and day-to-day management of FDD’s rapid response research project in which the organization provides requested information to clients, including elected representatives and their staff members, U.S. government agencies and foreign governments. Responsibilities include managing and assigning research requests to appropriate scholars, completing research requests, tracking requests for donor and other related purposes. Past research requests have included developing a 3-day in-depth course on a Middle Eastern country for a government contractor, preparing a Senator for a meeting with an international delegation and providing agency officials with critical information on Iran’s energy sector. Responsible for the research supporting FDD’s Iran Energy Project examining Iran’s energy vulnerabilities in an effort to pressure the regime to halt its weapons proliferation activities. The research includes policy options available to the international community, Iranian and international companies active in the country’s energy sector and Iran’s suspected proliferation endeavors, among other topics. Responsibilities include the design and adding daily content to the project’s website, www.iranenergyproject.org. Continue previous responsibilities including acting as Intern Coordinator and Manager for the Research Department.

• Research Analyst

  • Apr 2008 - Dec 2010

  Responsible for the research supporting FDD’s Iran Energy Project examining Iran’s energy vulnerabilities in an effort to pressure the regime to halt its weapons proliferation activities. The research includes policy options available to the international community, Iranian and international companies active in the country’s energy sector, and Iran’s suspected proliferation endeavors, among other topics. Responsibilities include the design and adding daily content to the project’s website. Intern coordinator and manager for the research departmentResponsible for the research activities of the Center for Terrorism Research including the day-to-day management of The Radicalization Project, design of training materials on global terrorism, research support for clients and writing for the center’s publication, CTR Vantage, and co-authored a landmark empirical study on terrorist radicalization in the West.



ICSC

• United States
• Real Estate
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

  Assisted Senior Vice President for International Development in creating the program and conference schedule for the 2007 Retail Real Estate World Summit in Cape Town in October 2007. Developed and maintained contacts with speakers, created panels, helped develop the event’s marketing platform, amongst other duties.



Advanstar Communications

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Account Manager

  • Aug 2003 - 2004

  Responsible for fashion, sports and other accounts for the monthly trade magazine. Duties included maintaining correspondence and relationships with clients, traveled to industry trade shows, wrote proposals & created marketing platforms, tracked insertion orders and payments.



Wenner Media

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advertising Sales Assistant

  • Jun 2002 - Aug 2003

  Assisted two account managers in account management, maintained account information, correspondence, wrote proposal requests, and tracked insertion orders, among other duties. Created marketing platforms for the department, including sell sheets, media kit components, and PowerPoint presentations using market research and other information.