Senior Corporate Counsel & Director of Compliance

• May 2022 - Present

Sr. Corporate & Compliance Counsel

• Oct 2021 - May 2022

Corporate & Compliance Counsel

• May 2018 - Oct 2021

Duties: assist and report to General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer ; prepare and file various compliance reports with state and federal governmental agencies; respond to and settle escalated consumer complaints sent to governmental bodies (public utility commissions, attorney general); draft and manage customer service agreements; stay abreast of current, new, and pending industry regulations; conduct legal research in the electric, natural gas, and solar supply industries; audit company and third-party affiliates for compliance with local, state, and federal laws; answer and advise department heads with any legal or compliance concerns; compile and distribute training materials for company employees and third-parties in a highly regulated industry; assist in ensuring all new markets or projects are launched in a manner that takes into account all legal and compliance concerns; analyze potential business ventures for any compliance or business risk; draft and/or assess various legal documents (data privacy/cybersecurity policies, website terms of use, SaaS agreements, electric/natural gas supply terms of service agreements, broker agreements, vendor agreements, NDAs, operating agreements, settlement agreements, master service agreements); form new entities (LLC, Inc.); assist in regulatory audits/data requests/settlements; contract management; collaborate with various departments (engineering, operations, risk, data analytics, strategy, business development, marketing, sales, accounting, product management); assist in due diligence of potential mergers and acquisitions; conduct quality assurance on various company and third-party operations to ensure compliance with applicable laws; negotiate settlements with represented customers; assist with all in-house legal matters for parent company, affiliates, and subsidiaries; TCPA settlements; M&A due diligence

Legal and Compliance Analyst

• Nov 2017 - May 2018

Areas of Knowledge: deregulated energy supply for electric and natural gas; community solar; renewable energy, renewable energy certificates (RECs), ISOs (NYISO, PJM, NEPOOL, ERCOT, MISO); telemarketing (TCPA); Environmental Information Administration (EIA); FERC;

Sr. Corporate & Compliance Counsel

• Oct 2021 - May 2022

Corporate & Compliance Counsel

• Jun 2019 - Oct 2021

Duties: research compliance regulations for community solar programs in various states; draft customer service agreements, disclosures, and customer correspondence; advise executives/management on state community solar initiatives; register and apply for various regulatory and state licenses; review approve marketing content for compliance and legal issues; compile and file various compliance reports for regulatory bodies, e.g. public utility commissions, secretary of state, consumer protection agencies; work with various departments to ensure compliance measures are properly accounted for or implemented; audit processes to ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulationsAreas of Knowledge: Community Solar; Community Distributed Generation; TCPA; telemarketing; solar and energy compliance; contract drafting

Legal Assistant

• Jul 2017 - Nov 2017

Assisted attorney with legal research, errands, and administrative matters. Legal work included drafting settlement demand letters, revising wills and trusts, drafting client letters, delivering courtesy copies to judges in Daley Center (courthouse), filing legal documents at Daley Center, and organizing final legal documents. Assisted attorney with legal research, errands, and administrative matters. Legal work included drafting settlement demand letters, revising wills and trusts, drafting client letters, delivering courtesy copies to judges in Daley Center (courthouse), filing legal documents at Daley Center, and organizing final legal documents.

Law Clerk

• Oct 2016 - May 2017

Assisted attorneys with legal research; drafted memorandums and formal correspondence; inputted attorney time records into Tabs3 computer system; assembled closing binders; filed documents in court and online via e-file website; recorded Deeds; printed public records/documents from the Daley Center; investigated chain of Titles for various properties; assisted with the firm's secretarial work and internal filing; managed inventory of firm's office and legal supplies; assisted attorneys with various case-related tasks; communicated with different countries' consulates to assist in acquiring foreign persons' contact information; ran an assortment of errands and delivered time sensitive legal documents to the appropriate parties; and maintained firm's reputation by adhering to the strict confidentiality policy in respect to client information.

Project Connect Intern

• Jan 2015 - May 2015

Analyzed the supply chain operations of the food bank by observing every step of their process. Applied Lean Six Sigma concepts to the operations and recommended actions to increase efficiency. Analyzed the supply chain operations of the food bank by observing every step of their process. Applied Lean Six Sigma concepts to the operations and recommended actions to increase efficiency.

Project Connect Intern

• Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

Researched social media marketing strategies to introduce company to social selling. Presented research milestones to executives of the company for them to apply to their marketing efforts. Researched social media marketing strategies to introduce company to social selling. Presented research milestones to executives of the company for them to apply to their marketing efforts.

Bank Teller

• Aug 2013 - Jun 2014

Collected and distributed cash and other forms of currency from the bank’s customers. Kept money organized and safe while processing over one hundred transactions a day. Complied with the federal banking regulations and trusted with personal information. Collected and distributed cash and other forms of currency from the bank’s customers. Kept money organized and safe while processing over one hundred transactions a day. Complied with the federal banking regulations and trusted with personal information.

Financial Assistant

• Jan 2007 - Dec 2011

Collected and recorded revenues and expenses of the business. Provided organized and accurate documentation of membership fees and the overall financials of the business. Collected and recorded revenues and expenses of the business. Provided organized and accurate documentation of membership fees and the overall financials of the business.