Experience

D.C. Policy Center

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Sep 2016 - Present



DC Government

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Fiscal and Legislative Analysis

  • Dec 2006 - Sep 2016

  Leads the team responsible for the preparation of fiscal impact statements, which assess the financial impact of budget proposals, legislation, rulemakings, and contracts. Leads the team responsible for the preparation of fiscal impact statements, which assess the financial impact of budget proposals, legislation, rulemakings, and contracts.



The World Bank

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • 2004 - Sep 2016

  • Fiscal Year 2015: Drafted a policy paper on the skills gap, youth employment and workforce development in Chad. Worked on public expenditure reviews of the health and education sectors in Mali. • Fiscal Year 2014: Wrote the Public Expenditure Review in Health in Guinea, the first such review since 2003. Lead author of the report on the impact of the security crisis in Mali and resilience building mechanisms in social services.• Fiscal year 2013: Wrote a policy paper on out-of-school youth on Africa. Published as a book in two languages, found here: http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21554. Lead author of the two public expenditure reports in Guinea, on health and education, examining the financing patterns, efficiency and adequacy indicators, pubic financial management practices, and providing recommendations to the government of Guinea. • Fiscal Year 2010: Wrote the core background paper for a World Bank funded project on higher education and skills for the labor market in Thailand and Malaysia. Report found here: http://bit.ly/1QfQKOR.• Fiscal Years 2008 – 2009: Co-authored a report on skills development capacities of East Asia Pacific counties, specifically looking at the financing and governance of secondary and tertiary education institutions. Final publication can be found here: http://bit.ly/1Thp3dY.• Fiscal Year 2007: Authored and co-authored two chapters—on governance and financing—for an assessment report on higher education in Vietnam. Final report can be found here: http://bit.ly/1R39a8N. • Fiscal Year 2006: contributed to World Development Report 2007—the annual flagship publication of the World Bank—writing a short case study on Korean secondary education financing. Final report is here: http://bit.ly/1BKbStY .• Fiscal Year 2005-2006: Wrote a book chapter on how developing countries can mobilize additional resources towards their secondary education sectors. Report found here: http://bit.ly/1WlxWm4 .



George Washington University,

• United States
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Faculty

  • 2008 - 2008

  Taught managerial economics for MBA students at the School of Business Taught managerial economics for MBA students at the School of Business



Urban Institute-Brookings Institution Tax Policy CenterWashington DC

• Researcher

  • 2005 - 2006

  Lead researcher for a joint Tax Policy Center/Federal Reserve Bank of Boston project on state and local public finance, providing oversight to three research assistants. Presented the findings, and co-authored a widely cited discussion paper on states’ potential capacity to raise revenues, and their expenditure needs for offering basic public services for fiscal year 2002. Lead researcher for a joint Tax Policy Center/Federal Reserve Bank of Boston project on state and local public finance, providing oversight to three research assistants. Presented the findings, and co-authored a widely cited discussion paper on states’ potential capacity to raise revenues, and their expenditure needs for offering basic public services for fiscal year 2002.



SMARTHINKING, Inc.

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Business Studies and Operations

  • 2000 - 2006

  Built a team of thirty-five economics, accounting, and finance instructors for the online tutoring program. Developed department goals, and created an environment that motivated employees to achieve excellence in service to students and schools. Built a team of thirty-five economics, accounting, and finance instructors for the online tutoring program. Developed department goals, and created an environment that motivated employees to achieve excellence in service to students and schools.



George Mason University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor

  • 1998 - 2000

  Taught mathematical economics, money and banking, economics principles, and intermediate microeconomics to undergraduate students at the Economics Department. Taught mathematical economics, money and banking, economics principles, and intermediate microeconomics to undergraduate students at the Economics Department.

• Research Assistant

  • 1997 - 1998

  Researched the financing methods and contracting schemes for private infrastructure projects in emerging markets, with a focus on the water and telecommunication services. Researched the financing methods and contracting schemes for private infrastructure projects in emerging markets, with a focus on the water and telecommunication services.