Coursework: Public Finance, State and Local Public Finance, Social Problems and Government Responses,Quantitative Analysis. Course Assistant, Public Finance.
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Policy Analysis Exercise: Turning on the tap: considering an index for water and sewer rate adjustment; client:Miami-Dade County Office of Strategic Business Management.
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Providence, RI
Bachelor of Arts
magna cum laude, May 2007
Major: Political Science
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, May 2006
Leadership
Co-Chair
Business and Government Policy Professional Interest Council
Public Policy and Leadership Conference Coordinator
Office of Admissions
Experience
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
Somerville, MA
summer 2013
Legal Intern
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Conducted financial modeling and quantitative analysis for City of Somerville’s$5MM solid waste management system and infrastructure.
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Recommendations to Mayor on shifting from property tax to user fee fundedsystem implemented in 2008 with $3.5MM projected annual cost savings.
2009-2012
OFFICE OF ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISOR
Oakland, CA
Legislative Aide
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Key staff to $100MM Housing Endowment and Regional Trust. Helped secure $2MM inCalifornia State housing bond money. Researched state and local affordable housing policyand data, financing mechanisms, and administrative structures for a countywide Joint Exerciseof Powers Agreement. Testified before city councils and organizations to secure endorsements.
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Co-coordinated 2005 Agricultural Summit. Co-authored and published final report oneconomic development panel presentations and community building action items.
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Researched financial models for Health Plan of Alameda, a pilot program for administeringMedicare at county level, including cost structures, performance assessment, and dedicatedfunding streams.
2007-2009
UNITED STATES PEACE CORPS
Burkina Faso
Non-Governmental Organization Development Volunteer
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Initiated and formalized collaboration among government health staff, village healthmanagement committee, and village theater troupe. Helped develop troupe’s health educationprograms, successfully advocated for their inclusion in center’s annual budget, and developedevaluation report to measure program effectiveness.
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Guided health center and village authorities through successful USAID proposal to procurefirst self-sustaining U.S. Embassy-supported ambulance to serve 15,000 people in three jurisdictions.
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Selected from 1,500 West Africa-region volunteers to present at 14th International Conferenceon AIDS and STDs in Africa.
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Advised middle school students on sustainable microfinance project. Secured seed money forstudents to purchase supplies to paint wild fruit shells as soccer balls for sale at weekly markets.
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Voted “Ms. Peace Corps” by peers for best embodying spirit of cross-cultural collaboration.
Skills
Fluent in French. Proficient in Spanish and Djoula. Proficient in Access, STATA.
Personal
Extensive travel in Latin America, including six months in Chile, Uruguay, Peru.