• Nonprofit leader with 15 years of experience developing and managing programs . Expertise in strategic thinking, engaging stakeholders, building consensus, and project and grant management.

• Directed local community-based education program targeted at diverse communities and professionals. Oversaw staff of 7 and a grant budget of over $500K. Implemented online program delivery through on demand trainings and oversaw marketing efforts that led to over 1.8M exposures and 473K touches in the metro DC area in less than 6 months.

• Managed a national $2.4M grant for improving care for those with serious illness through convening expert thought leaders and developing national recommendations. Engaged and nurtured relationships with grant partner, 14 external program managers, and 20+ Steering Committee members to identity areas for collaboration and coordination, while managing communications and logistics for dispersed stakeholders to gather and share diverse opinions.

• Senior staff member on a $4.8M grant aimed to improve care for those with complex illness. Engaged over 30 local and national leading thought partners to develop national recommendations, oversaw the implementation of communication activities including focus groups, and organized briefings, listening sessions, and stakeholder convenings.

• Proficient in MS Office Suite, Google Workspace, Slack, Atlassian Confluence, Basecamp, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom Webinars

• MA, Health Advocacy, Sarah Lawrence College, and BA, Economics and International Relations, Hamline University

• Impressive and versatile experience as entrepreneur with MBA, training & education professional, and compliance/legal specialist with JD. Recently relocated to DMV area and seeking to offer his many talents to growing, mission-focused organization.
• 30+ years of education/training experience including classroom, curriculum development, special education, and adminimstrative management from Pre-k through college.
• 17+years legal experience as attorney/litigator in state courts and school/agency hearings including  civil rights, employment, and medical/mental health.
• Committed problem solver and entrepreneur who has started and managed four successful companies, including a retail store and entertainment company.
• Advanced Proficiency in MS Office Suite, Adobe products including Premier pro, and custom database software.
• B.S. Business Communications, Southern Connecticut State University; M.S. Early Childhood Development, Southern Connecticut State University, J.D. Quinnipiac University, and MBA, University of Connecticut

• Retired U.S. Navy Officer with 30+ years of experience in curriculum design, development, and management as well as extensive training and life/leadership coaching experience.
• Currently Certified Life Coach (2019-present), after providing instruction and mentoring to 120+ adults and leaders in various aspects of coaching education. Developed and presented life skills training program to residents of Loudoun Homeless Services Center.
• Management & Program Analyst, National Heart & Lung Institute, NIH (2015-2017), where he led 59-person team to review and resolve process and quality issues related to 980-member workforce. Eliminated 15 years of leave balance discrepancies and implemented new workstream and training and documentation protocols.
• Served in various leadership capacities at U.S. Navy Medicine Professional Development Center (2006-2015), including Instructional Systems Specialist and Master Training Specialist. Promoted to improve training program development and lifecycle management in accordance with ADDIE development standards. Received professional excellence award in training and honorable mention for web-based training tool. Led training management program responsible for 1,500+ students attending 120+ universities with a budget of $80M.
• Served 22 years in the U.S. Navy.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), social media, podcasting and video conferencing platforms.
• BS, Healthcare Administration, Southern Illinois University and MBA, Webster University. MPS, Professional Studies in Education, Capella University.

• Legislative Affairs and Communications Specialist with 18 years of experience advising C-level executives on government and legislative affairs and providing internal communications support to government clients.
• Communications Specialist for small government contractor (2012-present), where he has been detailed to 5 contract,. Currently providing internal communications support to DHS, writing reports to support multi-billion dollar acquisitions, analyzing and reporting on conditions of agency processes, and creating and implementing plans to correct deficiencies.
• Principal Advisor to CEO of woman-owned small business in the I.T. solutions space (2008-2011). Led three-year multi-pronged, multi-media campaign targeted at the federal executive and legislative branches and resulting in rescue of company’s most lucrative contract.
• Legislative Affairs Advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton (2006-2008). Provided congressional affairs support to DHS Under Secretary for Science & Technology. Created strategic communications plans for groundbreaking of 2 national labs and maintained relationships with members of Congress and congressional staff.
• Retired from U.S. Coast Guard in 2006 after serving 3 years as Deputy Director, Office of Congressional Affairs. Supervised 25 legislative liaisons, advised the Commandant and other senior leaders on legislative and regulatory initiatives and reported on congressional and political developments.
• MBA from Columbia University and B.S. from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

• Family Law Attorney with a background (6+ years) in commercial litigation and transactions. Well versed in all areas of the litigation process, including drafting pleadings and motions, propounding discovery, taking and defending depositions, preparing exhibits, arguing motions and conducting trials.
• Currently handles cases involving spousal and child support, custody and visitation, and equitable distribution, which includes tracing of separate property interests, business valuations and retirement issues.
• Served as Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected children in Fairfax County.
• Litigated construction, community association and breach of contract matters. Also performed transactional work, such as drafting entity formation documents, employment agreements, community association covenants and settlement agreements.
• D. from George Washington University and a B.A. from Michigan State University. Proficient in MS Office Suite, Adobe, and LexisNexis.
• Licensed in VA and DC. Member of the Fairfax Bar Association, Virginia Women Attorneys Association, and Family Law Section of the Virginia State Bar.

Customer Service and Account Management professional with experience in software engineering, project management, and technical infrastructure. N.M. has held roles in which she has contributed to the growth of the client base growth and technical success of the companies for which she worked. For the past 5 years, N.M. has worked at a small Financial Management firm, being promoted to her current role of Client Service Specialist responsible for all aspects of client interaction and  onboarding, financial advisors’ schedule management, and monitoring and maintenance of both  the firm’s Salesforce CRMs. Prior to the promotion, N.M. worked as an Administrative and  Technical Assistant where she helped the growing firm identify and establish a new Sales CRM and website, hire additional employees, and support an increasing customer base. From 2011- 2014, N.M. worked as the Director of Information and Administrative Services at the firm’s sister company in the publishing industry. In this role, N.M. performed a variety of duties ranging from coordinating the activities of technical/compliance professionals, performing electronic and manual quality assurance checks  and office administrative duties. She began her career as a Software Developer. She has a Bachelor’s from Clarkson University in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

E.S. has 15+ year of financial analysis, business operations, and business development experience for both a mid-size private company and a large publicly traded financial institution. After a brief career sabbatical, she is looking to add value to a mission-driven company and brings expertise business process improvement, financial analysis and modeling, budgeting, market research, feasibility analysis, contracts management, and corporate due diligence. From 2011-2019, E.S. held progressively responsible roles with a large commercial bank. She analyzed the financial and operational performance of middle market ($50MM-$1B) for-profit and non-profit organizations, developing relationships with C-suite external clients and internal partners. She also led a regional internal consultancy across 4 states and 8 lending offices, focusing on business development and using market and financial analytics to make sales conversation meaningful. E.S. received “Shared Success” and “Positive Participator” awards in recognition of teamwork, partnership and best practice dissemination. From 2002-2010, E.S. was Development Specialist/Business Analyst with Bojangles’ Restaurants, a 500+ franchise restaurant development company, with responsibilities over M&A due diligence, franchise and lease contracts management, business process improvement, financial and operational analysis, budgeting, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, and regulatory compliance. E.S. was again recognized by senior management for facilitating due diligence related to corporate acquisition by a private equity firm and increasing efficiencies through development and implementation of a contracts management/reporting system to support real-time factual decision making. E.S. holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and MS in International Business from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. She is bilingual in English and Russian.

J.A is a strategic leader with 15 years of experience managing complex programs for national nonprofits in the education field. From 2014-2019, J.A led implementation and innovation for a portfolio of national literacy programs for BookTrust, the UK’s leading children’s literacy nonprofit. She was promoted to Head of Programs in 2017, where she reported to the CEO, led a team of 8 and reached 2.5M families with the gift of 3.4M books in their child’s first year. From 2011-2014, J.A led participation and outreach at the National Centre for Circus Arts, where her efforts resulted in a 6% increase in the number of young people taking part in circus arts across the UK. In addition to 9 years in senior leadership roles in national nonprofits, J.A worked at Deloitte consulting, providing program management support and analysis for private-sector and nonprofit clients. She has an MBA from Cass Business School, a Master’s in Education from the University of Reading, and a Bachelors from the University of Leeds.

D.M. (McLean, VA) has 50+ years of diversified business experience, which offers potential solutions to interim business needs – (Partner with Ernst & Young, CFO and CEO of a $60 million import/export company, founder and CEO of a $7 million import/export company, and founder of a vibrant business advisory practice). In his business advisory practice, D.M. currently helps small business owners start,
grow and exit their businesses. Prior to this, in 2000 D.M. purchased the inventory for one product line from his former company, cut his own deal with the Japanese supplier and founded an import/export company, growing it from one product line ($3 million annual sales) to 5 product lines ($7 million annual sales) in 5 years. D.M. sold the business in 2005 to start his business advisory practice. In 1990 D.M.
became the CFO (and later CEO) of a $30 million import/export business, which doubled in size during his time with the company. The owner died in 1999 requiring D.M. to liquidate the company in a timely fashion for the benefit of the owner’s wife. At Ernst & Young, from 1961 to 1990, D.M. served a diversified audit client base working through the ranks from staff accountant to Partner. He has a Bachelors in Finance and Accounting from California State University at Los Angeles and is a CPA.

F.G. is a seasoned writer and editor with a strong legislative background and expertise in research and analysis. After leaving college to serve as one of the youngest Congressional Chief of Staffs in the 1980s, F.G. has dedicated his career to writing and editing. He has edited Capitol Hill newsletters and written about fiscal policy, banking, other democracies, and female entrepreneurship. In 2004 he founded ExactingEditor.com to provide writing and editing support to innovative nonfiction writers. In 2016, he created, edited, and co-produced with 6 associates a published book on the post-1970s Congress, with a 2018 edition now in the works. From 2002-2007, F.G. was Publications Director for the Institute that ran planning sessions for the GOP Members of the U.S. House. During 1996-99, he directed technology policy analysis for a think tank where he remains a Senior Fellow. Primary Skills are text editing, audio production (oral histories), in-depth interviewing, legislative analysis, deadline-management, and historical perspective.