W.G. (Ashburn, VA) is an HR professional with expertise in employee benefits administration. She has 10 years of experience working in corporate HR departments as well as third-party administrator settings. From 2014-2018 prior to relocating, she was Manager of Benefits and Compensation Programs at a mid-sized non-profit in CO. She implemented a new employee recognition program; led a team that administered all FMLA, ADA and workers compensation; and aided in developing and executing corporate benefit plans each year. Additionally, she led a team that developed a strategy and process for implementing state minimum wage increases. She has experience working with C-suite executives and was promoted twice within three years. From 2009-2014, she worked for a third-party benefits administrator where she gained detailed knowledge of specific benefit plans such as COBRA, FSAs and HSAs. She has a Bachelors in Economics and Psychology from the University of North Carolina.

M.P is a seasoned grants management, proposal management, and project management professional with 20+ years of experience leading teams on global health initiatives. Since 2012, she has been an independent global public health consultant. From 2011-2012, she worked for The World Bank, where she supported the implementation of a social protection program in Haiti and helped design a $15M maternal and child health and capacity building program. From 2007-2011, she worked for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, where she was promoted to Bureau Chief of the New Business Development Bureau. She oversaw annual pursuits of over $300M in federal and international grant funding and proposal development efforts. Her work led to a 20% increased win rate and the identification of best practices and improved management systems. M.P. has an MPH from Loma Linda University School of Public Health and a BS in Business Administration from Southern Adventist University. She is certified in nonprofit board governance and coaching.

T.H. (Potomac, MD) has 20+ years of experience in business development, sales operations, and account management. Prior to taking a career break in 2012, she had a successful, 16-year career at Nielsen Claritas where she was promoted consistently from account management roles to Assistant Vice President of Sales and then to strategic planning and sales operations roles. Her experience spans the entire spectrum of the sales process in a fast paced, data-oriented, and technology-focused environment. She worked earlier in her career at Experian in product management and strategic partnerships and helped develop and bring to market the first internationally-linked consumer segmentation model. She has a BS from the University of Arizona and holds professional certifications as a Salesforce.com Administrator and Tableau Desktop 2019 Qualified Associate and in Solution Selling.

K.S. has 20 years of experience providing forensic accounting, litigation support and financial analysis services to regulators and attorneys. From 2000-2009, she worked for a consulting firm where she was promoted to Managing Director, overseeing all aspects of forensic accounting and litigation support services including document review and analysis, client relations, staff management, case documentation and reports. Her experience ranges from counting ballots for the 2000 Presidential election to managing a complex high-profile case involving a bankrupt American energy conglomerate. She is skilled at reviewing and analyzing significant amounts of data, extracting key issues for detailed analysis, and presenting complex findings in a concise, clear manner. She is proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, advanced Excel, PowerPoint and Access). K.S. has a Masters in Taxation from Georgetown University and a Bachelors in Business Administration with an Accounting major from the College of William & Mary. She has an active CPA license in Virginia.

L.B. has 20+ years of healthcare experience including roles in project management, regulatory compliance, communications and technical writing. Since 2012, she has been a freelance content writer who develops marketing content for some of the nation’s leading hospital systems. From 2007-2011, L.B. worked for smaller nonprofits supporting their missions to improve healthcare quality. She managed a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that explored and implemented new methods for performance measurement, public reporting and consumer engagement. She also wrote an award-winning website on the topic of culturally competent care. Earlier in her career, she held project management and technical writing roles at United Health Group and Aetna. L.B. is proficient in subject matter expert interviewing, writing, editing, search-optimized content and blogging. She has an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management and a BA in Communication from Northern Illinois University.

G.K. is a practicing attorney who most recently worked for a small government contractor, where she drafted, reviewed, and negotiated software and cloud services contracts with federal government entities. From 2012-2016, she served as in-house counsel for CrossFit, Inc., a global fitness and media company. She performed general legal work, with a focus on Intellectual Property and licensing issues. She researched and investigated infringement of the CrossFit® name and took appropriate action through cease and desist communications, removing infringement from social media outlets, and using legal proceedings when necessary. In addition, she helped to interpret and enforce affiliate license agreements, worked on domain squatting issues, drafted independent contractor service agreements, and reviewed sponsor agreements, assumption of risk releases, publicity releases, and NDAs. She has a JD from the University of Virginia and is barred in VA.

Program Controller with 7 years of experience at Raytheon IDS in manufacturing engineering program management and support functions. B.F. started her career rotating through various roles at Raytheon including Quality Process Engineer and Strategic Initiative Leader.  In those roles, she worked on a variety of efficiency and optimization projects including database optimization, Six Sigma, space and resource utilization, and ergonomic evaluations.  She became a Manufacturing Cell Leader where she supervised 32 employees including assembly and test and was responsible for manufacturing performance and productivity, quality, cost, and delivery requirements and workforce planning and forecasting. She then moved into Control Account Management (CAM) where she used EVM for the UAE Sensor manufacturing program. Her last position with Raytheon was as Manufacturing Program Manager and Operations IPT Lead where she managed the execution of IMS and capacity constraints for Radar and Antenna build.  She has a BS in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University with a minor in Information Sciences.  She had a Secret Clearance that is now inactive.

Physicist with 15+ years of research background in industry and academia with experience in nonlinear optics, optical and photoacoustic characterization and basic science research on nanofabrication and characterization. For the past 5 years, M.H. has worked as a postdoctoral associate in an academic research lab where she worked with a team of interdisciplinary members and mentored and supervised graduate and undergraduate students and delivered several publications and international conferences. From 2004-2010, M.H. worked for research institute of petroleum industry of Iran in nanotechnology research center where working in a deadline-oriented environment, she held responsibility for large segments of multidisciplinary team projects and enhanced her laboratory proficiency as well as quantitative skills through analysis of research data. M.H. has a Ph.D. in Physics during which she investigated synthesis and nonlinear optical properties of lead chalcogenide nanoparticles. Also, M.H. holds a Master’s degree with her thesis focused on fabrication and investigation of electrical properties of metal thin films.

Accomplished, seasoned, high-level scientific professional.  M.C has been a Principal, Sr. Lecturer, Professor and Faculty Consultant on NSF and other grants, nationally and internationally, in the areas of chemical, environmental and materials science, engineering.  She held the positions of Sr. Laboratory Chemist and Safety Officer, Pilot Plant Chemist, Manufacturing Engineer and Sr. Trainer-Communications Manager for chemical, pharmaceutical and biological companies.  M.C. has worked at all levels of government-city, state and federal.  She is a former Consultant to the State Commissioner of Education; was selected for a U.S. EPA appointment to lead a state center; became the Project Engineer on the first resource recovery facility in the nation; managed public health projects for the city, received a commendation for industrial training excellence from the late Senator Ted Kennedy and has garnered national and international teaching awards.  M.C. has undergraduate and graduate degrees and two advanced certificates from six colleges and universities including Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT.

G.M. is a PR and communications consultant with extensive experience managing strategic initiatives for foundations, nonprofits and social enterprises. For more than two decades she has worked in the U.S. and globally on highly targeted communications and policy efforts to promote human rights, disaster relief, economic development, health, sanitation and hygiene, water security, environmental preservation, and clean energy. Her recent work includes managing communications programs for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, WaterISAC, Niger Delta Partnership Initiative Foundation, Center for Clean Air Policy, and Families USA. Prior to being an independent consultant, she was Director of Communications for the Wilderness Society. She also served as the Communications Manager for the World Wide Fund for Nature leading a global public relations effort to raise awareness and galvanize multinational government support at the UN Convention on Climate Change. She also spent 4 years as the Media Relations Manager for Disaster Services at the American Red Cross. She started her career as a writer, producer and reporter for CNN and as a reporter for United Press International Radio, Voice of Germany, and Radio France International. She has a BFA in Communications from New York University.