S.S. is a communications and marketing professional with 15+ years of domestic and international experience (mostly B2B and some B2C). She is currently an independent consultant providing writing and marketing services to start-ups. Upon relocating to India from 2006-2011, S.S. was the Director of Communications, Brand Development & Marketing for a mid-sized international infrastructure and energy company (2011-2013) and established a successful retail brand and managed all operational and marketing aspects of the business (2006-2009). Prior to this, she spent 5 years at Cox Communications HQ in Atlanta, where she was Corporate Marketing & Promotions Manager. She served as the main liaison between 32 nationwide marketing departments and networks such as VIACOM, Lifetime, and Discovery Communications. She has a Masters in Journalism from University of South Carolina and is currently pursuing a Certificate in Digital Marketing at Georgetown University.

P.B is a CMP-certified Meeting Planner with 8+ years of experience working in the association and government contracting industries. She has experience managing small VIP meetings as well as conferences with 200-1000 attendees. She also managed hotel arrangements for a city-wide event with 30,000 attendees. P.B. is currently freelancing, working mostly as a contractor planning and supporting government meetings. Prior to this, she worked for 5 years as a Meeting Planner at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Association of County and City Health Officials, and Institute of Medicine. Her expertise includes speaker and VIP management, onsite lead, logistics, hotel sourcing and contracts, process streamlining, CSR databases and event software management. She speaks Japanese at an intermediate level. She received her BA from American University in International Studies.

V.A. is a finance professional with a background in internal audit and risk management and recent experience in business intelligence (BI) consulting. She recently relocated from London, UK where she obtained her MBA and worked as a BI Consultant for Pomerol Partners, a technology and BI consulting firm. Using Agile methodology, she was part of a team that designed a trade reconciliation process to reduce risk and costs for a Tier I Global Private Bank client. From 2013-2016, V.A. was an Associate at KPMG where she conducted SOX compliance reviews; GAP assessments; OMB A-133 audits, and internal performance audits of business systems, incurred cost submissions, disclosure statements, indirect cost structures, etc. From 2009-2013, V.A. worked for Chemonics International, an international development consulting firm with mostly USAID contracts. In this role she performed more traditional accounting duties in addition to auditing grant program compliance with FAR and GAAP and monitoring financial policies and controls. She has an MBA from St. Mary’s University, UK and a BS in Accountancy from George Mason University. She is an ISO 9001 Certified Internal Auditor and is proficient in MS Office Suite, Lavastorm Analytics, Visio, MS Dynamics, Peachtree, and PeopleSoft. Virtual Only

K.T. has 25+ years of high-level operations experience, including managing HR and recruiting functions, call centers, and facilities for both large and small organizations. She has routinely taken on special project and initiatives, including overseeing complicated office moves. Since relocating to the area in 2010, K.T. has been an independent Business Consultant, providing HR and operations support to small businesses and working with commercial real estate attorneys conducting complex settlements. From 1993-2009, K. T. worked for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (government contractor), where she quickly moved through the ranks and successfully managed up to 300 associates (HR supervisors, HR associates, administrative clerks, medical review RN’s, analysts, customer service and claims, etc.). Her work at Anthem involved recruiting, interviewing, on boarding, staffing, training, manpower planning, and forecasting in a virtual, multi-state environment. She also oversaw three separate department moves and build outs, each involving over 300 people, as well as large system integration projects. She began her career working in HR for a retail giant, managing daily operations of a department that serviced over 5K employees.

N.N. has 10+ years of mid-level accounting experience, working mostly for CPA firms and small and mid-sized businesses. She has experience in accounts payable, ACH reconciliations, general ledger journal entries, and financial statement analysis. From 2008-2011, N.N. was Senior Accountant at Avalink, a telecom software company, where she was responsible for converting the company’s accounting software from Quickbooks to NetSuite. N.N has also worked closely with the CFO to balance the company’s financial statements. As a General Ledger Accountant at L-3 Communications, she was responsible for reconciling major accounts. N.N. started her career as a Staff Accountant/Bookkeeper for a small CPA firm (2000-2006), where she worked on client accounts and assisted with payroll and tax filings. She has a BS in Accounting and Masters in Accounting and Financial Management, both from UMUC. She is proficient in Quickbooks, NetSuite, Peachtree, and Deltek CostPoint. She is currently working on her CPA certification.

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 Chiefs of Staff, F.G. 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. 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.

T.B. is a marketing and project coordination professional with strong membership marketing and customer acquisition/retention skills. For the past 15 years, she has consistently held leadership roles as a volunteer in her community to make positive changes in her neighborhood and local school. She chaired an HOA committee responsible for the maintenance of common grounds, a school committee responsible for increasing enrollment, and another school committee tasked with the redesign of the school uniform. Prior to leaving the workforce, T.B. was a Senior Marketing Manager at MCI Consumer Markets, where her experience included email marketing, membership marketing, business development, product management, and customer sales and retention. She was responsible for direct employees and supporting associated inbound and outbound sales and service channels. She is proficient in MS Office Suite. She has a BFA with a concentration in Graphic Design from James Madison University.

T.H. has over fifteen years accounting and financial analysis experience in both the public and private sectors. From 2012 to 2015, she lived in Vancouver, British Columbia and served as an active volunteer in the education system and athletic leagues. From 1995 to 2011, she held several positions with Hallmark Cards in Kansas City. She advanced from Financial Analyst to Team Leader to Finance Manager. As the Finance Manager, she facilitated, planned, forecasted and reported non-product costs. Her team collaborated with several partners to ensure the successful conversion of the mainframe accounting system to Oracle. From 1992 to 1995, she was a Senior Accountant with KPMG in Kansas City. Her clients included Health Midwest, TWA and several cities and municipalities, including the City of Kansas City, Missouri, with a population of over 450,000 and an annual budget of over $1,000,000,000. She is proficient in Microsoft Office applications and has a working knowledge of Oracle and SAP. She has a BS in Accounting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and an inactive CPA license.

S.B. is a “jack of all trades”, high-level administrative and project coordination professional with strong data analysis, technology, and customer service skills. She has experience working in both corporate and nonprofit environments. She currently works at a nationally-known nonprofit, supporting operations and events managed by one of its division offices. Her office management and events support responsibilities include, pre/post event (on-site) support for 15+ events annually; volunteer coordination and training; donation processing and cash management; supply chain management; mail processing; and communications and customer service support. She also serves as POC for a team of Community Managers & Directors and acts as liaison with the IT department. During her career break, S.B. volunteered extensively for this same organization. S.B. began her career in software programming and then moved into customer service roles at technology companies, including Sitel Corporation in Canada where she earned Best Performance and Top Sales Consultant Awards for the service she provided to her client Dell, Inc. She has a BS in Chemistry from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai University.

J.S. is an award-winning sales, marketing and business development professional with 20+ years of B2B and B2C experience. This includes working for blue-chip, multinational organizations such as Colgate-Palmolive and S.C. Johnson in strategic marketing and brand management and AT&T Wireless and Sunrise Senior Living in consultative sales. Since 2007, J.S. has been an independent consultant providing marketing, sales and business development support to clients such as Sodexo USA, American Cancer Society, and Hispanic Access. Over the past year, JS has also put her sales and marketing skills to work as Executive Director of a local non-profit organization, where she has increased revenue and net income by 85% and 153%, respectively. She was recently elected Board Chair. From 2014-2015, she was Director of Sales and Marketing for Sunrise Senior Living, where she met the monthly sales quota by 100% in her first year, and in the next six months, she exceeded her sales quota by 200%. J.S. is proficient on Salesforce and MS Office Suite. She has an MBA from St. Edward’s University and a BA in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. She recently completed a four-course certification program offered on-line by SUNY on Non-Profit Leadership and Governance. She is bilingual in English and Spanish.