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WORK:
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C.
Foreign Service Officer, August 2014-June 2019
School of Communication
American University School of Communication
Washington, D.C.
Adjunct Faculty, Fall 2014
OMNITEC Solutions, Inc.
Lexington Park, Md.
Senior Strategic Analyst, March 2014-August 2014
BSA | The Software Alliance
Washington, D.C.
Communications Manager, August 2012-September 2013
National Defense University
Center for Transatlantic Security Studies
Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C.
November 2011—June 2012
Project Manager, “A More Perfect Alliance,” video support campaign for the NATO Summit in Chicago, May 2012
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussels, Belgium
Information Officer, 2006-2011
Project Manager, “Allies in America” Secretary General campaign in the United States, May 2011
Project Manager, “Ambassadors Road Trip” campaign in the United States, Feb. 2010
Project Manager, “NATO in the Washington Metro” advertising campaign, March-April 2009
Project Manager, Transatlantic Opinion Leaders Afghanistan (TOLA), three trips to NATO AO, 2005-2006
Public Affairs Syndicate Team Leader and Core Planning Team Member, NATO Crisis Management Exercise (CMX), 2009-2011 (four cycles).
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Washington, D.C.
Director of Communications
October 2002—May 2004
Office U.S. Representative Nydia Vélazquez|House Committee on Small Business
Washington, D.C.
Speechwriter|Deputy Press Secretary
July 2001—October 2002
Office of U.S. Representative George Miller|House Committee on Resources
Washington, D.C.
Legislative Assistant|Deputy Press Secretary
February 1997—August 1998
The Daily News
Memphis, Tennessee
Staff Writer
August 1995—September 1996
EDUCATION:
Juris Doctor, American University Washington College of Law, June 2001
University Award for Outstanding Scholarship at the Graduate Level, 2001
Master of Arts, International Affairs, American University School of International Affairs, August 2001
Joint degree program in law and international affairs with Washington College of Law.
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, May 1995
Daily Bruin Staff Writer and Editor, 1993-1995
California Intercollegiate Press Association Award for Best Series, First Place, 1995
California Intercollegiate Press Association Award for Spot Reporting, Second Place, 1995
