2023

Certificate in Design Thinking and Strategic Innovation | Harvard Business School

Certificate in Objectives and Key Results (OKR) Foundations | OKR Institute

2019

BA, Politics, Philosophy, Economics | King's College London

2014

U.S. Department of State, Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Scholar | Rabat, Morocco

Jun 2024 - Present | Career Enrichment Break

• Work, language and cultural exchange on a self-sustainable farm and organic vineyard in Tvishi, Georgia and a hostel in the capital city of Tbilisi

• Finalizing post-production for launch of my podcast: Know Your Network by Fall 2024

• Continuing role as President, King's College London Alumni chapter; increased annual events by 300% engaging with over 500 local alumni

Nov 2022 - May 2024 | Project Manager, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Healthcare Transformation

Aptive Resources, Alexandria, Virginia

• Oversaw cross-functional workstreams comprised of 35+ subject matter experts, provided project and risk management oversight, drafted comprehensive evidence-based report compiling research into a 5-year implementation strategy to be deployed to across all VHA hospitals.

• Conducted and analyzed qualitative data from interviews with over 150 VHA leaders and healthcare providers to understand pain points and best practices for stratifying high-risk patients and optimizing care delivery workflows.

• Collaborated with high-level subject matter experts to develop suite of tools impacting 10k+ frontline staff, including standardized metrics and data monitoring processes, trainings, automated clinical notes templates, and improved data dashboards for efficient health data integration.

Mar 2022 - Oct 2022 | Project Manager, White House Cancer Moonshot 2.0

Aptive Resources, Alexandria, Virginia

• Managed contractor team and oversaw portfolio of 15 workstreams across cancer care, research and various specialties.

• Led 3 inter-agency workgroups with researchers and leaders from the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA), Energy (DoE), Health and Human Services and Defense to create strategic roadmaps for White House Cancer Moonshot 2.0 joint programs.

• Coordinated the establishment of the VHA's Enhance Equity and Access to Clinical Trials (ENACT) program: a multi-pronged, cross-agency initiative to improve cancer research awareness, participation and the representativeness of clinical trial enrollee population cohorts.

• Synthesized Cancer Moonshot project data and communication updates to provide clear and actionable insights for high-level stakeholders (White House, Congress, inter-agency and departmental leadership).

Jan 2020 - Mar 2022 | Senior Analyst, VHA, Center for Care and Payment Innovation

CVP, Washington, DC

• Partnered with diverse VHA SMEs to build proposals for healthcare transformation initiatives, align resources and funding strategies and outline project teams, objectives and key results.

• Supported 10 partner facilities in launching private-public partnerships to connect Veterans with low-cost dental care, including facilitating executive meetings and reporting, overseeing patient and external communications development, and designed patient outreach and enrollment methods.

• Performed process quality improvement assessments and conducted grants compliance, management, and policy reviews for the National Science Foundation's robust grant awardee portfolio.

Sept 2019 - Jan 2020 | Campaign Field Organizer, John Delaney Presidential Campaign

Field Office in Des Moines, Iowa

• Facilitated press communications throughout the state of Iowa, coordinating interviews with over 16 local and national television and radio news outlets.

• Strategized cross-platform voter outreach to 50k+ Iowa voters through targeted phone and social media messaging.

• Assisted with college campus recruitment efforts, mobilizing young voters to register at careers fairs and across social media platforms.

Passion Projects

President, King's College London Alumni Committee, Washington, DC (Feb 2024 - present)

Co-host and Founder, The Young Professionals Podcast (May 2024 - present)

• Change Management

• Project Management

• Human-Centered Design

• Inter-Agency Collaboration

• Process Optimization and Workflow Mapping

• Stakeholder Engagement

• Web Design

• French Language (C1)

• Russian Language (A2)

Probably happy because I'm in a real-life-in-person-office and not taking meetings from my apartment :-)

I have also held jobs as a direct-to-consumer Sales Representative for the Economist, and a Music Editor for the UK-based youth culture magazine ASBO.

More detailed resume available upon request.

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