A seasoned manager, with experience creating and improving systems, developing and training staff, and pursuing and winning new business, I have spent my career focusing on building relationships. I am a strong communicator, who takes great pride in making connections, establishing essential processes, finding efficiencies in the work that I am doing, and mentoring staff. I have spent the last 14 years working in the international development space, including 10 years as the head of Business Development at both for-profit and non-profit firms. I have created and refined proposal processes, uncovered new clients and funding opportunities, trained staff in government policies and regulations, and pursued hundreds of opportunities totaling over $3 Billion dollars. In 2016 I took on the new challenge of teaching graduate students at The George Washington University. This new opportunity required me to improve my presentation and public speaking abilities, teach myself to create lesson plans, and implement a course curriculum. I began my career working in the United States Senate and at a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, on a variety of tasks, including constituent relations, project management, and organizational development, all of which required strong communication and relationship building skills.