Management High School

Sophia R. Lawson, BA, MPA, CSEP

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Longview, Texas 75602

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SUMMARY

Administrative and Management Officer driven to maximize operational efficiency through

budgeting expertise, benefit-cost analysis, human resources functions, grant writing, project and

contract management and accounting principles.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DEPARTMENT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES October 2003 to June 2013

Rockville, Maryland

Supervisory Program and Management Analyst (Administrative Director)

• Responsible for the management, administrative and operational direction for fourteen

program offices and the regions;

• Allocate and track (monthly) financial expenditures and resources for central and regional

program offices;

• Develop Spending Plans and cost estimates for Program Directors in central and regional

offices;

• Review and edit program offices budget justifications for Agency, Department, OMB and

Congress;

• Process Office Directors and Program Managers travel orders;

• Process all purchase and/or procurement orders;

• Point of Contact for Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP)

• Oversee the property management and relocation of staff,

• Oversee the internal controls for administrative and management operations;

• Supervise a staff of eight (Administrative Officers, Budget Analyst, Support Staff);

• Daily contact with clients (contractors, grantees and program managers) and the public;

• Manage all the HR activities (hiring plans, recruiting and writing position descriptions) for

the programs civilians and commissioned officers workforce,

• Primary writer of the Hiring and Recruitment policies for the Program Office as part of

Succession Planning Team; and

• Planned and managed the annual holiday party and spring barbecue for office of

approximately 300 staff and their families.

OFFICE OF POPULATION AFFAIRS March 2003-October 2003

Rockville, Maryland

Acting Deputy Director

• Implemented the directives and policies of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population

Affairs (DASPA);

• Assisted the DASPA on directing and managing three highly sensitive programs (Title X

Family Planning, Title XX Adolescent Family Life and Embryo Adoption);

• Managed the resource allocation for each program;

• Prepared the budget justifications for Agency, Department, OMB and Congress;

• Oversaw the day-to-day general management of OPA;

• Direct supervision of twelve staff including Policy Analysts, Public Health Advisor's,

Statistician and support staff and indirect supervision of twenty-five staff;

• Oversaw the development of new initiatives and policies per Departmental and

Congressional directive;

• Evaluated and approved the grantee funding for new and continuation projects;

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• Convened and directed meetings with constituents and stakeholders; and

• Served as key note speaker at multiple grantee conferences and meetings. Prepared the

budget formulation estimates for submission at the Office, Department, OMB and

Congressional levels.

OFFICE OF POPULATION AFFAIRS

Bethseda, Maryland

Program and Management Analyst (Finance) May 1995 - October

2003

• Primary Adviser to the DASPA and Program Directors on budgetary and legislative

matters;

• Developed all the Departmental crosscutting data and tables for budget submission;

• Calculated all cost estimates and provided grants and contractual funding amounts to the

Program Directors;

• Developed program spending plans;

• Prepared OPA Departmental and Congressional testimony and briefing materials relating

to budgetary issues;

• Analyzed and monitored all budgetary execution and monthly financial transactions and

reports for single and multi-year funds; and

• Prepared staffing levels the central and regional offices;

• Maintained the approximate 4,500 Family Planning Clinic data for the national bulletin

board.

EDUCATION

Certificate of Event Planning. U.S. Career Institute. May 2014

Master of Public Affairs. Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at

Austin. August 1988

Bachelor of Arts in Urban Affairs. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. June 1986

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Society of Human Resource Management

National Association of Female Executives

Event Planners Association

MEMBERSHIPS

Longview High School Parent Teacher Organization, 2014

Longview High School Campus Improvement Team, 2014

Life Member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc

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