Attorney Vickie Gipson

**** ********** ******, *********, ** 21403

202-***-****

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EXPERIENCE

Senior Policy Advisor (Intellectual Property Manager/Nonprofit Division of Medical School)

CONRAD, Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), Arlington, VA

(August 2015 May 31, 2016)

Handled all aspects impacting intellectual portfolio including negotiation and drafting of complex documents,

including, but not limited to the following: teaming agreements, intellectual property licenses and

assignments, memoranda of understanding, material transfer agreements, clinical trial material transfer

agreements, and confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements;

Contributed to the drafting and negotiation of intellectual property aspects of contracts under cooperative

agreements and grants as well as sub-agreements;

Lead administrator of AGILOFT software database implementation oversight including overall sub-tier

management system and intellectual property tacking;

Participated in senior level meetings regarding sub-tier management program particularly as relates to

intellectual property, intellectual property policy development including trade secrecy policy as well as

overall programmatic policy development and implementation action plans;

Researched and analyzed laws, regulation, and policies to provide internal guidance for international bio-tech

sub-tier Federal assistance funding management program.

Also, responsible for providing guidance to outside intellectual property counsel as well as other duties as

assigned such as assisting with operational capacity assessments, legal analysis of issues related to USAID

and Federal Assistance Funding and other regulatory, ethics and compliance matters.

Senior Policy Advisor (Research Contract Specialist/ Nonprofit Division of Medical School)

CONRAD, Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), Arlington, VA

(May 2013- August 2015)

Researched and analyzed laws, regulations, policies, and industry standards and provided internal guidance

for international bio-tech sub-tier Federal assistance management program and identify emerging business

practices, issues and risks, including those laws and regulations specifically related to Federal Assistance

Funding such as applicable OMB circulars and USAID Automated Directive Service (ADS) guidance;

Provided legal compliance recommendations to the Executive Director and other Senior CONRAD Staff,

particularly as related to general business operations as well as specifically concerning Federal assistance

funding issues;

Evaluated the adequacy of sub-tier management program internal control mechanisms, operational efficiency

and identified processes and recommendation that increased legal compliance while dramatically improving

operational efficiencies;

Drafted, edited and reviewed organizational policies and procedures, including, but not limited to: Sub-Tier

Management Program Guidelines related to sub-agreements and procurements under Prime Cooperative

Agreement(s) requirements;

Drafted, edited and reviewed legal document templates to increase legal compliance and operational

efficiencies of Sub-Tier Management Program, including but not limited to complex sub-agreements,

contracts under cooperative agreements, USAID memoranda and related documents;

Assisted in contract and sub-agreement negotiations including document drafting and review and related

meetings;

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Attorney Vickie Gipson

1404 Chesapeake Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403

202-***-****

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Evaluated, reviewed, recommended and administered software development to increase efficiencies, internal

controls and overall compliance, including constituent management IT platforms and any related contract life

cycle management software as well as OFAC interdiction software;

Assisted in development, conduct and evaluation of an annual organizational capacity assessment for

CONRAD/EVMS overall operations;

Serve as legal liaison between for outside legal counsel and USAID Consultants;

Participated as needed in meetings with USAID and other third party entities to discuss to provide legal

compliance in-put and advice as regarding partnering opportunities;

Represent CONRAD at meetings, conferences and trainings related to compliance and Sub-tier Management

operations;

Assisted the Deputy Director for Programs with supervisory responsibility of Research Contract Associates,

Administrative and other subordinate staff under the CONRAD/Programs Group.

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Senior Attorney (Law Firm/Private Practice and Settlement/Title Company),

Citiwide Title & Escrow Services, LLC and the Law Office of Vickie Gipson, Washington, DC (January 1996

May 2013)

Maintained a civil Practice concentrating in real estate, business, contracts and issues related to non-profit

organizations;

Served as in-house counsel for medical services company handling matters including, but not limited to,

government contract bid protests, policy review, debt collection, mediation and negotiations;

Handled all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate settlement process, including: title insurance

underwriting, resolution of title defects; drafting of title commitments, settlement statements and legal

documents such as deeds, affidavits and related agreements, conducted settlement conferences, manage

multiple real estate escrow accounts and related disbursements, drafted final title policies and resolved legal

concerns related to transaction closure such as probate and family law matters, RESPA, TILA, TOPA,

predatory lending, lien clearance, foreclosure, bankruptcy and other real estate, contract and business law

issues.

International Attorney Adviser and Realty Specialist (GS-13),

U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC (1992-1995)

Served as in-house counsel for 130 employee associations charted by the Department and interpreted

domestic and foreign laws in the furtherance of said business activities abroad as well as provided

litigation support and handled commercial and residential real estate legal issues including

negotiation and drafting of international transactional documents such as contracts, leases and

license agreements.

Congressional Intern,

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on International Development, Finance,

Trade and Monetary Policy, U. S. House of Representatives, the Honorable Walter Fauntleroy, Chairman,

Washington, DC

(1989 -1990)

Provided legal research and analysis of international banking and trade laws and related business

matters.

EDUCATION

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Attorney Vickie Gipson

1404 Chesapeake Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403

202-***-****

acwgkm@r.postjobfree.com

LLM - International Banking and Trade, Washington College of Law, the American University,

Washington, DC (1990);

JD - North Carolina Central University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina (1988);

BA - Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York (1983).

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, HONORS, PUBLICATIONS

DC Bar (Active) & PA Bar (Inactive);

InsideNGO Certificate in USAID Assistance Management (Federal Assistance Management

concentrating on USAID policies and practice regarding sub-tier Federal Assistance Funding

management (2014);

USAID Global Health E-Learning Certificates:

Gender Monitoring and Evaluation;

Online Communities of Practice;

Monitoring and Evaluation;

Fundamentals and HIV Basics (Part1);

CITI Certificates:

Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research;

Conflict of Interest;

Biomedical Research Investigators and Key Personnel;

Good Clinical Practice (GCP); and,

Group 2 EVMS IRB Member (Basic Course 1)

MD Title Insurance License 2003 - 2011;

NCCU Law Review, Note/Comment Editor, 1987-1988;

Senior Staff Member, 1986-1987.

Publications:

Vickie Gipson, ALTA Federal Conference A Small Agencys Perspective, 33-34, Title News

(May/June 2009).

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Various USAID and Federal Assistance Training Course provided by InsideNGO;

Loss Mitigation Training;

Various title insurance and real estate finance courses;

Interest Based Mediation Workshop, Better Business Bureau;

Government Contract Law for Attorneys, Judge Advocate General (JAG) School;

Commercial Lease Negotiation Workshop, Georgetown University School of Law; and,

Negotiation: Art & Skill, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State.

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