Recent Graduate

Leyla Y. Hagan

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EDUCATION

Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC May 2024

• Bachelor of Science, Culture & Politics (Middle East & the Environment concentration) Minor: Mathematics GPA: 3.68

• Awards: Honors Thesis Recipient Annexstad Family Foundation Scholar Georgetown Scholars Program Idol Family Fellow

• Notable Courses: World Histories (6 semesters); Environment (4 semesters); Mathematics (7 semesters); Economics (3 semesters)

• Technology: Adobe Premiere Pro, LaTex, OverLeaf, Canva, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Nation Builder, & Lucid Press

• Languages: Proficient in French, intermediate in Arabic, native speaker of English

• Security Clearance: Secret Level, GS-04. Active 2023-2028 WORK EXPERIENCE

Georgetown Eco-Consultants Washington, DC

Director of Open Membership August 2023-December 2023

• Founded the first 250-person open-membership environmental career education program for freshmen in history of Georgetown

• Participate in Board activities such as hiring, project timeline creation, client outreach, and advertising for a group of 75 students Project Manager for Number Nine (N9) (restaurant and bar) January 2023-August 2023

• Implemented and marketed sustainability for N9 and applied new techniques to other nine locations

• Delegated subproject focusing on energy consumption analytics, menu ingredient sustainability, recycling policy analysis, supply chain tracing, and queer sustainability; then finalized these into an instruction guide for N9

• Hired, trained, and directed a team of 10 student consultants, while forming professional relationship with N9’s owner Project Manager for Inspiration Mobility (IM) August 2022-December 2022

• Collaborated with company leadership to launch “Birth to Death” a vehicle tracking project for nationwide consumer use

• Calculated carbon emissions produced from the sourcing, production, and disposal of every model of electric vehicle currently for sale; compiled data on a self-designed template organized by company, vehicle year, and model type

• Facilitated meetings with and motivated the largest team of consultants in Eco-Consultants’ history immediately after promotion Consultant for the Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) September 2021-May 2022

• Constructed spreadsheets to quantify the benefits of partnering with each of 76 local breweries in the One Percent for the River Initiative, which integrates regular donations (money, beer, fundraiser coordination) to PRKN into each brewery’s financial planning

• Conducted extensive outreach to new, prospective, and existing partner breweries for PRKN

• Secured two new business partners after delivering individually tailored presentations and surveys to their leadership U.S. Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (Middle Eastern Division) Washington, DC Colin Powell Fellowship June 2023-September 2023

• Managed the office’s public outreach inbox, triaging communications related to crisis situations, mail, and international diplomacy

• Handled Secret survivor engagement projects to create public press releases related to global anti-trafficking efforts

• Published biweekly press clips to inform the 150-person office about country-specific trafficking-in-persons profiles ONE DC Intern for the Georgetown Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor & the Working Poor Washington, DC Homes for All (HFA) Organizing Intern June 2022-August 2023

• Organized workshops and fundraisers for District of Columbia tenant associations in regular meetings with tenant leaders to assist them in advocating for rent control, eviction protections, and facilities management

• Created and disseminated promotional videos and fliers on Adobe Premier Pro, Canva, and Microsoft Word to advertise HFA

• Solved event coordination issues by phone banking nationwide to boost membership and recruit academics and poets Middle East Policy Council Washington, DC

Education & Research Intern June 2022-September 2022

• Standardized and supplemented profile templates for 22 Middle Eastern countries including their respective histories, governments, foreign policies, economies, and cultures for the TeachMideast website

• Built digital spreadsheets and drives to monitor project progress now used by all incoming classes of MEPC

• Composed articles on water issues in Turkey for publication the Emerging Voices section in MEPC’s Straight from the Source Independent Speech and Debate Coach New York, NY

Extemporaneous Debate Instructor & Partner of the Beyond Resolved Debate September 2019-December 2022

• Initiated pro-bono coaching services for middle school and high school students of all experience levels anywhere in the United States

• Developed and executed pro-bono coaching services, which included cohort meetings, office hours, mock tournaments, and lecture times for middle school and high school students of all experience levels anywhere in the U.S.

• Lectured on a variety of international affairs topics with original outside preparation from a self-started Google Drive database of 7,000+ articles

• Spearheaded nationwide online transition of Beyond Resolved Debate coaching services despite pandemic staff shortages, while also instructing senior group labs and assembling individual learning plans for over 40 students

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