Project Manager

REFERENCES

Robert L. King 202-***-****) Christina Charity 757-***-****) Chris McCaghren 205-***-****) Jack Cox

** * ******, **********, *.C. 20001 (248) 320---8661 adklvf@r.postjobfree.com EXPERIENCE

United States Department of Education July 2020 - Present Higher Education Programs Assistant Washington, D.C.

• Managed CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund reporting requirements, accounting for almost 14 billion dollars distributed to over 5,000 colleges and universities.

• Lead a team of 10 staff members to retrieve and analyze over 5,000 reports from institutions of higher education to ensure full compliance from the grantee community.

• Managed third-party vendors on $32,000 contracts to automate the data-scraping process for thousands of CARES Act reports.

• Presented to over 6,200 higher education presidents, CEOs, financial advisors, and compliance officers on the allowable and unallowable uses of CARES funding.

• Constructed CARES Act reporting mechanisms and forms, consulting with multiple senior leaders across the Department and publishing these forms in the Federal Register and on the Department of Education’s website. United States Department of Education August 2019 – July 2020 Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary Washington, D.C.

• Directed front office operations for the Assistant Secretary of Postsecondary Education.

• Co-coordinated the Department’s efforts to quickly and effectively respond to the higher education community’s 20,000+ inquiries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Facilitated the Panel Review Stage as the lead panel monitor for a team of professors scoring the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grant, which funds Ph.D. students' efforts to better understand key world areas, cultures, and languages.

• Conducted on-site visits to the three Washington, D.C. universities with National Resource Center grants to ensure compliance with statute, focusing in on the universities’ efforts to provide diverse perspectives in their curricula centered around world conflict areas. Teach For America (Conway Middle School) June 2017 – June 2019 8th Grade English Teacher Eastern North Carolina

• Selected from a competitive pool (7% acceptance rate for over 49,000 applicants) to join a national teacher corps and commit two years to teach in an under-served, rural public school in North Carolina.

• Underwrote an entirely new ELA Curriculum to better suit the needs of my students, growing them academically according to state test scores in both years as a teacher.

• Fostered a positive classroom environment for over 150 students by utilizing research-backed management methods and cultivating strong school-family relationships.

• Acted in a leadership role within the school building through chairmanship of the 8th grade faculty and monthly School Leadership Team meetings to improve school outcomes by a full letter grade. EDUCATION

James Madison College of Public Affairs, Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 2013-2017 Major: International Relations

Cumulative GPA: 3.6/4.0

The American University of Paris Paris, France Spring 2016 PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS/PASSIONS

2019-2020 - FLOC 3rd Grade Student Tutor

2018-2019 - Roanoke Valley Soccer Club Coach

2018-2019 - CMS Beginning Teacher of the Year

2018-2019 - CMS 8th Grade Chairman

2017-2019 - CMS School Leadership Team Member

2017-2018 - CMS Varsity Basketball/Volleyball Coach REFERENCES

Robert L. King 202-***-****) Christina Charity 757-***-****) Chris McCaghren 205-***-****)

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