Policy Analyst/ Policy Advisor
Resume:
Theresa E. Anderson
Waldorf, MD
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Theresa E. Anderson
My career objective is to work as a Civil Rights / Civil Liberties subject matter expert who provides technical expertise to internal and external stakeholders. My career has included extensive work teaching, training, negotiating, and analyzing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1972 (Section 504), Title XI of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975.
Skills
Provide Civil Rights / Civil Liberties technical guidance and training. Develop Civil Rights/ Civil Liberties trainings and information materials on Title VI and Section 504.
Conduct fact finding Civil Rights/Civil Liberties investigations, make determinations and produce recommendations communication for appropriate resolution.
Track and Interpret data, compile, and analyze metrics, Solutions assessment.
Investigate, counsel, and analyze individual Civil Rights/Civil Liberties complaints of discrimination.
Skilled in written and oral communication.
Policy & Statutory Analysis / Complaints Resolution.
Organizational Leadership / Project & Program Management / Staff Training
Experience
FEBRUARY 1, 2021 – PRESENT
Policy Analyst – Civil Rights & Civil Liberties / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) * Remote - 5098 Bluehead Court, Waldorf, MD
Hours per week: 40 * Series: 0260 Equal Employment Opportunity * Pay Plan: GS Grade: 13 * Supervisor: Jennell L. Thomas Esq – 202-***-**** * Contact me first.
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties subject matter expert on Executive Order 13166 : Provide limited English deficient detainees equal access to ICE’s programs and services.
Develop Language Access 201 training course: Required course for ICE frontline staff and internal stakeholders. Perform quick writing, research and analysis of Executive Orders, policies, memorandums to identify problems and propose solutions for enhancing Section 504 and Title VI protection in language and Disability Access.
Compliance: Review on-sight and virtual inspections, and complaints made from ICE facilities for Title VI compliance. Draft written recommendation communication from the review.
FEBRUARY 2017 – FEBRUARY 2021
Equal Opportunity Specialist – Multicultural Branch / Transportation Security Administration (TSA) 601 S. 12th Street, Arlington, VA
Hours per week: 40* Series 0160 Civil Rights Analysis * Pay Plan: Band * I Band * Supervisor: Seena Foster 571-***-**** * contact me first
Subject matter expert of Title VI and Section 504 and TSA Management Directive 900.1
Compliance review of Title VI: Conduct independent fact-finding investigations, and research. Draft written recommendations communications and conduct oral recommendations to upper management and politicians for appropriate resolutions to multicultural complaints regarding frontline airport staff.
Partner with the Disability Branch to provide Civil Rights/Civil Liberties and Disability technical guidance &training on compliance with Title VI and Section 504. This training was directed to internal and external stakeholders.
Developed Civil Liberties trainings and information materials for internal agency components and the traveling public: Multicultural webinar’s, On-sight, and virtual trainings, and developed written Multicultural trainings called: AHH Moment, Heads Up, and Know Before You Go.
Track and interpret data on multicultural air traveler’s trends.
JULY 2012 –MARCH 2013
Adjunct Instructor / Campus Diversity Representative / Court Reporting Institute of Arlington (CRI) 4300 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA
Hours per week: 20-30 * Non-Federal * Supervisor: * Facility permanently closed
Developed a diverse & inclusive management curriculum that outlined goals and objectives.
As the Campus Legal Career expert provided staff and students assistance for adherence to Title VI, Section 504.
Provided technical assistance and policy guidance in Ethics, Diversity, and Inclusion to improve recruiting, accommodating, and supervising a diverse staff and student population.
Leveraged external partnerships between CRI and potential external stakeholders.
To eliminate diversity and inclusion barriers, I independently produced a proposal with recommendations from identifying triggers, investigated barriers, assessed the results, and devised an action plan. From this plan I made recommendations for recruitment strategies and retention of a diverse student population. This plan was also used to develop a campus wide affirmative action plan.
Other Employment:
Special Education Substitute Teacher – DC Public Schools: Policy used Section 504
Prince Georges County MD, Office of Public defender: Investigated criminal cases, compiled information, and summarized information by developing factual support for claims. Draft correspondence, reports, memoranda, and legal documents. Apply statutory/policy authority to the facts to make recommendations of the relevant issues.
Staff Attorney – MN. Workers Compensation Court of Appeals: Identified and analyzed lower court workers compensation cases to develop recommendations for disposition. Draft legal memoranda, summarizing facts, analysis of legal issues and made recommendations of disposition. Applied appropriate law- reviewed and draft orders on motions and stipulation.
Program Manager / EEO Counselor – Serenity, Inc.: Provided technical assistance to management to assist in drafting Serinity’s policies, directives, and training materials to ensure compliance with Title VI and Section 504. Provided agency Diversity training and wrote agency specific EEO training materials. Leveraged external partnerships with Court Services and offender Supervision Agency, and other business and education stakeholders. Performed a trend analysis of staff to provide technical assistance in developing an Equal Opportunity and Inclusion staff.
National Council of Senior Citizens / Interim Employment Specialist: Collaborated with EPA division heads to identify staffing needs. Investigated and mediated Title VII EEO complaints.
Education
MAY / 2021
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate /Univ. of South Florida, Muma College of Business, Tampa, FL. United States
MAY / 1993
Graduate Degree in Public Administration (emphasis Government Management) / Hamline University School of Business/ Saint Paul, MN. United States
MAY / 1990
Jurist Doctorate Degree / Hamline University School of Law / Saint Paul, MN. United States
Activities
Volunteer Work:
Board Member of Our Place Soup Kitchen: Waldorf, MD, 2018 – Present
Founding member / CEO of Phree United Transitions – Provide food and shelter to persons in Waldorf, MD living in tents. 2021 – Present
Missionary with AARAMA Missions Team: 2015 – Present
Appointee on The Governor’s Task Force on Affordable Housing: Saint Paul, MN. 1997
Recipient of Leadership Initiatives in Neighborhoods Grant: The Saint Paul Companies, St. Paul MN. 1996 (Taught the Social Aspects of affordable mortgage products in South Africa).
Published: The Impact and Cause of Emergency Shelter use in Hennepin County, Minneapolis MN.
References: Kimberly J. Bandy Homeland Security Sr. Policy Analyst 202/357-6266 ********.*.*****@**.***.*** *Professional
Stacy Shore Homeland Security Acting Chief of Staff, Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman 202/0357-8397 *****.*****@**.***.*** *Professional
Gil Lang II Department of Education Chief Diversity Officer 202/552-9630 ***.****@**.*** *Professional
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