Project/Program Management, Management Analyst, Grants and Contracts

Lashon M. Hilliard Upper Marlboro, MD 202-***-**** **************@*****.*** Lashon

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As an accomplished leader with over 25 years of extensive program management experience, I have worked to help communities live up to their purpose every day through community policing monitoring and compliance evaluation, various United States Department of Justice (US DOJ) teams helping to develop law enforcement training tools, community partnerships and collaboration which is critical for a more proactive approach to public safety and security. CORE COMPETENCIES

Program Analysis Portfolio Management Management Analysis Program Evaluation Performance Metrics Policy Analysis Process Improvement Risk Management Compliance Monitoring Audit Coordination Corrective Action Tracking Stakeholder Engagement Data Analysis and Reporting Records Information Management Professional Development and Employee Training Non-Profit Program Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United States Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

(COPS Office) April 2015 – December 30, 2023 (Retired) Program Manager, COPS Records Information Management (RIM) KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Improved efficiency and enhanced customer experience in collaboration with IT leadership, managing and implementing the Policy Center and Records Information Management internal projects.

• Collaborated with Project Management and Operational Support groups to develop, implement and maintain new business processes, policies, and objectives, resulting in 1 new Process Improvement Map for retiring and destruction of COPS Federal Records, 3 new policies requiring staff to ensure records meet the specific requirements for retirement and destruction. By implementing this policy, COPS decreased records warehouse space by 72% before the mandated National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Federal Electronic Records Policy.

• Managed the Federal Records services for 85 staff members to prepare almost18,000 law enforcement grants records to meet electronic data requirements, per the NARA including changes to service delivery, customer support processes, all technical records and all COPS Federal Records.

COPS Policy Center

November 2014 – April 2018

Policy Analyst

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Increased intranet traffic to the Professional Development Page by 80%

• Incorporated “Ted Talks” as a recurring leadership and management tool. This resulted in a 68% increase in trust and transparency with non-supervisory staff.

• Identify, maintain, and update “free” and/or reduced on-line training through institutions such as, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lynda.com, and HR University COPS Audit Liaison Division

October 2005 – April 2013

Management Analyst

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Served as the Audit Liaison Rep (ALR) for COPS-wide Office of Inspector General

(OIG) Investigators and Auditors Training; Providing semiannual training for 85 staff members.

• Served as the analyst for monitoring oversight and compliance to OIG Offices in Dallas, TX; Philadelphia, PA; Denver, CO; and, Chicago, IL for over $45M in Federal Awards.

• Conducted Grants Management Training (externally and internally) serving as a subject matter expert in the areas of grants monitoring and audit liaison functions to 38 grant program specialists, 5 management analysts, and 8 program analysts.

• Closed aged audit report with 24 recommendations resulting in 4-year grant restriction for $6.4M compliance violations. This resulted in the precedent setting General Compliance Bar Policy (currently “Restricted Grantee Policy”)

• Recovered (cash) $2,521,226.00 in Unsupported Questioned Costs

• Closed 12 audits amounting to approximately $38.8M ensuring Federal fiduciary oversight

• National speaker and panelist on Community Policing Initiatives, including racial profiling, problem-solving, and grants management in Region Three which includes Mississippi to California.

COPS Training and Technical Assistance Division

December 2002-December 2003

Program Manager (Collateral Duty)

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Primary reviewer for Community Policing Development Cooperative Agreements

• Program Manager for 25 Cooperative Agreements: Creating a Culture of Integrity and Racial Profiling amounting to $2.2M

• Monitored financial and programmatic progress reports to ensure compliance with timeline activities, benchmarks, and outcomes.

Grant Monitoring Division

April 2000 – October 2005

Grant Monitoring Specialist

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Served as acting regional supervisor managing a full-time staff of 5.

• Coordinated work assignments and schedules as field-training officer for grants monitoring specialist before certification

• Field Training Officer for entry-level grant monitoring specialists

• Independently prepared site visit reports for Region III (Mississippi to California)

• Grants Monitoring Division Training Team Leader

• Recovered $182,000 in compliance violations in connection with site visits

• Identified, resolved and closed 47 additional compliance violations from office-based grant reviews and monitoring visits

• Published Community Policing “Promising Practices” Master’s Degree Coursework

Central Michigan University, Andrews AFB, Maryland Master of Science Administration, Concentration: Management and Public Administration Number of Course Hours: 21

Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude

Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland

Major: Sociology, Concentration: Criminal Justice

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