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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Professional Summary

Determined and responsible Director with more than 6 years of success boosting efficiency and streamlining procedures for operational groups. Focused on smoothly overseeing financial, personnel and operational facets. Effectively balance targets with resources and optimize long-term success.

Skills
  • Auditing
  • Budgeting
  • Coaching
  • Data Analysis
  • Financial Analysis
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • MS Office
  • Project Management
  • Spanish
  • Decision-making
  • Document Management
  • Executive management
  • Human Resources
  • Payroll
  • Process Improvement
Work History
08/2018 - CurrentAssociate Director | Arabella Advisors - San Francisco, CA
  • Manage 10 to 15 fiscally sponsored projects at three 501(c)(3) public charities by providing financial, HR, legal and operations supports
  • Lead account teams in analysis of financial reports as well as monthly and annual budgets across project portfolio
  • Partner with and support Windward Fund Board of Directors' implementation of organization's strategic framework
  • Provide high-level oversight and management of 501(c)(3) public charities' central operations, including governance, communications, development and finance
  • Oversee management of multi-million dollar private foundation funding in close partnership with internal teams to ensure compliance with grantor requirements
01/2017 - 08/2018Regional Operations Manager | KIPP, Bay Area Public Schools - Oakland, CA
  • Provide high-quality coaching, supports and evaluation to three School Operations Managers
  • Lead Risk Management strategy and execution on behalf of 12 KIPP schools in Bay Area Region
  • Implement operational systems and tools to effectively support rigorous and safe learning environments
  • Co-lead Professional Development series for 12 Operations Managers at Monthly Communities of Practice
  • Co-development of Operational Excellence rubric to be utilized by School Leaders and School Operations teams
  • Manage data collection process, write and update plans to reflect progress to goals on school's eight state priorities
  • Analyze student data to identify strengths, opportunities and performance gaps and present to external stakeholders
  • Manage school startup, student recruitment, and enrollment strategy and progress monitoring for San Francisco schools
  • Maintain public funding via compliance monitoring and reporting to State of California for 12 KIPP Bay Area schools
12/2014 - 01/2017Founding Legal Operations Manager | Starr Insurance Holdings, Inc - New York, San Francisco, NY, CA
  • Managed and developed team of four employees in support of group's annual strategic goals
  • Led Legal Department's first internal audit; identified flaws and implemented practices to improve operational efficiencies
  • Drafted process and procedure documents for 9 Legal Department function areas
  • Implemented and centralized on-boarding process for Outside Counsel and Third-Party Vendors
  • Identified and reported on key operational metrics resulting in better decision-making, tracking and roll out of new systems
  • Provided senior and executive management with ongoing financial and accrual reporting
  • Partnered with IT to manage system administration and effectiveness of in-house and external databases
  • Produced founding quarterly newsletter sent to Legal Department domestic and international personnel
08/2011 - 12/2014Legal Billing Manager | Starr Insurance Holdings, Inc. - San Francisco, CA
  • Analyzed $33M legal fees budget using past and actual performance as well as expense reports
  • Achieved cumulative legal fees reduction of over $5M via invoice audits and draft Starr Companies' legal billing guidelines
  • Negotiated flat-fee, hourly and alternative fee arrangements with outside counsel resulting in savings of $13M
  • Advocated for automation and standardization resulting in operational efficiencies for legal department
  • Developed Legal Operations Group proposal and initiative to account for worldwide department and company scaling
  • Partnered with IT Department to successfully migrate Document Management System to cloud
  • Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in support of cloud migration on behalf of Legal Department and reported findings to IT and management teams
Education
2019University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CAMaster's in Public Administration (MPA): Public Administration
2017University of California, Irvine, CA

Intro to Project Management Principles and Practices Specialization, 12/16-02/17

2016Harvard Business School, Boston, MA

HBX CORe, 06/16-08/16

2010Ithaca College, Ithaca, NYBachelor of Science: Business Administration
Affiliations
  • Board Member, CIty of Vallejo Code Enforcement Appeals Board (CEAB), 2018 to Current
  • Executive Board Member, Office of State Grants Program Advisory Board, 2015 to 2017
  • Founding Leader, Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, 2016 to 2017
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Arabella Advisors
  • KIPP, Bay Area Public Schools
  • Starr Insurance Holdings, Inc
  • Starr Insurance Holdings, Inc.

School Attended

  • University of Southern California
  • University of California
  • Harvard Business School
  • Ithaca College

Job Titles Held:

  • Associate Director
  • Regional Operations Manager
  • Founding Legal Operations Manager
  • Legal Billing Manager

Degrees

  • Master's in Public Administration (MPA) : Public Administration
    Bachelor of Science : Business Administration

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