Commissioner; Education Commission of States Resume Example

• Analyze and monitor critical government trends, proposed legislation and regulations, and industry issues in order to provide a consistent and favorable business environment.
• Analyze and recommend legislative positions on various state polices and regulatory proposals and other administrative action and emerging issues.
• Represented Legislative District six interests with members of the House of Representatives, senators and including Governors, senior administration staff, Commissioners and directors of state agencies.
• Provide information related to current legislative, regulatory and other government activities to senior staff as appropriate and communicate effectively with appropriate line-of-business managers and legal.
• Executive Legislator and wrote, 230 proposed relevant legislation and policies directly with local, state and national government policymakers.
• Attendance at state committee meetings and chaired legislative hearings as necessary, with the ability to capture salient points of concern and impact on the state.
• Managed, and coordinated strategies, and major criminal justice initiatives, operations and activities related to federal and state legislation, programs and state and local executive branch affairs.
• Lead government relations advocacy efforts at the US state and local level to support business development activities and shape regulatory and policy issues impacting the state of Arizona.

• Oversaw 46 strategic business decision-making programs to develop, enhance and enforce WB Inclusion's business mission.
• Promoted company public profile by delivering speeches, writing 15 articles and presenting at industry conferences as the public face of the organization.
• Monitored business trend forecasts and adjusted budgets and operational plans to maximize growth and opportunities.
• Monitored business trend forecasts and adjusted budgets and operational plans to maximize growth and opportunities.
• 5 years of progressively responsible senior leadership experience; previous
nonprofit experience and management of a complex, multi-site
organization.

• Served as the primary interface for the program and executive-level customers Established and executed the account-management disciplines, business - management processes, and associated reporting.
• Provided general account management, monitoring, relationship management to 30 staff.

• Managed and monitor the contract performance against time, budget, of $120.00.00 and performance standards using PMBOK methodology Identified program risks and provide mitigation strategies, supported project Business Cases (scope, goals, deliverables, costs, timescales, plans, dependencies, resource requirements, and milestones).
• Created and present briefings to discuss status, progress, new and changed requirements and technical, program, and scheduling problems, which were critical to the accomplishment of project objectives.
• Maintained and foster meaningful relationships with employees, clients, and government stakeholders.
• Supported any high-level strategic direction data-call requests for performance measures, trending analysis, metrics, feasibility studies, and change requests serving program objectives.
• Maintained proposal development activities, participate in industry and customer events, developed white papers, case studies, and others, to assist with corporate branding efforts. Lead key corporate initiatives and projects, as needed.