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LEGAL CONSULTANT
Highlights
Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word), EDGAR, LexisNexis, Westlaw, and OpenLCA.
Experience
October 2014
to
Current
INTENTIONAL ENDOWMENTS NETWORK New York, NY Legal Consultant
  • Assist with the formation of the Intentional Endowments Network's parent company, The Crane Institute of Sustainability, including drafting all governance documentation, facilitating board meetings, and preparation of its Form 1023 application to the IRS for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.
  • Research current trends in impact investing, socially responsible investing, and environmental, social, and corporate governance investing practices, for presentations and white papers to be used on the organization's website.
  • Assist with organizing forums on university campuses for investment professionals, university administrators, advocacy groups, and students to promote the discussion of endowment investment practices.
May 2015
to
July 2015
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND CLIMATE CORPS NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation HHC New York, NY consultant
  • to help develope its strategy to achieve its goal of reducing its greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions by 50% by 2025, based on 2009 levels.
  • Worked with the energy management team at HHC's corporate headquarters and the facility directors and engineers at fifteen of the hospitals in HHC's network to identify opportunities for increased energy efficiency, and reduced energy costs and GHG emissions.
  • Evaluated energy efficiency projects for Harlem Hospital, including bi-level level lighting in stairwells, programming automatic computer shutdowns in the evening, and cooling tower replacement, using NPV and ROI analysis.
  • Conducted site visits to hospitals, interviewed staff, reviewed utility bills, and collected and analyzed data on building infrastructure components, such as absorbers, cooling towers, boilers, and steam traps.
  • Drafted a report on our team's findings and analysis to assist HHC with its application to the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services to obtain capital and operational funding for energy efficiency projects.
  • Presented recommendations to the CFO of HHC, which included a preventative maintenance program for steam traps and other components of the heating and cooling systems, and ways to improve communication of energy issues between corporate headquarters and facilities.
January 2015
to
May 2015
THE COLUMBIA CENTER ON SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT New York, NY Research Intern
  • Conducted research in both Spanish and English on the governance policies of sovereign wealth natural resource funds ("NRFs"), focusing on management, transparency, investment, and accountability issues.
  • Created peer-reviewed profiles on the laws, regulations, and policies governing NRFs in Mexico, Colombia, and the United States to be used by the National Resource Governance Institute.
August 2011
to
March 2012
COOLEY LLP San Francisco, CA Associate
  • Counseled various international and domestic sponsors of venture capital investment funds.
  • Served as lead attorney for fund formation projects, managing all aspects of the formation process from solicitation of capital commitments to the funds' closings.
  • Negotiated with investors and drafted fund documents, including term sheets, limited partnership agreements, membership agreements and side letters.
  • Reviewed firm marketing materials, investor subscription documents, private placement memorandums, and fund websites.
September 2006
to
May 2011
DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON, LLP New York, NY Associate
  • Researched and interpreted changes in U.S.
  • federal and state securities statutes, rules, and regulations, and drafted internal and external memoranda communicating those changes and implications from those changes.
  • Served as lead associate on several projects, coordinating directly with clients, and managing the projects' legal teams, which typically consisted of junior associates, paralegals, and specialists.
  • Drafted corporate governance documents, including board resolutions, board minutes, powers of attorney, and shareholder approvals, also attended and facilitated board meetings.
  • Counseled sponsors of U.S.
  • and Cayman Island private equity investment funds pursuing various strategies including buyout, growth capital, and mezzanine funding.
  • Drafted and negotiated terms for leveraged financing agreements, including credit agreements, security agreements, and collateral agreements, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) documents, including asset purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements, transition services agreements, and prospectuses.
  • Developed and drafted internal policies and procedures for clients (including general compliance checklists and manuals, marketing/media communications guidelines, and anti-money laundering compliance programs).
  • Conducted due diligence on target companies and their subsidiaries in connection with leverage financing M&A transactions.
Education
Dec. 2015
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY New York, NY M.S: Sustainability Management Sustainability Management
Energy Law; Environmental Law and Sustainability; Economics of Sustainability; Energy: Markets and Innovation; Sustainability Management; Sustainability Science; Decisions, Life Cycle and Supply Chain Sustainability Assessment; Models, and Management; Energy and Sustainable Development; Green Accounting; Sustainable Finance; Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions: Measuring and Minimizing the Carbon Footprint; and Renewable Energy Markets and Policy. · Integrative Capstone Workshop Project: As sustainability consultants for the City of Yonkers, our team was tasked with designing a low-cost program to help promote sustainable office practices in the city's municipal buildings. Our team created the "Yonkers Battle of the Buildings." The goal of the "Battle of the Buildings" was to influence occupants' behavior and daily choices through competition in order to reduce overall energy consumption. Our team also developed a tool that would allow the competition's administrators to monitor and evaluate progress.
May 2006
HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Washington, DC J.D Editor, Howard Law Journal
May 2001
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE University of Salamanca in Salamanca Atlanta, GA, Spain B.A: Philosophy and Spanish Philosophy and Spanish
Languages
Proficient in written and spoken Spanish
Interests
New York State
Additional Information
  • BAR ADMISSION: New York State
Skills
Accounting, Administrative, attorney, boilers, bi, c, credit, clients, designing, documentation, drafting, due diligence, Economics, Editor, energy efficiency, energy efficiency, energy efficiency, energy management, English, equity, Finance, financing, funds, Innovation, Law, legal, letters, lighting, managing, marketing, marketing materials, meetings, mergers and acquisitions, Excel, money, Microsoft Office Suite, office, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, natural, Network, organizing, policies, presentations, programming, progress, Research, securities, Spanish, strategy, Supply Chain, tax, white papers, venture capital, website, websites, Westlaw, written
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • INTENTIONAL ENDOWMENTS NETWORK
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND CLIMATE CORPS NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation HHC
  • THE COLUMBIA CENTER ON SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT
  • COOLEY LLP
  • DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON, LLP

School Attended

  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
  • HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
  • MOREHOUSE COLLEGE University of Salamanca in Salamanca

Job Titles Held:

  • Legal Consultant
  • consultant
  • Research Intern
  • Associate

Degrees

  • M.S : Sustainability Management
    Energy Law; Environmental Law and Sustainability; Economics of Sustainability; Energy: Markets and Innovation; Sustainability Management; Sustainability Science; Decisions, Life Cycle and Supply Chain Sustainability Assessment; Models, and Management; Energy and Sustainable Development; Green Accounting; Sustainable Finance; Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions: Measuring and Minimizing the Carbon Footprint; and Renewable Energy Markets and Policy. · Integrative Capstone Workshop Project: As sustainability consultants for the City of Yonkers, our team was tasked with designing a low-cost program to help promote sustainable office practices in the city's municipal buildings. Our team created the "Yonkers Battle of the Buildings." The goal of the "Battle of the Buildings" was to influence occupants' behavior and daily choices through competition in order to reduce overall energy consumption. Our team also developed a tool that would allow the competition's administrators to monitor and evaluate progress.
    J.D
    B.A : Philosophy and Spanish

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