Sharon Hathaway Forrest

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Sharon Hathaway Forrest

• Employment Opportunity Presentation
• Part One
• Career Overview

19922011
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Evolution of a Career

• The Development of
• Specific Skills Competencies
• with Applicable Highlights

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The FoundationsA Hampton Roads Homegrown

• Born and Raised in Hampton Roads Norfolk Academy
• Graduate of ODU (92, B.A., Political Science)
  with advanced study in Politics, Geography, Law,
  International Relations, Port Economics
• Intern in Governors Policy Office House Senate
  Agriculture
• Intern in Senior Virginia Delegates Office
  Education Sub-committee
• Fellow in Leadership Hampton Roads
• Fellow in Virginia Institute of Political
  Leadership
• Production Assistant for Local TV Public Affairs
  Programming
• Advocate for Prevention of Child Abuse in
  State-wide Forums which resulted in media
  coverage and by-lines with quotes
• Participation in Virginia Political Campaigns
  (McDonnell, Warner)
• Sports Information Director - AAU Jr. Olympic
  Games, Norfolk
• Participation on Jamestowns Volunteer Crew

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The Foundations Executive Education

• Global Business Leadership
• Business Trade Policy
• Developing a Successful International Marketing
  Strategy
• Playing the Power Game Negotiation Influence
  Strategies
• Managing the Global Organization
• Strategies for International Organizations
• Strategic Human Resource Management and Employee
  Relations
• International Finance
• International Managerial Finance
• Foreign Exchange Risk Management
• Global Markets Security Analysis
• International Project Finance
• Understanding Investment Banking and Global
  Capital Markets

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The BeginningsThe Organization of American
States
Sometimes called the Regional Body of the United
Nations for the Americas The Organization of
American States (OAS) brings together the
countries of the Western Hemisphere to strengthen
cooperation and advance common interests. It is
the regions premier forum for multilateral
dialogue and concerted action.

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OAS Public Information DepartmentInvolvement
1991-1998

• International Educational Outreach Model OAS
• Introduction to courting large corporate donors
  through high-profile individuals
• Coca-Cola grant for Model OAS
• Introduction to courting Congressional leaders
  and Congressional groups
• Hispanic Caucus Senators Warner and Kennedy
• Testimony before Foreign Relations Committee
• Introduction to lobbying agencies for support
• Introduction to lobbying associations for support
• Introduction to collaborating with development
  banks and United Nations agencies
• Introduction to international tourism agencies
  and their congresses
• Introduction to international dialogue and
  policymaking
• Large International Commemorative Event 50th
  Anniversary
• Introduction to White House Advance Team
• Introduction to multi-nation participation
• Introduction to wire press relations
• Introduction to foreign delegations dignitaries
• Introduction to corporate involvement in events

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Introduction to Prospect Research and Sponsorship
Solicitations
Letter of Invitation to Planning Session for
Corporate Executives to solicit support for
International Model OAS Mr. Goizueta of Coca-Cola
responded with the first grant other affiliates
of Coca-Cola soon followed.
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Entertaining Foreign Delegations
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Feeding the Wires and Responding to Press
Inquiries
Working with the White House Advance Team for the
50th Commemorative Session I was assigned to
assist press crews with set-up and feed
information to wire services and other media
present.
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Developing Skills to Serve High-Profile
Personalities - Georgetown University
1998 -2000
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Georgetown UniversitySchool of Foreign Service
1998-2000

• Introduction to the offices of High-Profile
  government leaders involved in international
  affairs and corporate/non-profit boards
• Former National Security Advisor Anthony Lake
• Presidential Envoy to Conflict in Haiti
  Ethiopia/Eritrea
• Board Appointments, including International
  Committee of the Red Cross
• Currently, Head of UNICEF
• Former US Ambassador to the UN Donald McHenry
• Introduction to large high-profile university
  with global standing
• Utilized media/public relations skills developed
  through public policy leadership training,
  campaign management, and international events
• Refined relationship building skills with
  corporations and government officials,
  particularly heads of agencies
• Assisted the professors with their roles on the
  boards of large international events and
  negotiated meeting arrangements and compensation
  for paid appearances

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NATO 50th Commemorative Session April 1998

• Briefed Press Attaches of the Embassies
• Worked with Embassies to Create Bios for Summit
  Publications
• Researched facts for Summit Publications
• Introduced to the Vetting Process
• US Department of State
• USIA
• White House
• Department of Defense

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Assisting Promotional TeamsFrom Start..To
Finish
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World Bank MIGAApril 2000

• Directed symposium including
• initiation and development of a
• website providing access to
• symposium publications along with
• promotional materials through
• support of MIGA team.

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Strategic Positioning for Press Harvards Women
Waging Peace
As Media Center Captain created daily newsletter
to build camaraderie amongst the delegates from
11 different conflict areas, and worked with
delegates who were media professionals to craft a
declaration that was quoted by the press and read
at Policy Day before over 200 policymakers in
attendance.
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Creating a Corporate Cabinet Networking for
High-Profile Board Members
With contacts generated at the UN, helped
Harvards WWP beef up their corporate cabinet (a
sponsor) and board.
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Utilizing Old Alliances
Working with a press attache from the Macedonian
embassy (whom I had met during the NATO event), I
created a strategy to secure international press
for our delegates in their home country.
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Strategically using International Media to
Promote - United Nations
Worked with Ted Turners publicist to create a
statement that was picked up by the Associated
Press (his remarks had been given
extemporaneously I transcribed through the UN
press office). There had been indications that
negative press would have appeared otherwise.
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Georgetown University Development Media
Promotions with High-Profile Personalities
Initiated and Executed the First Webcast of a
Library Event needed funds were secured through
presentation to Librarys Executive Council
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Stewarding Major Donors

• Design of the web platform for this endowed
  lecture included pages honoring Mr. Casey for
  whom the lecture was named. We spent
  considerable time making sure that the pages were
  to the donors specifications. Mrs. Casey and
  Advisory Board members were extremely pleased.

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Inspirational Development Communications

• Ribbon cuttings and dedications become even
  more special with booklets and programs honoring
  the donor and his family.

The Robbin Family - 2M donor
The Gelardin Family - 1M
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Managing Special Events with Flair
The Shrady Family at the dedication of the bust
of Father DArcy
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Both Here and Abroad
A Library Associates event in London. And a
special print The Glittering Prize designed
by an English artist to capture the title of this
special lecture.
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Organizing Board Meetings with Panache
Designed new briefing booklet. The relatively
new librarian displayed this book to new provost
on their first meeting as a sample of excellence
at the Library.
Managed Board Reception, Dinner, Meetings
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Continuing to Develop Creative Media Productions

• Business Card Size CD

with coordinated web pages
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PA Consulting Group

• Introduction to Infrastructure and Development
  Projects for USAID and Development Banks
• Proposal Creation
• Contract and Subcontract Management
  Administration
• Project Management
• Home Office Coordination of Internationally Based
  Task Forces
• Facilitation of International Delegations
  Travel
• Development of Documents for International
  Policymaking
• Hospitality for International Study Groups

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Introduction to Strict Corporate Branding Style
PA Consulting Group

• Initiated Promotional Newsmagazine
• Created Proposal Approved by CEO
• Created Editorial Board
• Developed Style and Substance with Corporate
  Marketing Branding
• Encouraged Staff Participation through Division
  Meeting Presentations
• Investigated, Gathered Edited Stories

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Again From StartTo FinishEmployee Involvement
. Ownership
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And Inspired a Revolution

• Created new
• byline
• Innovative Strategies for Global Development
• and inspired
• re-developed
• web pages

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International Event in China with US Trade
Development Agency

• Pre-event Promotional Strategy Materials

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Management of Corporate Philanthropy Freddie Mac
2004 2005

• Day-to-Day Management of the Executive Office
• of the Community Relations/Foundation
  Department
• Introduction to Corporate Organizational
  Management
• Introduction to Corporate Philanthropy
• Introduction to Corporate Lobbying Through
  Philanthropic Investments
• Evaluating Grantmaking in concert with Strategic
  Corporate Planning
• Introduction to National Marketing/Promotions
• PA Spots with Ad Council
• Documentary Production with Public Television on
  foster care
• Wednesdays Child on adoption
• National Childrens Museum
• Introduction to Sponsorship of Major Minor
  Corporate Events
• Hoops for the Homeless
• Boys Girls Clubs and much more see
  www.freddiemacfoundation.org

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Learning from the Top Corporate Philanthropist

• Freddie Mac Tops the List as a Corporate
  Philanthropist
• May 5, 2004 Freddie Mac ranked first among
  Washington, DC area corporations in its
  contributions to the community, according to the
  Washington Business Journal. Overall, Freddie
  Mac's philanthropic givingwhich included Freddie
  Mac and Freddie Mac Foundation contributionstotal
  ed 49.8 million in 2003. Of this, nearly 39.5
  million went to make a difference in the
  Washington, DC region.
• The Washington Business Journal released its
  annual ranking of the largest corporate
  philanthropists in the Washington, DC
  metropolitan area during the Seventh Annual
  Greater Washington Business Philanthropy Summit,
  which is organized by Greater DC Cares and the
  Washington Business Journal and sponsored by
  Freddie Mac and other leading local companies.
  The summit is the region's premier forum for
  recognizing and supporting corporate philanthropy
  in the local business community. The ranking
  appears this week in the Washington Business
  Journal's Greater Washington Business
  Philanthropy Guide.

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• Foundation and the Ad Council Work to Help
  Children
• July 1, 2004 The Freddie Mac Foundation gave
  a 100,000 grant to the Advertising Council. The
  grant will be used to support the Ad Council's
  Commitment to Children. The contribution marks
  the Foundation's first grant to the Ad Council
  and places the Foundation among the Ad Council's
  Leadership Circle, the largest class of donors
  for the organization.
• "The Ad Council's 'Commitment to Children'
  initiative fits wonderfully with the Foundation's
  dedication to opening the doors of hope and
  opportunity for children in our community," said
  Maxine B. Baker, president and CEO, Freddie Mac
  Foundation. "We are proud to support these
  efforts on behalf of children by partnering to
  create communications programs that address vital
  issues affecting our nation's children and
  enabling parents to create a caring family
  environment for their children.

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Commitment to Public Benefit

• Web Site Recruits People Ready to Change the
  Lives of Foster Children
• December 13, 2004 As part of its ongoing
  efforts to offer a promising future to foster
  children throughout the country, the Freddie Mac
  Foundation has funded FosterLinks.org, a new Web
  site that features children in need of adoption
  and helps guide people through the sometimes
  overwhelming process of helping improve the lives
  of foster children. Visitors to the site meet
  foster children, learn about the system in an
  educational section and explore different ways to
  become involved in a foster child's life,
  including adoption. Links connect to programs,
  grants and opportunities that are available
  throughout the country.
• The Web site, which will be regularly
  updated with new information and children, was
  created as a call to action in conjunction with
  the Foundation-sponsored documentary The Beat
  Down Club, a PBS film that exposes the harsh
  realities of the foster care system and depicts
  the system through the eyes of children and youth
  who have lived in it. Don Horwitz, the films
  director, manages FosterLinks.org.

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There are more than half a million U.S. children
in foster care. More than 126,000 are waiting for
a permanent home.

• Wednesday's Childan Emmy-nominated program
  with a proven track record of successis part of
  the Freddie Mac Foundation's national campaign to
  increase adoptions of foster children.
• Each week, a child in foster care who is
  available for adoption is profiled on the local
  evening news. During a segment hosted by a
  popular local newscaster, viewers are encouraged
  to learn more about helping these children find
  homes, and a phone number is provided. The
  children who are featured are usually the most
  difficult to place since they are often older, in
  sibling groups, and may have health and
  developmental needs. For these children, this
  program is often their last chance to find a
  permanent home and a family. The Wednesday's
  Child program started in the Washington, DC
  metropolitan area in 1992, a partnership with
  NBC-4 and the Council of Governments. Its
  phenomenal success there encouraged the Freddie
  Mac Foundation to expand the program nationwide.
  Wednesday's Child is now shown in five cities
  DC, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and
  Philadelphia. The Philadelphia program was
  launched March 24, 2004.

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• Over 800,000 Raised to Fight Family Homelessness
  in DC Area Basketball for a great cause talk
  about a slam dunk!
• Freddie Macs Hoops for the HomelessSM
  produced great basketball on April 16. But more
  importantly, the event raised over 800,000 to
  alleviate homelessness, particularly among
  children and families in the Washington, DC
  region.
• Freddie Mac hosted and underwrote all of the
  costs for this three-on-three, celebrity
  basketball tournament --- held at the MCI Center
  and headlined by basketball legend Magic Johnson.
  The event helped raise awareness and funds for
  six homeless service nonprofits in the DC metro
  region, and one national organization advocating
  for the homeless population across the nation.

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Attended this event and the sponsors reception
at the home of the Hechingers on behalf of the
CEO/COO in 2004 and suggested a higher commitment
in 2005, which happened.

• the National Childrens Museum

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Freddie Mac Philanthropy

• Continued involvement in grant and sponsorship
  agreements from contracting experiences and
  training at PA Consulting and Georgetown
  Development
• Continued Experiences with Congressional Members,
  State Local Politicians Agency Involvement in
  Events
• Continued Experiences Multi-corporate Events
  Collaboration
• Introduction to Executive and Employee
  Involvement
• Grantmaking I initiated and was supported by
  CEO/COO
• Do Something
• Expansion through Washington Office
• Johns Hopkins University
• Blend of Corporate and Foundation Goals at
  Strategic Time
• Herndon Festival
• Local Event with Cross-Division Involvement

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Engineering a grant to expand operations
Initiated a relationship with a NY non-profit
organization that through my support received a
100,000 grant from the Foundations executive
fund.
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Developing Philanthropy Across Corporate Divisions
Initiated this project which included staff
involvement from the Community Development
Lending Division of Freddie Mac.
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Minding the Mission

• At a time when a change of corporate leadership
  had Freddie Mac corporate executives wondering
  about the role and function of the Foundation I
  engineered an agreement with JHU Housing Policy
  Researchers and the FM Economic Policy staff
  leaders to research the impact of homeownership
  on the outcomes of children.
• For the first time in the history of the
  foundation, this merged the mission of the
  foundation with the mission of the corporation
  increasing homeownership to benefit children.

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Strategy DevelopmentPhysicians For Peace

• Continued Corporate Sponsorship Valuation,
  Strategy Gift Charts from Corporate Sponsorship
  Experiences at Freddie Mac
• Strategy and Positioning
• Motivating the Board to Give Generously
• United Nations Event from UN Experiences
• Key Organizational Relationships generated from
  Georgetown Freddie Mac Experiences
• Ruder Finn
• UN Foundation
• US Institute of Peace
• UN Agencies UNDP
• The Millennium
• The Millennium Challenge Account
• Columbia University

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Creating the Right Incentivesfor Corporate
Sponsors
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Knowing that Sponsor and Catering to their
Focus/Need
Towne Bank, a community enterprise has a stronger
tie/affinity to the local medical volunteer than
the need in the foreign country.
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Utilizing Prior Alliances
Through existing ties with Ruder Finn, identified
a premier venue and format at the UN to court
sponsors for PFPs Womens and Childrens Global
Health Initiative. Worked with vendor to create
this e-vite.
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Positioning for Corporate Sponsorships with the
Right Policy
Speaking the Right Language the UN Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) and Corporate Social
Responsibility
This letter to the CEO of Abbott Laboratories
resulted in a personal call in an expression of
interest from the head of Global Citizenship. He
cited the appeal of the UN MDGs, since their
corporation uses the MDGs as a focus of their
ongoing projects.
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Coordinating the Marketing Proposal with
Appropriate Language
Short and sweet, but enough to get their interest
to initiate a relationship WHEN it catches
their attention with the right language.
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Continuation of Embassy Involvement
From the beginning of my career at the OAS until
the present day, it has been my experience that
embassies are great venues to court corporate
sponsorships and program support.
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US and International Chambers of Commerce

• US Chamber Business Civic Leadership Center
  Corporate Social Responsibility
• New York events and networking
• Washington, DC events and networking
• Virginia Chamber of Commerce
• Chambers throughout Virginia (VCEF)
• Commonwealth Scholars promotion
• LEAD Hampton Roads Fellow
• International Chambers Embassy Events

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Continuation of Commitment to International
Education
During my tenure at Physicians For Peace, I
established relationships with the American
Council on Education, the Virginia Tidewater
Consortium for Higher Education, and the World
Affairs Council in an effort to promote the
development of a regional fund for International
Education.
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Virginia Career Education Foundation

• Launch of Virginia rendition of a federal
  education program (USDOE) to encourage middle
  school student to take more rigorous coursework
  in high school
• Strategic development planning and operations
  with Governor, Secretary of Education and other
  members of the Governors cabinet

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Women in International Security

• Strategic Development Planning
• Board Involvement in Fundraising
• Corporate/Foundation Portfolio Development
• International Market Survey
• Executive Mentoring in Fundraising

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WIIS International Foundations

• US Institute for Peace
• European Foundation Centre
• Training at Foundation Center (Washington)
• Foundation Center, New York (WIIS meeting)

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Regent University

• M.A. International Politics 2008
• Oxford Coursework
• Terrorism
• Law
• Constitutionalism
• International Economics
• International Security
• Research at Bodleian on Political Religion

• M.A. Organizational Leadership 2010
• Coursework compatible with WIIS strategy
  development
• Proposal for Global Philanthropic Enterprises
• Continued Research at Bodleian on Political
  Religion

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International Intelligence Ethics Association

• Annual Meetings, 2008 2009 Presentation in
  2008 CIA Confirmation Hearings Legislative
  Oversight of Intelligence Ethics
• Board of Directors, since 2008
• Support for fundraising for 2009 annual meeting
  at Georgetown University
• Presentation at Intelligence Community Center of
  Academic Excellence Program at Penn State
  University Professionalism in Intelligence The
  Ethics Factor
• Presentation in Texas

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Multi-sector Collaborations -Liberia

• Introduced Bishop Rosa Cox to fundraising
  collaboration opportunities and major donor
  prospects in Washington, DC (including USAID) and
  New York for her outreach in Liberia for
  schooling ex-combatants and women in trades with
  supportive health, housing, and food services.

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Oxford University

• Summer 2007
• Terrorism and the West
• Anglo-American Constitutionalism
• Introduction to Bodleian Library
• Research began on Sacralizing Sovereignty /
  Political Religion

• Summer 2008
• Biblical and Quranic Law
• Bible and Anglo-American Politics and Law
• Further research at the Bodleian and other Oxford
  libraries
• Introduction to Speakers Corner/Hyde Park

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Academic Research Participation

• International Studies Association Annual
  Meetings
• New York, 2009 Exploring the Past,
  Anticipating the Future
• New Orleans, 2010 Theory vs. Policy?
  Connecting Scholars and Practitioners
• Relating with Scholars
• Introduction to Paper Presentations and Panel
  Participation

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Academic Research Presentations

• Venice 2010
• 10th International CISS (Comparative
  Interdisciplinary Studies Section ISA)
  Millenium Conference
• Global Cooperation Alliances, Institutions, and
  International Relations
• Paper Presentation - Sacralizing Sovereignty The
  Impact of Political Religions on 21st Century
  Westphalian States

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Academic Research Presentations Participation

• Porto, Portugal 2011
• World International Studies Committee annual
  conference
• Paper Presentation- Sacaralized Sovereignty
  Contemporary Convolution as a Catalyst of Crisis
• Chair IR and Anarchy
• Chair Discussant NGOs and Aid Policy

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Current Career Goals

• A position in which I can utilize my graduate
  education in international politics and
  organizational leadership to create effective and
  efficient multi-sector collaborations to inspire
  exponential growth at a global organization.
• Advanced education in international politics and
  organizational leadership (Ph.D.) with
  scholarly emphasis on
• (1) Political Religion Theory and International
  Security
• (2) Exponential Economic Growth through Effective
  and Efficient Multi-Sector Collaborations
• And a concomitant adjunct teaching/research
  position(s).