Kathleen, Georgia, United States
Currently serving as Program Manager for United States Air Force. I manage cost schedule and performance of acquisition efforts as directed by the Air Force and Congress. Manage multiple colors of money and government contractors. I organize and utilize multiple meeting formats in order to work with joint partners in teleworking environments. Starting up the eleventh year in the Georgia Army National Guard. Currently serving as the Company Commander for the 1788th QM company. I am responsible for the planning, tasking, and managing of all company operations as well as the 150+ personnel assigned to the unit. Recently Completed a deployment on the South West Border where I worked with Joint Task Force North in a direct coordination with various partner agencies to include Customs and Border Patrol and and the Department of Defense.
Served as a Platoon Leader for an operations platoon comprised of 51 Soldiers that handled supply, cooking, and maintenance operations Spearheaded all maintenance operations for over 100 trucks, trailers, and miscellaneous equipment worth in excess of $5M Ensured entire platoon was combat ready to include physical fitness, medical readiness, weapons qualification, and profiles Managed multiple field training exercises ensuring the platoon met all mission essential training tasks (METL) Planned, resourced, executed, and assessed training for all platoon level missions and operations ensuring leaderships intent is met Served as enlisted Soldier from June of 2013 to Dec of 2018 as an Infantryman.
Served as a Platoon Leader for an operations platoon comprised of 51 Soldiers that handled supply, cooking, and maintenance operations Spearheaded all maintenance operations for over 100 trucks, trailers, and miscellaneous equipment worth in excess of $5M Ensured entire platoon was combat ready to include physical fitness, medical readiness, weapons qualification, and profiles Managed multiple field training exercises ensuring the platoon met all mission essential training tasks (METL) Planned, resourced, executed, and assessed training for all platoon level missions and operations ensuring leaderships intent is met
Serve as the Accountant II for the Division of Administrative Hearings. Manages all travel for employees within the department ensuring prompt payment as well as accurate data entry. Manages property accountability for the organization and ensuring accurate accounting practices are followed in accordance with state statues. Runs reports using FLAIR and Salesforce to verify data entry as well as enter data as necessary.
Head Coach of Men and Women's Cross Country. Managing Scheduling and budgeting for the teams. Works alongside students and their families to create a path toward success in the sport and academics.
Serves as a recruiter for all academic programs offered with Andrew College. Provides services and answers questions for prospective students, their families, and guidance to transfer counselors. Works with Assistant Director of Academic affairs as a liaison between prospective students and college program advisors. Serves as an effective member of the faculty to encourage a diverse group of academically qualified students to attend Andrew College. Creates profiles for each potential student and work collaborative with other counselors to review and make final approvals. Coordinates applicant approval processes with various educational departments as needed. Creates and maintains recruitment guidelines and goals to use for future recruitment efforts.
Created and managed all campus activities and intramural sports.
Serves as the Operations Officer supporting the Request for Assistance (RFA) FY21 Southwest Border Mission (SWBM) for 121 Soldiers in New Mexico and Texas Plans, organizes, and develops 7 Mobile Surveillance Camera (MSC) operation sites covering approximately 188 miles of New Mexico Border which led to over 5,000 assisted apprehensions Coordinates with multiple Customs Border Patrol (CBP) stations (Lordsburg NM, Deming NM, Santa Teresa, TX) covering approximately 215 miles of New Mexico and Texas border ensuring all FY21 operational requirements are met on time and to standard Responsible for planning and execution of all SWBM rotational support operations at the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) and Ysletta Ports of Entry in support of El Paso Office of Field Operations (OFO) which enabled the screening of more than 900,000 vehicles through one of the busiest ports in the country Coordinates housing for 121 Soldiers across two states in support of the SWBM totaling in excess of $3.1M Short Term Rental (STR) vehicle Fleet Manager in charge of $2.1M worth of inventory that drove just over 1 million miles in FY21 Helped orchestrate hundreds of hours of administrative support that led to the repair of more than 800 Border Patrol vehicles in $1.2M
Served as a Platoon Leader in support of Request for Assistance (RFA) FY21 for 42 Soldiers Unit Movement Officer that rapidly mobilized and deployed 120 Soldiers and equipment in excess of $800k into a joint area of operations (JOA) Helped orchestrate a deployment to merge with a non-organic battalion from a different state; ensured all pre-mobilization and post-mobilization training and administrative requirements were completed on time and to standard Coordinated a Relief in Place (RIP) with a platoon from 3-320th Field Artillery Battalion and our Border Patrol (BP)/Office of Field Operations (OFO) partners to ensure a seamless transition from RFA20 and RFA21 Conducted detailed planning, clearly communicated, and expanded influence outside the normal chain of command to ensure the platoon was postured to successfully assume the RFA21 mission