Education:            UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS,  COLLEGE OF LAW                           Urbana-Champaign, IL

                             J.D. Candidate                                                                  Expected graduation date:  May 2008

                             UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS                                                              Urbana-Champaign, IL

                             B.A.   Political Science and Speech Communication                                           December 2000

                             Minor:  Economics

Experience:                  Cook County Board of Review 

                                    Office of Commissioner Larry R. Rogers, Jr.                                                Chicago, IL

Analyst                                                                                                                     December 2004-August 2005

• Review residential property taxes and reduce assessment if warranted by evidence presented
• Conduct regularly scheduled community informational meetings

Office of Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (2nd Dist. IL)  Chicago, IL

Special Assistant                                                                                                           June 2003-December 2004

• Represent Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. in his absence and speak on behalf of Congressman's office

      Participate in confidential policy discussions with various elected officials and staff aides

• Accompany Congressman on trips to U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. and to other destinations
• Function as constituent liaison, communicating with municipal, state and federal agencies in order to resolve constituent issues
• Liaison with other Congressional staff members of both parties to resolve constituent issues
• Select and supervise members of board which nominates candidates for United States military service academies

University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business,    Chicago, IL

                                    Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP)

Research Analyst                                                                                                             January 2001- June 2003

CRSP collects historical stock prices of all publicly traded companies listed on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ.

• Maintained firm library and implemented aggressive cost cutting measures to reduce annual library expenses
• Assisted in planning and coordinating office activities, including new staff member and quarterly luncheons
• Assisted in monthly update of stock database
• Produced Mutual Fund Quarterly Database
• Composed custom betas and market capitalizations
• Created custom data sets for commercial clients

VERTIC                                                                                                                        London, England, U.K.

Summer Intern                                                                                                                         June-August, 1999

• Sole researcher assigned to verification of  Kosovo Treaty as stated by KFOR/NATO
• Assisted Chief Administrator in planning and coordinating quarterly meeting of board of directors

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