L. K.

EDUCATION

THE GEORGEWASHINGTONUNIVERSITYLAWSCHOOL, Washington, DC

Juris Doctor, May 2006

  • Treasurer, EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION (EJF), 04/2005-05/2006: Managed and budgeted close to $50,000for prompt accounting; disbursed funds; complied with Student Bar Association policies.
  • Tax Preparer, VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA), season 2004: Prepared individual

income tax returnsfor low income residents of the District of Columbia.

  • Law Clerk, WORKER’S RIGHTS CLINIC, D.C. Employment JusticeCenter, fall 2003: Interviewed

workers; drafted demand letters; provided workers with an action plan and follow-up strategies.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD

Bachelor of Science in Finance, May 2000

  • Academic Honors, spring 1999 and spring 2000
  • Member of the Commuter Leadership Team; mentor for incoming transfer students and freshmen

UNIVERSITY OF PARIS XII, Paris, France

Mathematics and Economics Major, 1994-1996

EXPERIENCE

Grants Management Specialist, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, Bethesda, MD (03/2007-present)

Perform pre- and post-award duties: financial (review budget projections for accuracy and allowability; maintain spreadsheets and databases; monitor invoices;analyze project costs and resolve discrepancies); compliance evaluation (provide policy guidance to grantee/funding organization; review and clarify terms and conditions of grant proposals); andadministrative(generate research grant documents such as work statements, notices,negotiation memoranda; monitor performance schedules; formally close out awarded grants)

Law Clerk, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC (05/2005 – 05/2006)

Assisted attorneys handling employee benefit/ERISA litigation; edited Amicus Briefs in class action suits

(United Airlines; Guardian Life Ins. Co.);resolved members’ ERISA (pension, benefits) and IRS issues

Intern, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (spring 2005), U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (fall 2004), OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (summer 2004)

Researched law; prepared draft briefs forfederal claims litigation (Corkery v. OPM;Williams v. OPM)

Volunteer, ESTATE PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION: drafted living trusts, medical and general powers of attorney, funding of trusts, assignments of property, deeds; prepared federal and state estate and income tax returns; prepared inventory and accountings; filed notices to creditors and beneficiaries; prepared partial and final release and refund bonds; contacted insurance companies regarding bonds

Accountant / Financial Associate, FRIEDMAN BILLINGS RAMSEY, INC., Bethesda, MD (07/2001 – 07/2003); THE VANGUARD GROUP, Malvern, PA (07/2000 – 07/2001).

Promoted from a pool of five to join a newly created department; mentored and trained new hires; prepared and analyzed financial statements for 24 stock, bond and mixed mutual funds; provided SEC compliance, testing and reporting information, including EDGAR reports; collected and recorded daily dividend and overdraft information for auditors; priced funds; recorded securities trades; maintained securities information; performed daily valuation of dividend rates for institutional retirement plans with over $370 million in assets; collected payment information and monitored cash movements from custodian banks for up to $40 million; acted as a liaison for interdepartmental transactions