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11-F-1092-Schedule-C-Resumes.pdf

Oudei Abouassaf The Pen t ago n , Washington, DC D eje 11 se Fe ll ow, While House Liaison Office Mar 20 I 0-Present ~ S~r.ves as the "right hand" person to the Special Assistant collaborating wi th in ternal and ext erna l DoD VISi t ors to e nsure that they are pr e pared and organize d to meet with the Special Assistant ~ Provides strategic overview o f the White H ouse Li aison's calendar to include meeting and event coordination ~ Prepares dai ly notes, briefs, a nd trip books to prepare the Principal for t he respecti ve events ~ Plans and arranges Prin c ipa l' s travel to incfude logistics, media, meetings. and al l e ve nt de ta ils ~ T rave ls wi th the Pri nc ipal as lead and supp ort person during speaking and othe r engagements ~ Develops W hite H ouse Lia i so n O ffice policy by in cor p orating s tan dard operating proced u res in de a ling with the Wh ite Hous e pe rs onn e l ~ Orches t rates po l itica l ap poi nt ee s' a tt endanc e a nd p ar ti cipat i on in t he P res ide mial Appoi n tee Leadership Program Defen se Fellow, Air Force C ompt ro ller Aug 20 10-Present }> Comp l eted initia l or ie nta tio n o f the DoD s tr ucture & its components including t rave l ing to eigh.t mi litary bases to understand t he d iffere nt operatio nal an d fu nctional missions on the va rio u s levels J;>- Attended an offsite educational cour se covering the DoD budgeting process & enro l led in Squ ad ron Officer School as part of the Professio nal Military Education process ~ Repo r ted to the Assistant Secretary of the AF, Financial Management Office to observe the fi na nc ial rela t ionship between th e Office of the Secretary of Defen se (OSD) and the i ndividual m i I itary se rvices ~ Participa t ed in var ious budget m eet in gs by noting significan t discussion points for review by the Assistant Secretary and othe r key staff ~ Created a su mmary oftbe 2010 OSD d i rectives (RMD's) fo r A ir Force leadership r ev iew & i mplementation; Observed and participated in the Presidentia l B udge t Rollout process ~ Acc om pan ied the Assistan t Secretary on site v isi ts as part of hi s su pp ort team ; created ''T rip Books" to prepare the Assistant Secretary for his various tr ips and meetings Orrice o f th e P rcs id en t .Elec t, Chicago, I L Nov 2008-Jan 2009 Ope ra tions Te am ");o Initial setup of the Chicago Tr a nsitio n Office, including procedures, logistics, and equip ment ~ Coordinated bet w een GS A, U SS S, and staff to ensure success of Presiden t E lec t 's meeti ngs ~ Moni tored officia l HR p rocedures by en s ur ing t he submission of the proper and acc u rate form s ),> Worked with GS A to effic iently ma nag e the appro pri ate shutdown of the Transition Office O ba ma Fo r Am e rica, Chicago, ! L GTa ss ro ots Finance , West Re~ i on Jan 2008-Nov 2008 ) Respo ns ib le for th e time ly pro cess ing o f al l grassroots co ntribu t ions averagi ng $2 00 , 000 we e kly while ensuring a ll do na ti ons met the F ede r al E le ctio n committee rules & regul11 t ions )o M anaged fundrais i ng effo rts that s uccessfull y raised $25,000-$70,000 per grassroots fin a nce ev ent ~ rorecasted future cont r ib ut io ns to a id the O pe r ations Department in allocating spending Pa lmy ra F urn it u r e & T i ta n ic Furniture and Ware ho us e, C h ic a go , I L Feb 1998-Jul 2009 l> Conducted broad market studies, created company manual & other business startup op e rations ~ Hi red, trained & directly managed 18 employees in sales , warehouse , and delivery departments; cr ea ted and implemented improved pr ocedures, ensuring monthly and yearly quotas are met }> Developed plans that resu lted in coverage of 6 new stales & improving sales b y 25% or $1.2 million; sustained ongoing negotiations with supp li ers to ma i nta in a competitive & unique product line ~ Faci li tated meetings with wholesa lers f or purchase of merchandise ensu r ing up to date product Ed uc a t ion Johns Hoplc.ins University, Washington Currently enrol led in a Mas t er's De gree in Government. University of Illinois, Chicago Bachelors of Arts '09- Political Scil!2ce & Economics, Honor Dist inction ~(6)(6) Lan g uag u: Fluent in sp oken and w ri tt en j(b)(6} ~ L.....---..1 -- 1 of 183 -- JESSICA M ANDERSON l(b)(6) EDUCAtiON Sl Olaf College NorthfoP.Id MN Bochelo< of Ails ~ngh'll mOJOl 9/2002 5{20().1 James Cook l)noversoty Queensland AvWoho 2{2002 0{2002 1Jn,,csos:1y of $1 lhOr0CS Sl Pcvl MN 9{2G1)3 6/2002 EDUCAtiONAl EXPERIENC£ Studied ab<ood .n CJbo 1/2004 2/2.004 Slvcoed abroad ·.n Span 1/2003 212003 EMPLOYMENT Grassroots Fundra1smg Log•sttc~ CoordlnatoJ Pre~denho11nougutol Comrn.l'lee Wa~n.nglon 0 c 12/2C08 1/2009 \.oord~nored l:)g•st.cs onO met needs for mefchandlsl:!: shct-3: a1the 1-'res•dent E~ect s Wh•stle Stop tovr ,nohonol f•nonco comm•tfee event ond :v"o .nougural bolts Pro:;vred comfl":ei"!"'OtOirve loy tro•ns and wl"'•s1:es a:ter .rcseorch.ng venc'crs one wor1<~t1g ~n dc~·gr,s Operohons Director Obamo Con1poogn fo< Change Albuquerque NM 7/2008 i 1/ZfXJS Monog~c the 11a<.:bng and 'Spend•ng of a ~2 m1r11on bvdget over four months Mof p0rsonne1 needs ror 100 stof~ 1nclud:og the dt:SpeoSiflQ ooO r0tncv1ng of h1nng poperwort-ond co~np01Qn eq~o.aprr.ent ond the bookn~g of trovel Ove•sow the leOS10g openul{.} und CIOS1ng of 39 compo•gn ofi·ces and wor}:ed With vendors to oroca.:re lhe:r $Ur>PII~s phor.e 1nes cno·lnternet Bvlllelot•or.si'"IIPS w1th ve1~c:o•s one· proc~..~rec' the campc1go s literature a'ld merchO'IChse atl'le 1ow~s1 cost poss1ble one vnc~r hght deadllr1es Ensured stof! and suppo~oer comp•1onc.e w1th caMpo:gr...