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Loyola University Chicago

The George Washington University

Western Illinois University

Georgetown University

The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars

Economic Developer -  Civic Leader -  Director of Business and Workforce Diversity -  Illinois Department of Transportation

PSC 2160 Fall 2023: Economics for Public Policy 

 This course introduces students to microeconomics as applied to public policy. The course begins with an overview of basic microeconomics before focusing on economic concepts important to public policy settings. Topics include consumer and producer theory, moral hazards, adverse selection, externalities, and collective action problems.

Aurora University

Adjunct Faculty

●Provide comprehensive project finance solutions for public-private partnerships (P3) and economic development initiatives on behalf of public, private, and non-profit clients in the clean energy economy.
● Deliver strategic planning and economic impact analysis, tax credit and incentives analysis and negotiation, and creative financing and funding solutions.
● Spearhead Comprehensive supplier diversity and minority business development efforts on behalf of municipalities, utilities, corporations, and P3 organizations across the nation to drive equitable economic development strategies.
● Cultivate business development opportunities for the Development and Community Advisory Practice, and grow Baker Tilly’s footprint in the minority economic development ecosystem nationwide.

Baker Tilly US

Senior Consultant, Economic Development and Community Advisory

● Serve as the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Liaison Officer (DBELO) for the Illinois Department of Transportation.
● Increased Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Utilization by streamlining supportive services, on the job training, and by establishing the highest DBE Goal in the nation of 20.27%.
● Built a demand-driven diverse workforce through our Highway Construction Career Training Program in high-demand industries resulting in over 3100 pre-apprentices graduating, with 63% Placement.
● Lead a team of over 40 senior executives, mid-level managers, and employees to administer the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program through certification of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, and contract/EEO/Labor Compliance.
● Spearhead the administration of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to promote an inclusive environment for applicants, employees, contractors, and the public.

Illinois Department of Transportation

Director | Office of Business and Workforce Diversity

● The Business Enterprise Program Council was developed to help implement, monitor, and enforce the goals of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females and Persons with Disabilities Act (30 ILCS 575/).
● Under this Act, the Business Enterprise Program Council is required to ensure that businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons with disabilities are awarded at least 20% of the total dollar amount of State contracts.

State of Illinois

Business Enterprise Program Council Member

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Acting Director | Office of Minority Economic Empowerment

Director | Bureau of Regional Economic Development

Future Founders

Entrepreneurship Instructor

Served as a leadership and professional development coach for a cohort of 18 Chicago Scholars interning in public, private, and non profit organizations across Chicago. 

Facilitated 8 weekly growth labs, and helped the cohort develop a capstone project around increasing diversity in Entrepreneurship

Chicago Scholars

Emerge Coach 

The Certificate in Advocacy is available to Young Professional Members who have a serious interest in expanding their knowledge of congressional advocacy and its application within the Urban League Movement. The recipient of the Certificate in Advocacy will have participated in advocacy webinars and training, utilized the Advocacy Guide and applied what they have learned by meeting with Members of Congress or their staff. The Certificate is an acknowledgment by the National Urban League Washington Bureau (NULWB) that the recipient has successfully completed the required training selections on advocacy and has met the required 20 credits.

Greater Washington Urban League

National Urban League Washington Bureau Certificate of Advocacy Program

JustLeadershipUSA

Leading with Conviction Fellow

The Global Organization for Applied Political Leadership is the first and foremost civic incubator focused on cultivating diverse advocacy leaders  of color, who have traditionally been underrepresented, in the public policy and civic process.

Global Organization For Applied Political Leadership

Founder and CEO

Delivered the inaugural Chicago 200 Initiative, a four-day leadership program for over 100 diverse young adults in Chicago aimed at producing a community youth public policy agenda.
Managed Chicago 200 external and internal stakeholders including, steering committee members and community influencers. 
Lead “On the Table 2019” marketing and recruitment efforts across the Chicago land Area on behalf of The Chicago Community Trust.
Built diverse coalitions of emerging leaders from the non-profit, private, and public sector to cultivate a youth leadership pipeline and agenda.

The Chicago Community Trust

Consultant

• Spearheaded the Building Stronger Systems for Youth Symposium, which convened over 200 government administrators, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners around action-planning and better collaboration regarding youth violence prevention in Chicago.

• Managed and fostered Executive Director, and Get IN Chicago social media platforms, website, newsletter, and annual report, resulting in a 15% increase in external engagement

• Represented Get In Chicago at 5 community based events, and promoted strategies, programs, and goals to over 30 organizations funded by GIC

Get IN Chicago

PR 436 Online: Event Planning, I teach over 20 undergraduates best practices, lessons learned, and strategies around successful event planning.

West Virginia University

Adjunct Professor,Reed College of Media

•	Recruited our largest most diverse fall class in 5 years, and generated over 300 applications, the most in GSPM history
•	Managed a $450,000.00 budget, and allocated over $250,000 in sponsorships and partnerships to a diverse portfolio of organizations 
•	Fostered more than 75 organizational partnerships and sponsorships, and organized over 150 policy/professional development events
•	Spearheaded inaugural “Ready to Run” program in DC, training over 80 women, and gaining national media coverage in POLITICO
•	Developed 10 paid digital/social media campaigns, delivering over 5 million impressions, and an overall CTR. of 0.26, more than five times the overall industry average.

Senior Marketing Director, The Graduate School of Political Management

•	Doubled overall application volume positioning The Graduate School of Political Management as the clear and only choice for professionals seeking to pursue a career in politics, global advocacy, legislative affairs, or strategic communications.
•	Launched the first GSPM Semester in Washington Feeder School Program, resulting in partnerships with over 20 universities nationwide, that serves as the primary enrollment pipeline for the GSPM.
•	Managed 2 junior level staff members, and a team of 5 Graduate Ambassadors, responsible for executing admissions events, prospect outreach, and overall recruitment logistics.
•	Organized over 60 recruiting, professional, and social events bolstering the engagement of over 3,500 alumni, 600 students, and 1,800 prospects.
•	Spearheaded  the organization’s implementation and usage of CRM software and communication tools – Salesforce.com

Senior Enrollment and Recruitment Director, The Graduate School of Political Management

• Served as senior staff to Ranking Member Johnson, and helped shape the office’s legislative agenda.
• Collaborated with stakeholder groups, as shared Committee staff, to incorporate many of the Member’s initiatives within her role as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
• Researched and drafted legislation, statements, and issue briefs in the areas of Science and Technology, Energy, the
Environment, Education, Space, Agriculture and Telecommunications.
• Planned and coordinated Ranking Member Johnson's Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Science and Technology Brain Trust.

U.S. House of Representatives

Legislative Assistant/Committee Staff, Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson

•	Developed bi-quarterly alumni programming which results in the enhanced engagement and investment of over 6,000 federal leaders. 
•	Managed the Excellence in Government Fellows Co-Coach program, including the design and delivery of training to 30 co-coaches who deepen the experience of over 400 federal leaders.
•	Delivered high quality customer service, logistical support, and communications for over 100 graduates of the Excellence in Government Fellows program.
•	Led the nomination, selection, and vetting process for the Partnership for Public Service’s Senior Fellows Awards, an annual awards program for federal leaders who exhibit innovation and ingenuity in the federal government.
•	Facilitated over 40 work-outs, alumni team meetings, leadership trainings, and onboarding sessions. 
•	Mobilized a cross-program alumni team of 15 staff and interns to deliver high quality alumni programming to foster ongoing learning and networking for over 6,000 federal leaders.

Partnership for Public Service

Program Associate, Center for Government Leadership

•	Acted as first point of contact for prospective students via multiple outlets (personal and shared email address, phone, live chat, etc.) about program components, financial arrangements, application process, etc. 
•	Conducted phone outreach to students who have started an application for TWC’s internship program.
•	Communicated with applicants regarding materials missing from their files, and offer resources to help them complete the application process. 
•	Processed student internship and seminar applications through Sales force,a  Customer Relations Management system, which involves entering data, scanning of supporting documents, continual monitoring of system for new and completed applications and maintaining contact with students regarding the status of applications. 
•	Assisted with preparing and mailing student portfolios and grades to campuses at the end of each term and mailing of midterm reports to campuses mid-way through each term. 
•	Conducted recruitment visits to 1-2 affiliated campuses each semester, which includes making travel arrangements, communicating with contacts and liaisons to plan a productive schedule, and introducing the programs TWC offered to faculty, staff, administrators, and prospective students. 
•	Entered student contact information collected during campus visits for upload to database used to communicate with prospective applicants. 
•	Assisted the Office of Internship Site Relations (OISR) with the placement process by sending referrals, reaching out to accepted students, or providing administrative support.

The Washington Center

Admissions Representative

•	Aided the Director of the Interior Business Center by developing a distributed workforce virtual communication and collaboration strategies manual for more than 70,000 employees and supervisors.
•	Assisted the President of the Department of Interior University by updating the National Indian Training Center Business Plan, which is used to train federal agencies on how to educate Indian populations. 
•	Reorganized and revamped the Federal Consulting Group’s website by providing innovative solutions to make the website more marketable to federal agencies.
•	Conducted research on different strategies used by the National Park Service to increase diversity within the organization for the Associate Director of Workforce Management, Diversity, and Inclusion.
•	 Assisted the Program manager in the Department of Interior by organizing more than 5 leadership forums, which are used to train federal leaders across all 15 cabinet level agencies in the executive branch of government.

Department of the Interior

Office of Strategic Employee and Organization Development Intern

•	Served as a student representative of 11,000 students to the Western Illinois University Board of Trustees.
•	Represented the student body of Western Illinois University through participation in all levels of University and community affairs.
•	Served as students’ representative to the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE/SAC).	
•	Allocated $250,000,000 dollars to Western Illinois University.

Member, Board of Trustees

•	Worked with the Senior Vice-President of Communications and Government Affairs to help push legislation through state general assemblies.
•	Aided the Senior Vice President of Communication and Government Affairs research and plan legislative targets.
•	Accompanied Self Storage Association representatives on meetings with legislators at the national and state level.
•	Supported “grassroots” initiatives that assisted the Self Storage Association in pursuing its goals.
•	Wrote updates to constituents and board members about our advocacy program.

Jonathan McGee, MBA