I started out in college at Vanderbilt University as a Political Science major who wanted to work in the Government Relations side of companies. After college D.C. was calling my name so I decided to pursue a career there where I served in the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs where I helped to provide analysis on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. While working in D.C. I had kept relations with members at AshBritt and they were looking to bring on a Director of Government Relations- it was a match! Key parts of my job included working with contracts at a local, state, and federal level while interacting with government officials. I was fortunate enough to go back to graduate school at the University of Texas and get a masters in Accounting. Now ‘m back with AshBritt as the Director of Finance and Accounting!
A project I’m most proud of is AshBritt’s first big push to recruit more small, minority, and disabled veteran businesses for our response efforts in natural disasters. A really cool aspect of AshBritt is that we are able to expand rapidly in the event of an emergency so having the support of not only one demographic in a community but the entire community itself helps to not only ensure everyone’s safety but begin the response and recovery process faster. We did hit a few road bumps in this project as it was harder than expected to find these smaller minority and disabled veteran businesses but I took my time and did the research to attend conferences and show our support at a more local level. Being able to pick up these businesses allowed for a mutual beneficiary relationship to form and long lasting relationships to bloom.
To increase the representation of women at every level of emergency management in order to achieve the industry’s objectives of building resiliency and of effective and equitable planning, response and recovery.
To provide easily accessible resources and content that supports women as they explore, engage, and grow in careers in emergency management careers.
Women leaders at every level of emergency management and increased exposure to the field so that more women know about the strong, stable and impactful careers in the emergency management field.
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