Experience

Juris Doctor candidate · Bristol, RI

LEAD Fellow. Lexis Ambassador. Alternative Spring Break (Sugar Law Center, pro bono), VITA tax preparation, Veterans Appreciation.

Master of Public Health, Public Health Leadership · Chicago, IL

Research Assistant to the Dean.

B.A., International Relations, Global Studies Certificate · Athens, GA

Year abroad at Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France. UGA 40 Under 40 alumni honoree, 2013. Founded a campus-wide Better World Books book drive.

Legal Intern, Non-Profit Organizations / Public Charities Division, Health Care and Fair Competition Bureau · Boston, MA

• Researched and drafted legal memoranda on charitable trust compliance, donor-advised funds, and public charity oversight under M.G.L. c. 12, sections 8 to 8M.
• Analyzed governance, fiduciary, and regulatory questions under Massachusetts nonprofit and charitable trust law, including trustee duties and the remedies available to the Attorney General.
• Built a nationwide survey of higher education closures to support the Division’s oversight of educational charities, and contributed research to an amicus brief filed by the Commonwealth in federal court.
• Verified authority in Lexis across successive drafts and delivered work product with change logs and open-issue summaries.

Alternative Spring Break pro bono placement, through the Feinstein Center at RWU Law · Detroit, MI

Drafted memoranda on Rule 34 and expert discovery and on Fourteenth Amendment due process. Read the reflection.

Co-Founder and Director · Connecticut

Co-led more than 400 long-form interviews with community leaders and built the YouTube channel to more than 150,000 subscribers.

Adjunct Faculty · New London, CT

Taught undergraduate human resources management, leadership, and communication studies for three semesters.

Manager · Atlanta, GA and Guangzhou, China

Helped establish the first North American office of a $100 million Hong Kong headquartered conglomerate: company formation, hiring, executive immigration, and coordination with global offices. Facilitated transfer of a sales pipeline exceeding $10 million for Fortune 500 clients.

International Liaison Officer · China and Chicago

Moved people and paperwork between two countries with different rules on who could work, study, or stay.

Founder and Director, environmental nonprofit · Shanghai, China

Grew one chapter into a nine-city network with 26 corporate, academic, and NGO partners. Rotary Community Service Award.

CEO and Co-Founder, agriculture technology · Shanghai, China

As a foreign national with no separate legal staff, personally responsible for the company’s registration and my own status in China.

Director and Co-Founder, clean technology · Hong Kong

Account Manager and Environmental Champion · Shanghai, China

Project Manager · Shanghai, China

LEED AP project manager for DNA Shanghai Centre, certified LEED for Commercial Interiors Platinum in 2010.

Summer Associate, immigration law · San Antonio, TX

While an undergraduate at the University of Georgia.

Languages: conversational Mandarin Chinese and French. About ten years living and working abroad, mostly in China; travel to roughly 50 countries.

Legal research: Lexis and Westlaw.

Green building: LEED AP (U.S. Green Building Council).

Certification and service: IRS certified VITA volunteer tax preparer. Veterans Appreciation, RWU Law.