sarah wall, resume
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Sarah Wall2120 North Capitol St. NW – Washington, DC 20002 – (757) 407-4255 [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE________________________________________________________________Project Assistant: Eurasia (Russia & Belarus), National Democratic Institute (NDI) April 2016 – presentWashington, DC
Managed 7 budgets totaling $6.9 million for 2 field offices promoting democratic initiatives in Eastern Europe Wrote 15-page quarterly report for U.S. State Department outlining NDI’s activities with Belarusian civil society Routed 5 contracts, 15 invoices/week, and travel authorizations, as POC between Operations and field offices
Intern, The Chertoff Group January – April 2016Washington, DC
Took on Accounting Assistant responsibilities: maintained 350 files and billing statements, routed invoices Prepared 19 policy memos on cybersecurity companies for 4 senior analysts
Field Organizer, Virginia House of Delegates Campaign July – Nov. 2015Newport News, VA
Recruited 23 interns and 35 active volunteers in off-year cycle; managed 3 phone banks and 6 canvasses weekly During GOTV, built personal team with the 2nd-highest voter contact rate of Virginia’s 65 field organizers Planned 4 events/month, e.g., to introduce interns to Gov. Terry McAuliffe or parties to incentivize canvassing
Senior Research Assistant, AidData Sept. 2014 – June 2015Williamsburg, VA
As student director, researched cumulative 3,000 projects; drafted blog post with project manager on CEE donors Proofread and edited 8 team members’ project information and 16 donor country profiles
PERSONAL PUBLISHED WORKS______________________________________________________________“Reforming ODA: With a Rise in Central and Eastern Europe, Is It Time for a Change?” With Mandy Badamkhand. November, 2014. The First Tranche. http://aiddata.org/blog
Blog post on Eastern European aid trends, researched and written with project manager
“‘Glitter, Patches, and Impressions’: Nikolai Gogol’s Literary Interpretation of the Absent Metanarrative of St. Petersburg.” December, 2013. William and Mary in St. Petersburg. http://petersburg.blogs.wm.edu
13-page research paper synthesizing information on Nikolai Gogol through Russia study abroad program
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS____________________________________________________________________Editor-In-Chief, W&M Russian Department Student Newspaper 2014 – 2015
Managed 6-student staff; proofread and organized Russian articles from 150 students in 4 issues
SKILLS____________________________________________________________________________________ Foreign Language: Russian (Intermediate-High on Oral Proficiency Index) Social Media: as field organizer, utilized Twitter handle @Sarah4Shelly94 to promote candidate
EDUCATION_______________________________________________________________________________College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 2012-2015 Bachelor of Arts: History, Russian & Post-Soviet Studies Double Major, summa cum laudeCumulative GPA: 3.93St. Petersburg State University, Moscow State University Summer 2013 St. Petersburg & Moscow, Russia: William & Mary Summer Study Abroad Program