Jessi Musick

• Enhanced donor relationships with personalized communication plans and regular updates on project progress.
• Developed comprehensive strategic plans to guide long-term growth and sustainability of school.
• Increased fundraising revenue 2000% by implementing innovative donor engagement strategies and targeted campaigns.
• Implemented plan to increase enrollment and sustain higher teacher pay and benefits, tripling numbers in student body over three years, quadrupling number of teachers and staff, and increasing pay by double.

• Specialties in juvenile, family, and probate law with substantial written and oral advocacy
• Managed day-to-day business operations.
• Developed and maintained strong relationships with clients, resulting in repeat business and referrals.
• Hired trained, and managed high-performing team of employees dedicated to achieving best client outcomes.

• Managed program development and training for 22 existing CASA programs in Missouri and seeking to develop new CASA programs in un-served counties and judicial districts.
• Fostered positive work environment by promoting collaboration, transparency, and open communication among team members.
• Developed strategic plans to achieve national, state, and local organizational goals, ensuring alignment with CASA's mission and vision.

• Managed complex caseloads effectively by prioritizing tasks and keeping organized records of case materials.
• Developed strong working relationships with opposing counsel, fostering collaborative environments for dispute resolution.
• Implemented tailored dispute resolution tactics, facilitating successful negotiations between parties to achieve mutually beneficial agreements.
• Established and implemented business procedures and process improvements.

• Drafted and reviewed legal documents, including contracts, pleadings, and motions, ensuring accuracy and compliance with applicable laws.
• Managed diverse caseload, prioritizing tasks to meet deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.
• Actively participated in professional organizations within local legal community to expand network and foster collaboration on relevant issues.

• Created Consequence Manual for Boone County Missouri high school and middle school students regarding legal effects of law and status offenses, subsequently used for teaching thousands of students for over 10 years.
• Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Worked effectively in fast-paced environments under supervision of Juvenile Office Attorney.

• Lectured and conducted forums in Arabic and English on main themes of American social work and achievement of broad-sweeping social change in Western countries.
• Cultivated critical thinking skills through challenging assignments that required analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of information from various sources.

• Interviewed Palestinian refugees in Jordan regarding children’s educational needs
• Interfaced with Jordanian Ministries of Education and Social Development
• Co-authored $500,000 grant proposal for educational program serving 10,000 Palestinian children, subsequently funded by U.S State Department.

• Involved in all aspects of case management form intake, drafting of complaints, research, discovery and settlement
• Organized and conducted public educational forums.
• Gained valuable experience working within the human rights sector, applying learned concepts directly into relevant work situations.

• Specialized Courses: Family Law, Children and the Law, Adoption Law, Externship at Boone County Juvenile Office
• Independent Study: International Child Abduction and Trafficking Resulting in Adoption,
  Supervised by Prof. Mary Beck
• Research Assistant to Professor Beck regarding a national Putative Father Registry
• FAMILY VIOLENCE CLINIC: Represented domestic violence victims in civil and juvenile court, both litigation and transactional matters. January 2009-May 2009
• Additional Honors and Affiliations: Dean’s List; Law Students for Reproductive Justice National Representative; Law School Ambassador; ACLU; Non-Traditional Law Students; Lambda Legal Programs Director
• Dean's List final 2 semesters

Additional: Inducted into six honorary societies; MSU Dean’s List: 9 Semesters; Nat’l Dean’s List; Chancellor’s List; Social Work Club President; Phi Alpha Delta Social Co-chair;

SOS (Save Our School) Coalition Founding Director.

• Honoree of: Missouri Association of Social Welfare Award of Achievement 2006
• Dean's List Every Semester of Attendance
• cum laude graduate