Judy Gordon

Learning about trauma-informed care for survivors of domestic and sexual abuse and victims of violent crimes. Responsibilities will increase as the school year progresses and currently include intake assessments, followup phone calls, and administrative tasks.

Processed, categorized, and priced used books; greeted and assist customers; captured sales using the Square system; created and maintained inventory lists; and helped to ensure shop offered an appealing and welcoming atmosphere for customers. I was often the sole employee in the shop, managing all aspects of daily operations from opening to closing. This part-time job was a long-time dream come true.

Wrote and edited documents to support the State Department's Global Engagement Center's (GEC) mission to coordinate Federal Government efforts to counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the United States, its allies, and partner nations. Documents included weekly newsletter for internal State Department distribution, white papers, notices of funding opportunity, and materials pertaining to the monitoring and evaluation of GEC's programs and operations.

Provided emotional support through supportive listening, collaborative problem solving, and suicide prevention counseling to individuals experiencing depression, stress, anxiety, and mental health challenges.

Ensured continual, high-quality budget, human resources, and information technology support for 63 staff in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Managed five full- and part-time professional staff who performed budget, human resources, and information technology functions. Reviewed and edited OIG"s significant investigative, audit, and performance reports for public and internal audiences and ensured all products were of outstanding quality.

Ensured that all OIG written products were objective, thorough, clear, logically organized, and accurately reflected the intended message. Worked effectively and diplomatically with report authors to bring reports to finalization. Used various strategies, which included preparing report outlines for auditors and investigators to follow, leading report message discussions and group editing sessions, providing one-on-one guidance to authors, and rewriting sections or entire reports, as circumstances warranted. Tracked agency progress and completion of OIG audit recommendations, ensuring that all matters were followed through to completion and routinely reporting out on the status of recommendations. Maintained and updated the OIG audit policy and procedures manual and prepared editorial style guidance for OIG staff.

Performed array of writing and editing tasks for OIG's audit and investigative components, ensuring that all OIG written products were objective, thorough, clear, logically organized, and accurately reflected the intended message. Conducted audits and fulfilled special projects as needed.

Edited all Office of Small Business and Civil Rights (SBCR) written products, research and wrote office quarterly performance reports. Worked closely with office director to improve office processes and procedures. Oversaw SBCR budget formulation and execution, tracking spending and ensuring expenditures aligned with office spending plan.

Designed and led performance audits of NRC programs and operations. This entailed developing audit programs, following steps from start to finish, and preparing well-written, insightful audit reports to bring about positive change to agency operations. Reviewed and edited audit reports prepared by other audit teams.

Designed and conducted performance audits of NRC programs and operations. Prepared well-written audit reports to convey audit findings and reviewed and edited reports prepared by others on my team.

During several positions of increasing responsibility held in the Office of Research and Evaluation and the Office of Public Affairs, I participated in all phases of research analysis, wrote and edited articles and books pertaining to the Federal prison system, and wrote speeches, articles, testimony, and position papers for the agency director.

Worked as a newspaper reporter at the Montgomery County Sentinel and the Bowie Blade newspapers, covering education and police beats. Wrote and edited criminal justice related materials for Aspen Systems Corporation's contract with the Department of Justice.