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Experience

United States Peace Corps, Nigeria                                                                                                                07/2006 – 05/2008

Small Enterprise Development Volunteer, Consult with local microfinance bank to improve financial products.

• Launched a savings product that currently serves over 2,000 clients previously without bank access.
  1. Designed and managed a market study integral to adapting a foreign savings product to meet regional needs.
  2. Secured funding for, and organized, an exploratory trip to Togo to observe a similar product and collaborate with Togolese counterparts on product design.
     • Collaborating with IT volunteer to design a central client database to more quickly aggregate information, reducing fraud and improving branch coordination at national level.

Connecticut Supreme Court Office of External Affairs, Hartford CT                                              01/2006 – 04/2006

Connecticut Judicial Intern. Observed a unique aspect of the court system by learning how the Connecticut Judicial Branch lobbies its interests in the legislative process (legislation on judge’s salary for example).  
 

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, and McCloy LLP, New York, NY                                               06/2005 – 08/2005

Paralegal. Exposure to large firm corporate law culture while involved in the preparation and organization of case documents for litigation. Exercised ability to be detail oriented while in rushed, high-pressure situations.  
 

University of Connecticut Men’s Club Hockey, Storrs, CT                                                                            11/2003 – 06/2005

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