Jordana Weiss

Experience

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  AmeriCorps NCCC

  Oct 2003 - Jul 2004

  Corps Member

  Member of team who collaborated with NGOs and local governments in short-term service projects.- Cultivated leadership skills through hands-on experience in challenging situations.- Directed hundreds of volunteers at a food bank; collaborated in eradicating invasive species from shoreline; assisted students/teachers in underserved school; restored outdoor facilities including constructing footbridges and trails.

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  AmeriCorps NCCC

  May 2006 - May 2007

  Team Leader

  Supervised team to provide recovery efforts in post-Hurricane Katrina Gulf Coast. - Coordinated between AmeriCorps national and regional management, government authorities, corps members, and non-profit organizations.- Resolved administrative and operational challenges managing a house demolition program and personnel housing center for hundreds of volunteers in an unpredictable, crisis-driven environment.- Organized volunteers to reconstruct homes destroyed by the storm and built new homes for victims.- Oversaw budget for team projects. Show less

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  Hill International

  Sept 2007 - Feb 2013

  Program Analyst

  - Negotiated, established, and cultivated positive contractual relationships with clients, vendors, subconsultants, and joint venture partners; clients included NASA, FBI, GSA, and the U.S. Supreme Court. - Created databases and models to forecast client program financing requirements and track ongoing project issues.- Analyzed and reported project profit data and projections for several multi-million dollar projects.- Maintained timely, accurate, and compliant financial reporting, budget development, expense tracking, and billing for federal government contracts worth over $250M, including reports used by corporate leadership.- Oversaw litigation support in collaborative environment for construction claims in excess of $20M; assessed associated client risk exposure.- Resolved complex $250K contract dispute through extensive research, analysis, and direct client negotiations.- Developed proposals for new business from inception through timely completion. Determined strategy, content, price, and layout on construction programs ranging from $30M to $250M. Show less

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  Hill International, Inc.

  Sept 2014 - Nov 2015

  Project Manager

  - Managed the largest of three job order contractors (JOCs) for the NYC Build it Back program, specifically the house rehabilitation and elevation efforts that arose as a result of Hurricane Sandy. JOC contract valued in excess of $150M. 1,000+ individual housing projects ranging in value from less than $1,000 to greater than $600,000.- Resolved a program-threatening payment bottleneck, developing with the contractor and city personnel a process to move forward several million dollars of payments before handing off the process to a newly appointed invoicing team.- Spearheaded the house application close-out process, coordinating directly with the contractor, inspectors, and city personnel to address all lingering requirements in the effort to successfully repair homes.- Maintained timely, accurate, and compliant progress metrics used by NYC leadership to assess efficacy.- Addressed unforeseen conditions that arose daily from diverse homeowner needs, myriad vendors and subcontractors, and governmental requirements. Show less

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  Works-in-Progress Associates

  Oct 2015 - Feb 2019

  Director of Operations

  - Oversaw operations of construction project management firm of 40 - 49 full-time employees – in addition to a dozen consultants – with annual revenues between $5M and $10M and about 40 active contracts. Responsibilities spanned finance, marketing, human resources, personnel onboarding and oversight, proposal and business development, and contract management.- Streamlined all accounts receivables and payables processes by digitizing billing, payments, payroll, and tracking, reducing recurring monthly effort by half. Efficiency gains eliminated need for full-time bookkeeper and related support staff.- Leading high priority projects to both comply with the Department of Labor’s recent changes to the employee overtime regulations and Affordable Care Act’s provisions in anticipation of reaching the fifty-employee threshold. - Forecasted and tracked cash flow and provide guidance to owner regarding projections. - Vetted contracts with clients and vendors for favorable and consistent terms. Managed all contracts and sought opportunities for growth. - Maintained timely, accurate, and compliant progress metrics as contractually required by NY City and State clients.- Addressed constant flurry of requests from company owner, employees, vendors, subconsultants, clients, and other third parties. Show less

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  River White Solutions

  Mar 2018 - Jan 2021

  Principal

  - Deliver business operations and consulting services. Scope of services spans finance, strategy, management, insurance/bonding, contract administration & compliance, and overall administrative oversight – including accounts receivables/payables, hiring/human resources, payroll, and benefits. - Focus on long-term growth strategy, including organizational structure and processes as well as cash flow, to help small businesses maintain current operations and prime them for sustainable growth.- Offer extensive experience with City, State, and Federal contracts. Show less

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  Local Office Landscape and Urban Design

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  Director Of Operations

  ▪ Oversaw finance and operations for landscape architecture and urban design firm whose mission is to bring sustainable and resilient design to serve the needs of vulnerable communities in the face of climate change.▪ Partnered with firm’s principals, drafting contracts, writing client proposals, and coordinating daily operations so that the firm leadership could meet all committed deadlines.▪ Provided project management for NYC program with a goal of bringing environmentally sustainable and progressive technologies to dozens of small businesses in the Rockaways neighborhoods of Queens. Show less

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  GeneDx

  Dec 2020 - Jul 2022

  Genetic Counseling Assistant