Jan. 6, 2010

EDUCATION

Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
May 2010
Concentration: Finance GPA 3.92/4.0

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
May 2008
Major: Agricultural Business Minor: Business Administration GPA 3.91/4.0
Summa cum Laude

EXPERIENCE

Louisiana State University Athletics Department
Baton Rouge, LA
BUSINESS OFFICE INTERNSHIP / GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP
August 2004 - 2007 / August 2009-Present

• Report to and assist the Chief Financial Officer and Business Manager with the formulation of financial goals and objectives for the Athletics Department
• Responsible for ensuring Athletics Department revenues for ticket office sales for 150 events per year with a total of 1.1 million tickets sold are received, properly accounted for and deposited in a timely manner
• Reconcile approximately 9,000 ticket office batches consisting of all ticket office sales totaling $45 million
• Analyze variances in budgeted versus actual expenditures for the Athletics Department's $81.5 million budget
• Monitor and account for the Athletics Department's $200,000 petty cash fund for all travel advances issued
• Audit Athletics Department travel expense vouchers submitted for reimbursement of expenses incurred for all travel

Amedisys Home Health Services
Baton Rouge, LA
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIP
May 2009 - August 2009

• Assisted the Vice President and Director of Corporate Development on all mergers and acquisitions including the acquisition of a hospice business with annualized revenue of approximately $17 million
• Researched market data and developed financial analyses for potential acquisition opportunities
• Executed due diligence and calculated valuation models on potential acquisition targets to determine whether the acquisition fit the overall business model of Amedisys
• Collaborated with six other interns on an Action Learning Project consisting of an issue that the company was facing, was responsible for developing a solution to overcome the assigned obstacle
• Attended weekly Core Function meetings with leaders from each department to discuss the progress of acquisition targets
• Reviewed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to identify potential opportunities for Amedisys and co-authored a report based on the findings to present to the Senior Vice President of Finance

Louisiana State University Athletics Department
Baton Rouge, LA
COMPLIANCE OFFICE INTERNSHIP
August 2007 -May 2009

• Assisted the Associate Athletics Director of Compliance with processing annual compliance paperwork, monitoring off-campus employment, and preparing signing packets for new signees
• Coordinated complimentary ticket program and gate operations for all football and basketball events
• Informed student-athletes of NCAA and SEC rules and regulations to ensure they stayed in compliance
• Maintained approximately 500 student-athlete and NCAA compliance records

COMPUTER SKILLS

Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Paciolan Ticket Management Systems

MBA Association, College Council President for the College of Agriculture, Member of Student Government, Member of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Club, Member of Gamma Sigma Delta - National Agricultural Honor Society, Member of Phi Eta Sigma National Society - National Honor Society for First-Year Students

Chancellor's Honor Roll, Dean's List, National Honor Roll, Athletics Department Internship Scholarship, Chancellor's Leadership Scholarship, E.P. Roy Memorial Scholarship, Mondart Fellowship Scholarship