Haashim Drinkard

Planned, managed and implemented resources and activities in support of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) senior managers. Responsibilities included facilities planning, tactical execution of resources, human resources actions, and management of operational activities impacting the function and mission of ODNI and their components.

• Developed mentoring programs for junior officers.
• Led Human Resource actions for the component, consisted of posting vacancies, coordinated the process of identifying candidates to be interviewed as well as taking part in the interview panels.
• Routinely collaborated with ODNI Security in order to vet incoming personnel. This included processing their credentials, as well as walking incoming personnel through the steps in order to be onboarded.
• Served as ODNI Facilities Team's Quality Assurance Lead. This consisted of coordinating with the maintenance and custodial teams, ensuring that the campus was in full compliance with ODNI standards.
• Coordinated with other government agencies as well as contracting companies on projects and events.
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Contribute to strategic oversight of ODNI's National Counter-Terrorism's Trans-National Issues Group's daily operations.

• Optimized resource allocation through careful analysis of staffing needs versus skillsets available within existing personnel pool; conducted targeted talent searches when necessary to fill gaps efficiently.
• Oversaw budget allocation and financial management for various projects, ensuring cost-effectiveness and optimal resource utilization.
• Managed diverse teams of professionals to achieve common goals while promoting a positive work environment that encouraged professional growth and development.
• Managed the group's business practices. Ensured effective daily operations, and was primarily responsible for taking action on issues that included vacancies, logistics, onboarding, IT accesses, emergency preparedness and space management.
• Mentored junior officers as well as contract executive assistants.

Conduct Senior level intelligence information review and release activities to ensure accurate, timely, relevant and complete responses to public,executive, legislative, and judicial requests required by Executive Order 13526, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Privacy Act (PA) and the Mandatory Declassification Release(MDR) requirements.

• Maintained strict adherence to industry regulations, minimizing risk exposure for the organization.
• Enhanced communication between team members by organizing regular meetings and fostering open dialogue.
• Established effective relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally for increased collaboration opportunities.
• Served as the primary officer in charge of submitting ODNI's annual FOIA report required by the Department of Justice.
• Served as the Deputy Chief of FOIA during the absence of the chief. Ensuring the continuity of operations.
• Used my network to collaborate with entities within and outside of the Intelligence Community.
• Used my institutional knowledge of ODSNI and the Intelligence Community to provide guidance to the CFOIA Initial Processing Team regarding appropriate ODNI components to task in an effort to gather the responsive documents for the FOIA requests.
• Sought out and trusted by ODNI leadership to handle sensitive cases with the utmost tact, discretion and professionalism.

Support various senior officers in the NIC, ranging from National Intelligence Officers to the Vice Chairman and the Chairman of the NIC.

Exercise wide latitude of discretion regarding work flow, priorities, and methods in addition to an in-depth knowledge of the various executives' styles, methods of operation, relationships and authorities. Work includes scheduling, managing, and disseminating the Senior Executives' calendar, controlling access to the NIC Chairman, monitoring e-mail and other types of correspondence for action items, drafting and preparing non routine letters, memos, documents, and various reports. Routinely interacts with high-ranking officials both within the Agency and throughout the Intelligence Community, Congress, the White House, and the private sector.

Served as a point of reference för other Executive Assistants from within the NIC and other DNI/DDII components.

Discreetly and effectively arranged the interview panels for the vacant National Intelligence Officer for Western

Hemisphere, NIO for Russia/Eurasia and NIO for WMD& Proliferation positions. Served as the Primary SSRP Control Officer for the NIC, which enabled the NIC Front Office as well as the other ODNI components to effectively coordinate and create documents and other products with other agencies within the IC.

Represented the NIC as a member of the Management Advisory Group (MAG), which plays an integral part in enabling management to effectively communicate with the workforce as well as get a sense of what the workforce needs as far as professional development and quality of life in an effort to improve the working environment. Served as the lead in coordinating with NIC Leadership and ODNI Security on Continuity of Operations Procedures (COOP) as part of the emergency preparedness plan.

• Managed executive calendars, scheduling meetings and appointments and coordinating travel arrangements to optimize time.
• Maintained confidentiality with sensitive documents, ensuring proper storage and distribution as needed.
• Processed travel expenses and reimbursements for executive team and senior management group.