Emily Lauren Burg

EDUCATION:

• M.Div. Candidate, expected May 2013; Dean’s Scholar and Brandon Honor Scholar: GPA: 3.845

• Writing Workshop Consultant, English Language Center; Graduate Assistant, Fulbright Gateway Orientation Program; Yoga Instructor and Co-Chair, Office of Women’s Concerns; Conversation Circle Leader/Officer, Translations; Student Advisory Committee Member, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

• MSc, History of International Relations, September 1998, with Merit

• Master’ Dissertation on the economic impact of Anglo-American international relations on postwar Southeast Asian politics and economy

• BA, with distinction, History, May 1996; Dean’s List 1994-96

CHAPLAINCY, SPIRITUAL CARE AND WELLNESS EXPERIENCE:

• Provide end-of-life spiritual care to patients with life expectancies of six months or less, and their loved ones, as part of an interdisciplinary team at Nashville non-profit hospice’s in-patient units at Saint Thomas Hospital (16 beds) and Skyline Madison Campus (15 beds), including prayer, bereavement and pastoral care, mindfulness practices and breathing exercises under a CPE supervisor’s guidance

• Participated in social action, phone call and letter-writing campaigns for access to health care and women’s health care rights

• Trained in counseling patients in crisis; organized resources, information and materials for clients of health care clinics

• Create and direct spirituality content for an online community of international Palliative Care professionals that empowers and enables teaching, interacting, and collaboration among global colleagues dedicated to sharing best practices around end-of-life

• Provided spiritual care for patients and their loved ones of all religions, including prayer, spiritual counseling, end-of-life decision making and bereavement support, yoga and meditation for largest hospital in the West with more than 950 patient beds

• Significant experience with patients and their families facing wide range of medical problems including:

  • Cancer, cardiac and liver diseases; Heart, liver and bone-marrow transplants
  • Patients receiving intensive-care treatement including neonatal intensive care
  • Visitations of patients hospitalized with psychiatric illnesses in inpatient locked facility

• Attended Palliative Care rounds and provided spiritual care and counseling to patients on the Palliative Care service regarding decisions about DNAR/DNI, hospice, advance directives and withdrawal of treatment

• Participated in family meetings with Bioethics Committee about critical care decisions

• Provided pastoral care in response to Code Blues and ER admissions

• Assisted Jewish and Catholic chaplaincy with referals and administration of services, participated in hospital religious services

• Regularly scheduled Hatha, Vinyasa Flow and Kundalini yoga teacher specializing in teaching mixed-level classes, new beginners and students with cancer/ immunodeficient patients; Meditation teacher specializing in breath work, mindfulness and energy work

• Volunteer intern in clinical internship rotation program in UCLA Healthcare System on Medical/Surgical floor assisting medical staff with post-surgical patient care

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Yoga: 200-hour multi-style registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance

• Language: Literate and conversant in Spanish and French

• Editorial: AP, Chicago and MLA style

INVESTMENT BANKING, CONSULTING, AND FINANCIAL NEWS EXPERIENCE:

• Strategic director of boutique investment bank and consulting firm serving emerging and mid-market growth companies that has the nation’s leading business plan and strategic advisory consulting practice with more than 1,600 engagements

• Ensured the firm was aligned to meet growth goals and face market conditions by developing strategic marketing and internal talent development initiatives

• Sourced strategic advisory and investment banking engagements for emerging and middle market companies

• Consulted to Fortune 500 and high-level emerging companies on strategic growth issues and fundraising

• Identified opportunities for new product development and line extension of firm’s core service offerings

• Directed marketing and press strategy for firm and clients; developed firm’s brand; acted as public "face" of company

• Created content for blog and newsletter; spoke at conferences on entrepreneurship and capital raising

• Founding partner of the first investment bank and advisory services firm to target domestic emerging companies catering to the U.S. Hispanic market

• Sourced deals up to $20 million and perpetuated deal flow pipeline; identified potential investment opportunities for private equity, venture capital and hedge funds seeking to diversity their portfolios with a domestic emerging markets play

• Sought capital sources for client companies raising series A and B funds and expansion capital up to $15 million

• Oversaw portfolio companies’ use of investment funds, ongoing expansion and further fundraising efforts

• Directed new business development by seeking client companies for investment banking business and efforts to raise capital to fund the firm’s investment banking operations

• Executed all communications strategies for the company and its clients, including fundraising and marketing documents and press relations

• Online news director for afternoon and evening global news coverage with sole authority for editorial decisions

• Assigned and edited breaking news stories for on-site and bureau reporters on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy, corporate finance and legal affairs

• Managed content-licensing and syndication relationships among partner Web sites and publications

• Marketed and promoted The Deal via regular media appearances on financial news television channels and Webcasts, chaired live discussions and moderated panels on VC, M&A and investing

• Appeared on regularly slotted live television broadcasts analyzing breaking financial news and broader trends in M&A and their impact on the stock market

• Wrote daily analytical news pieces on international and domestic investment opportunities and broader market trends for online retail investing audience

• Identified investment trends by tracking companies’ performance from pre-IPO to publicly traded status

• Sole European-based reporter responsible for coverage of European stocks and markets

• Moderated and participated in live and online chats about stocks, markets and companies

• Prepared proposals for mergers, acquisitions and private equity deals in Latin American retail and telecom sector and Eastern European privatizations

• Analyzed markets and macroeconomic trends in support of hedge fund trading strategy

• Researched, wrote and edited sections of From Third World to World Class: The Future of Emerging Markets in the Global Economy (Peter Marber, Perseus Books, 1998), as well as economic, academic and foreign affairs journal articles on capital-market formation and privatization

COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER INVOLVEMENT:

• Sole representative of the university in Southern California; liaison to British Consulate and other representative organizations

• Organized monthly social and academic alumni events for 800+ alumni in Southern California

• Increased membership and raised funds for the organization; instituted new chapter traditions

• Forged relationships with alumni organizations of other British and U.S. universities, British associations and co-sponsored events

• Created a strategic alliance with Lloyds Bank UK’s Los Angeles office to administer international bank accounts for students

• Acted as point of contact for outgoing students to LSE and answered inquiries about the university, student life and alumni network

• Coordinated all correspondence to the membership, including email newsletter mailings and Web site postings

• Served on national alumni board

• Mentored teenage girls for award-winning non-profit organization for at-risk teenage girls in creative writing

• Led day-long, program-wide seminars on different genres of creative writing

• Assisted in college application process and essay writing

• Participated in fund raising efforts on behalf of the organization

• Organized beauty and self-esteem related activities for residents; gathered donations for events

• Prepared meals for residents of women’s only shelter weekly; kept log of recipes for kitchen staff

• Organized monthly panels, chose topics and agendas with speakers from different media outlets on issues related to journalism

• Solicited participation from membership and external contacts for events

• Coordinated publicity and attendance for events

ADDITIONAL EDITORIAL AND MEDIA PROJECTS:

• Strategy and Content Analyst for branding and media creative collaboration collective, mm Identity Lab (July 2009 - July 2010)

• Writer and editor of international study abroad program marketing materials and Web copy, CIEE (Summer 2008)

• Telecom, technology and multicultural marketing Correspondent, Marketing Daily email newsletter, MediaPost (September 2006 - July 2007)

• Travel guide book writer, Fodor’s Guide to Australia, Fodor’s Travel Publications (2005, 2006 and 2007 editions)

• College preparatory writing tutor (ongoing)

• Reviewer of non-fiction books, Forecasts, Publisher’s Weekly (June 2003 - December 2004)

• Communications consultant, Pro-Natura USA environmental non-profit organization (June - September 2003)

• Upgrades and Downgrades columnist and section editor, The Telecomm Analyst, Multex.com (January 2000 - August 2001)

• Work/Life Balance columnist, WorkingWoman.com (2000)

• Commissioning editor of community content and designer of user interface system, IgoUgo.com travel and social networking Website (February - May 2000)

• Reviewer of travel and business books, barnesandnoble.com (January 1999 - March 2001)

• Literary Affairs intern, Hearst (Summer 1995)

• Editorial Production intern, Music Sound Exchange, a joint venture of Time Warner and Sony (Summer 1993)

• Editorial intern, Lear’s Magazine (1992-93)

© 2009-2012 Emily Lauren Burg