avital drucker

Conducted lectures and used data-driven methods to assess and guide students' progress in Ruby programming.

* Expanded this small club into an institution with funding and significant presence in McGill’s student community * Innovated, supervised, and promoted events with 50-120 participants, including lectures by professors and club members, stargazing trips, observation nights, telescope trainings, and social gatherings * Managed finances, equipment maintenance, and communication with members and other organizations * Conducted meetings to set club priorities and coordinate responsibilities with executives

* Doubled the membership of the Club through social media advertising, posters, and club fairs * Researched and delivered oral PowerPoint presentations on astronomy-related topics * Organized events with executives

* Managed the transformation of all ETL processes by rewriting ETL scripts in Python to run in Apache Airflow. Coordinated with Data and Tech teams to create long-term ETL project timelines. Trained the Data team in Airflow. Maintained and debugged any ETL issues. * Automated the management of Skimm Notes through Contentful. Crafted mobile-responsive audio players tracking user interaction to promote Notes on the site. * Created single sign-on Node.js authentication microservice with iframe logout functionality, for two internal apps, using Google OAuth 2.0, signed cookies, and Redis. Published team’s first npm module that protects apps with the microservice. * Carried out frontend efforts, including a redesigned Jobs page, mobile-first landing pages and emails, and website standardization. * Implemented one-click subscribe campaign for the Daily Skimm in invitational emails. * Develop backend features of external Ruby on Rails and internal Node.js applications.

I assisted with the research efforts of the Hudson Institute's Center for Political-Military Analysis. I researched and wrote on security issues in Eurasia and edited and managed other interns' work.

* Researched donors’ and prospects’ biographical information, interests, philanthropic activities, and relationship to AJC * Organized donor briefings with Executive Director: set up conferences and equipment, prepared invitations, responded to and recorded RSVPs, and monitored calls * Assisted in event registration and steering at large Development events * Coordinated marketing initiatives: managed logistics for emails, mailings, and brochures and cultivated prospects with regional offices * Answered calls for senior staff and scheduled, prepared correspondence and materials for, and wrote minutes for meetings * Wrote to donors and edited fundraising and marketing documents * Managed files and databases of donors, prospects, and trusts and estates * Managed trusts and estates: drafted legal letters, tracked pending bequests, and recorded fundraising progress * Updated and resolved discrepancies in the Annual Report listing and records of donors

* Researched in Russian and English and wrote briefs on domestic and foreign policies of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and relations with Israel; EU-Israel relations; and talks on Syrian conflict between Russia, Israel, and the US * Investigated and wrote weekly reports on ECA and Jewish- and Israel-related news, including anti-Semitism, news related to the Holocaust, and relations between Jewish communities in ECA and Israel * Organized and wrote minutes for meetings with community and business representatives and foreign officials (including an ambassador, foreign minister, and consul) from ECA, the US, and Latin America * Wrote, edited, and proofread project briefs and grant applications * Used social media to disseminate program work: tweeted about programs and news and created Facebook page * Set up, advertised through press and social media, and hosted event with record-breaking attendance

* Supported administration of the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center and organized events on Eurasia * Corresponded with event speakers, coordinated speakers’ travel and lodging, and oversaw day-of event logistics * Organized roundtables with leaders in Ukraine and other post-Soviet countries: created invitee lists, sent invitations, tracked and responded to RSVPs, and planned seating * Drafted event invitations, memos to executives, and other documents; copy-edited reports; and edited speaker biographies and lists of participants * Researched Eurasia decision-makers and developments in Eurasia * Updated databases, maintained contact lists, and managed expense reports * I led the following Atlantic Council public events: * Confronting Far-Right Extremism in Europe * Ukraine v. Russia and the Kleptocrats * Preventing Another Tragedy: The Plight of Crimean Tatars * The Changing Face of Kremlin Propaganda * Russia's Election Countdown

I work on Actions on Google, a team within the Google Assistant that extends the functionality of the Google Assistant through third parties. I focus on Actions on Google's developer console.

Attended Jacobs School of Music Piano Academy

Pianist in Princeton High School Orchestra for two years. Performed solo concerto in concert, later to be broadcast on the radio. * President of The Ivy, the school's visual and literary arts magazine. Activities and Societies: Orchestra and The Ivy

Minor Concentration in Middle East Languages Activities and Societies: McGill Students' Astronomy Club