Education 1999 – present mit sloan School of Management

TAMARA B. CHARM

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Education

1999 – present MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, MA

Candidate for Master of Business Administration, June 2001

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  Program focus: Strategic Management and Applied Economic Analysis
  
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  Teaching Assistant: Microeconomics and Strategy & Organization, Officer: Socially Responsible Business Club, Co-organizer: Sloan Food Drive
  

Summer 1997 London School of Economics

1990 – 1994 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD

Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Studies

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  Awards include: Excellence in Economics Award, Barton Cup for Distinguished Moral Leadership, and graduating with General Honors.
  
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  Elected Chair of Student Activities Commission and Treasurer of Student Council
  
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  Elected President of Jewish Students Association
  

Experience

Summer 2000 McKinsey and Company London, England

Summer Associate

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  Evaluated potential joint venture, acquisition, and divestment opportunities for multinational petrochemical company.
  
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  Developed valuation models for client and potential partner firms’ businesses.
  
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  Worked with top management to clarify business unit’s strategy and make recommendation.
  

1998 – 1999 Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance New York, NY

Founding Director

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  Expanded organization to 950 members in first year of operation.
  
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  Developed budget of $326,000, coordinated fundraising efforts, and co-wrote successful foundation grant.
  
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  Initiated and led program development and implementation efforts, including an international program with 38 participating institutions from the U.S. and abroad.
  
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  Formed and motivated committees, developed agenda and led board meetings.
  

1997 – 1999 Fellow at Drisha Institute for Jewish Studies New York, NY

Studied Babylonian Talmud and Jewish law. Taught classes on torah cantillation.
1996 – 1997 Israel/Palestine Center for Research & Information Jerusalem, Israel

Economic Staff / Dorot Fellow

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  Developed and planned conference for Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian ministry officials to promote the establishment of a trilateral free trade agreement.
  
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  Worked with academics to produce a joint paper on ideal trilateral trade structure.
  
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  Chose topics and speakers for monthly roundtables between Israeli and Palestinian ministry officials on specific obstacles to free trade.
  
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  Worked under auspices of Dorot Fellowship (awarded based on assessment of leadership potential) and concurrently studied at the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies.
  

1994 – 1996 Ernst & Young LLP Economics Consulting Group Washington, DC

Senior Consultant

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  Performed profitability studies for Fortune 500 automotive, chemical, and electronics companies.
  
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  Managed project teams for client engagements with fees up to $1,000,000
  
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  Managed client relationships and delivered oral and written executive presentations.
  
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  Created and implemented training program for new consultants.
  
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  Analyzed financial statement data and industry research to evaluate transfer-pricing policies.
  
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  Promoted from Staff to Senior Consultant in one year.
  

Personal

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  Proficient in Hebrew. Basic knowledge of German.