Kimberly Pope

Assesses, develops, and implements strategies for master planning of real estate portfolio. Provides leadership of the Department's Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (FF&E) program including development of specifications, assessments of bids, and coordination of procurement and installations efforts. Overseeing setting up new and returning of current lease spaces. Serves as agency expert and authoritative consultant including technical assistance and resource management support for all facility space initiatives including furniture procurement, space design, and interior design matters. Serves as an expert in facility space planning and design. Creates, reviews, plans, analyzes and develops facility-related projects for the department. Provides authoritative advice and consultation to agency officials, customers, and Department leadership on all matters related to facility design and construction. Provides leadership in formulating methods for getting results through cooperative efforts, including outreach to all program constituents. Provides agency guidance material, policies, and/or strategic plans to support facilities initiatives and programs. Decommissioning multiple sites which include coordinating: removing all contents, writing scope of work for furniture removal, managing removal of IT equipment, records, and excess.

Project Highlights:
• Serves as a Project Manager and Construction coordinator providing design intent drawings, SOW, change orders, manages project meetings, and schedules for multiple projects. Decommissioning multiple locations yearly helping education to reach their space plan goals.

Serve as the Project Manager and Interior Design on multiple construction/design projects providing various services depending on the project need. This includes coordinating and monitor completion phases of project. Perform requirements gathering and validation including interviews, surveys, inventories. Monitoring and overseeing project design and construction effort. Provides technical support on a daily basis to all customers, manages electronic documents, serves as the liaison for other customer groups related to all projects, provides expertise, monitors security related issues, and maintains a coordinating relationship with the government agency, its clients, and external partners to include the architect-engineers, construction contractors, and other contractors supporting the government.

Project Highlights:
• Department of Security Cooperation Agency: Serves as a Project Manager, Interior Designer, and Construction coordinator providing construction change orders, punchlist, interior design move management, space planning, and schedules for multiple projects.
• The Heritage Foundation Incorporation: Preparing design proposal for conference room renovation project.

Interior Design and Space Planning Specialist for the White House complex. Job details include but are not limited to overseeing construction projects including the West Wing Renovation, programming, selecting FF& E, managing projects, developing cost estimates, evaluating bid proposals, reviewing construction documents, participating in on-site construction visits, conducting pre and post occupancy evaluations. Overseeing, ensuring, and providing quality customer service and support to this diverse customer base. Preparing design presentations and floor plans using PowerPoint, Adobe design suites and AutoCAD. Preparing procurement documentation such as IGE’s, scope of work, and sole source justifications as needed.

Project Highlights:
• West Wing Renovation: Served as a project manager aiding in the overseeing million dollar renovation of the 55,000 square foot West Wing Renovation providing design, procurement, and construction management assistance. Team of three that provided all selections of FF&E and oversaw installation and remodel related services. Provided punch list for White House and GSA contactors.
• Served as either the lead or assisted the Facilities team overseeing multiple projects providing Interior Design, Project Management, Programming, Construction, and Facilities Management Services for the following projects this includes pre-design to closeout services over a span of 4 years.
• Eisenhower Executive Office Building Historical Library Renovation: Renovation and Preservation of 19th century space.
• Eisenhower Executive Office Building History Hall, Meetings of Change, and Truman Bowling Alley Historical Displays: Provided research and historical preservation services to prepare historical documentation and information that discusses the history the building.

Selected furnishings and fixtures to match the VA master specifications and regulations for the Healthcare Administration. Reviewed submittals from consultant and architect to ensure alignment with VAMC construction and design criteria. Coordinated installation schedules with on-going construction schedule. Maintained multi-million dollar design budget for the fiscal year. Maintained file systems that included drawings, plans, specifications, budgets, project information, schedules, procurement documents, and government contracts. Prepared government procurement documents including joining a team of 10 designers to prepare a Nationwide VA Blanket Purchasing Agreement. Served as the COR and assisted contracting officer with acquisition planning, technical reviews, execution, and administration. Collects requirements, prepares SOWs, conducts market research, and develops sole source justifications, as appropriate. Assist the government representative in reviewing documentation.

Project Highlights:
• Orlando VAMC: Part of the 10 person Transition and Construction team overseeing 1.2 million square feet newly constructed medical center.
• West Palm Beach and Hot Springs, SD VAMC: Oversaw multiple hospitals for the VA providing design, construction, project management, and scheduling, procurement, and closeout services. These projects involved programming of many new healthcare facilities. The programming included constantly interviewing, observing, questionnaires, and surveying the built-outs. I completed the programming, schematic, design development, provide construction documents for 30,000 sq. ft Mental Health Resource Center and 5,000 sq. ft Operator Space.

Performed administrative and organizational services for project coordination. Assisted engineering firms with design, furnishings, and finishes selection for Executive VP Suites. Coordinated vendors and assisted with on-site supervision. Created project tracking documents, entered purchase orders, and created reports for shop managers.
Project Highlights:
• Suite/Club Level and VIP Spaces: Assisted with overseeing construction, renovation, and design for the Atlanta Braves Baseball stadium during offseason. Assisted with the Interior Design and project management of the 755 lounges and bar.

Served as an assistant to design staff. Maintained library inventory and up-kept material samples. Scheduled appointments for vendor exhibition and showroom visits. Maintained used furniture inventory. Input Maximo request for customers created reports for tracking projects. Completed product and vendor research for cost estimation.
Project Highlights:
• Various Projects: Assisted with the renovation of Ted Turner’s office. Assisted with move coordination of news broadcasting support teams of up to 100 people at a time.