EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Field Representative - Office Of the First Congressional District, OR – Feb. 2011-Present

• Researched specific public policy issues to brief and advise the congressman: natural disasters, environment, energy, maritime, coast guard, dikes and levees.
• Represented the congressman in meetings with constituents, agencies, local officials, businesses and other stakeholders.
• Drafted letters, talking points, speeches, and constituent correspondence on behalf of the congressman.
• Served as liaison between constituents and federal agencies.
• Managed cases for constituents with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Internal Revenue Service and the Veterans Administration.
• Advanced community outreach strategy to incorporate local priorities into federal agenda.
• Developed and coordinated meetings and special events in Columbia and Clatsop County.

Regional Field Director, Wu for Congress – Washington County, OR – July 2010-Nov 2010

• Collaborated on the development of a field strategy and scripts for a campaign that won by a 12% margin.
• Recruited for more than 350 volunteer shifts that made over 60,000 voter contacts in the month of October.
• Worked with a team of field personnel that repeatedly exceeded goals by 50-200%
• Coordinated with affiliate groups: unions, county parties and other campaigns.
• Planned and staffed the congressman’s public appearances in Washington County.
• Developed new media outreach capacity.

Campaign Manager, John Hutzler for Washington County Auditor – Beaverton, OR – Nov. 2009-May 2010

• Collaborated on both messaging & field strategy for a campaign that won 56% of the vote.
• The only Democratically endorsed campaign to win definitively in the May non-partisan election at the county level.
• Secured endorsements from 2 national office holders, 3 organizations and dozens of state and local office holders that had not endorsed for this office before.
• Recruited 60 volunteers for house parties, letters to the editor, phone banking & canvassing.
• Created the strategy and content for the website, online ads, Facebook & Twitter updates.
• Analyzed voter information using the VoteBuilder database & county elections data.
• Placed eight letters to the editor & sourced two articles that supported our campaign message goals.

Field Organizer, Tax Fairness Oregon – Portland, OR – Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010

• Facilitated seven letters to the editor & an Op/Ed in Central & Southern Oregon papers.
• Created strategy for regional campaigns & outreach regarding ballot measures 66 & 67.
• Coordinated two earned media actions that received television, newspaper & radio coverage.
• Recruited 70 volunteers & activists in Central & Southern Oregon for earned media events.
• Grew the organization’s database by 1000 members.
• Concurrent fundraising efforts referencing this work and related blog posts helped raise $10,000.

Communication Coordinator, Employed/Consultant – Beaverton, OR – Jan. 2005-Nov. 2009

• Developed narratives in support of activist investor’s marketing & outreach efforts.
• Increased company share prices to a level needed to list on better regulated stock exchanges.
• Created press releases, newsletters, speeches, talking points & brochures.
• Used new media tools to engage 15,000 on Facebook and Twitter and a list of 17,000 on email.

Teaching Assistant, Northern Illinois University – Dekalb, IL – Sept. 2003-Dec. 2004

• Received full tuition waiver for being instructor of record for three semesters of Introduction to Public Speaking.
• Debate judge and panelist for the Lincoln Parliamentary League and Unity in Diversity speech competition.
• Implemented Unity in Diversity curriculum standards.

General Manager & Partner, Cinemas – St. Louis, MO  - Sept. 1991- Sept. 2003

• Awarded ownership stake for growing company from two screens with $250k in earnings to eleven screens with over $3 million in annual gross income.

VOLUNTEER

Member of the Washington County Democrats Central Committee, 2006-Current

• IT Committee: Webmaster and social media capacity developer, 1200 friends and followers.
• Training Committee: Wrote and instructed organizer trainings.

Organizer for Project Vote Registration Drive In Dekalb, IL, 2003-2004

• Directed local efforts to register over 900 voters in Dekalb County, Illinois.

EDUCATION

New Media BootCamp, New Organizing Institute – Washington, DC – 2010

• Selected for a competitive New Media training fellowship that focused on integrating on and offline organizing.

Masters in Communication, Northern Illinois University – Dekalb, IL – 2004

• Course of study and research focused on political rhetoric and social movements (awarded full assistantship.)

Bachelors in Media Communication/Minor Fine Art, Webster University – Webster Groves, MO – 1998

• Wrote features for the Webster Journal.