Aaron Huertas Email & Phone Number

Lewes, De, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

We Can Vote—Chief of staff role for a civic engagement startup developing healthy voting resources on behalf of public health and civic design groups. Developed and executed on more than $2.5 million in voter education programming including state guides, digital ads and coalition message development.Swing Left—Consulted on GOTV email programming, including adapting programming for a national call program in response to the pandemic.Close Read podcast—Launched podcast focused on how political arguments work in practice, including interviews with other practitioners.Voter Participation Center—Relaunched organization’s communications work as part of a leadership transition. Collaborated with staff on messaging, design and tests for mail and digital programming. Led website redesign to focus on prospective voters. Represented organization to press, including crisis response.500 Women Scientists—National advisory board member. Helped grassroots science justice organization conduct voter outreach and rapid response.Catalist—Provided support for end-of-cycle email programming, including emails updating clients on absentee and early voting in Georgia.

Part time job in addition to my regular office gig focused on bike assembly, repair and marketing.

Washington, Dc

- Served as communications lead for a brand new Congressional committee, the closest equivalent legislative bodies have to startups- Created new resources for a Congressional committee including logo and brand, social media accounts, and website- Represented committee business to the press and public- Developed climate and energy resources for other Congressional committees and offices - Hired and supervised a full time digital production manager- Prioritized amplifying the voices of young climate leaders- Assisted the committee's chair, Rep. Kathy Castor, with press relations, video statements, speeches and remarks

Washington, Dc

Swing Left—Led strategic communications for an election-focused startup. Developed organizational messaging platform for volunteers, media and surrogates. Coordinated tech, field, political and marketing efforts to improve volunteer experience. Managed the organization’s 600,000+ subscriber email program. Dramatically exceeded GOTV goals, with 50,000 subscribers signing up for voter contact shifts with campaigns. Exceeded goals for email fundraising, raising $10 million for candidates and Swing Left.314 Action—Organized a candidate training for scientists considering running for office.Climate Access—Conducted stakeholder engagement for the state of California’s sea-level rise adaptation guidance.Nerd Nite DC—Hosted a series of slideshow lectures at a nightclub, including recruiting speakers, promoting shows and developing partnerships with DC museums.March for Science—Led the national March for Science volunteer communications team. Pushed for greater organizational transparency post-march.Writing and content development—Ran communications workshops for Sigma Xi. Wrote essays for Poytner, Undark (MIT) and participated in Medium’s first paid political writing program. Developed a free online communications curriculum for science communication.

Washington, District Of Columbia

-Designed, implemented and managed communications campaigns on science, energy, and public policy-Organized coalition communications across diverse stakeholder groups on federal fuel economy policy-Prepped subject-matter experts for media interviews and Congressional testimony-Managed competing project workloads with a dozen staff members and consultants

Athens, Oh

-Registered thousands of students at Ohio University to vote and commit to supporting candidates that favor clean energy and climate policy-Ran early voting and election day events to promote voting opportunities for hundreds of students-Managed eight student fellows and a volunteer program to canvass, phone bank and run events

Washington, Dc

-Designed and deployed campaigns that generated thousands of media citations in local and national press-Engaged in intensive crisis communication during Fukushima meltdown, including hosting daily press briefings and engaging in rapid-response fact-checking of claims regarding plant status and radiation risks-Prepped scientists for successful, high-stakes interviews with Bill O’Reilly and Stephen Colbert, among others-Researched and wrote a report on cable news media coverage of climate science, resulting in stronger science-based coverage at CNN and a curtailment of misleading debates about established climate science-Conducted on-the-record interviews for print, radio and TV and regularly assisted reporters with coverage-Conducted fundraising meetings and contributed to grant proposals and report-backs for foundations, resulting in donations and grant renewals for the organization-Coached and protected independent scientists who have been attacked by politicians

Media relations, constituent casework, office work

Visitor education, conducted demonstrations in How Things Fly gallery

Certified Bicycle Technician, Professional Shop Operations And Repair

- Completed a 40-hour certification program for Professional Repair and Shop Operations at the United Bicycle Institute in Ashland, Oregon.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Political Communication

Activities and Societies: -Won competition to serve as student commencement speaker, alongside George H.W. and Barbara Bush -Student.