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Portland, Maine Area

• Formulate and implement advocacy strategy for political campaigns, non-profit, and for-profit clients.
• Design, manage, and conduct national and international research projects within tight deadlines.
• Produce timely political analysis for advocacy campaigns, think tanks, and businesses.
• Practice areas: Data analysis and management; regulatory and policy analysis; legislative strategy; opposition research; communications strategy; research writing; public communications writing.Some but not all major.

Portland, Maine, United States

• Oversaw and coordinated the day-to-day operations of a statewide ballot initiative.
• Designed and directly oversaw compliance operations for planned campaign of over 80,000 signatures and 12,000 petitions.
• Framed problems for campaign oversight board and shaped political strategy.
• Directly managed team of eight full-time staffers and up to thirty irregular contractors.

New York, New York, United States

• Conducted statistical analysis (multi-variate regression) and wrote analysis for a ten-country public opinion survey.
• Compiled and managed data sets and for four years of data from two different major annual surveys.
• Designed and implemented a content promotion and social media growth strategy across three platforms.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Managed in-house social media team of two employees and six volunteers across three platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). Directed, placed, and targeted over $100k in Facebook advertising across two different Facebook accounts.Grew social media presence from ~3k to >12k for campaign Facebook account by putting in place regular posting guidelines.

Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area

Directed and managed major research project in support of the Committee's intervention in David A. Jones et al. v. Secretary of State et al., which would have allowed a referendum to vote a portion of Maine's ranked-choice voting law on the ballot in 2020. The lawsuit was defeated in the Maine Supreme Court.Designed system to exhaustively analyze petitions.

Portland, Maine Area

Designed and executed strategy in support of an independent gubernatorial candidate and four successful legislative candidates out of eight races in which an endorsement was made.Facilitated fundraising, spending, and state-level compliance for over $50,000 operational budget.Managed relationships with and served as contact for digital, mail, and other.

Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area

Designed and managed a voter education campaign to teach voters how to use ranked-choice voting for the first general election in Maine's history to use the electoral reform. Planned and executed three high profile events at Colby College, South Maine Community College, and University of Southern Maine pairing academics with electoral reform advocates to.

Portland, Maine Area

Managed compliance for the 2017-18 grassroots “People’s Veto” ballot campaign.Oversaw the tracking, collection, and auditing processes for 80,000+ signatures to secure ballot access, exceeding the ballot access requirement by 31%.Liaised with 500+ towns in Maine to ensure timely completion of compliance process.Managed team of three employees and 50+.

Gorham, ME

Built, stewarded, and leveraged strategic relationships with 600+ community leaders and civic organizations across Maine to amplify and radiate campaign messages.Provided political analysis on the Maine State Legislature to campaign leadership.Devised and executed $10,000+ digital media strategy to micro-target thousands of swing voters.Recruited and.

Portland, Maine Area

Regularly drove and managed the portable library (or Bookmobile), performed archive work and research at the library's warehouse, subbed at a wide variety of desks in the library ranging from circulation to managing the library's used bookstore.

Academic fellow is Elmira College's equivalent of a Teacher's Assistant.Assisted faculty with the following classes:Introduction to Political ScienceInternational RelationsBehind the Headlines

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Political Science

Ph.D. in Political Science with a focus on International Relations.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Relations

Bard Globalization And International Affairs Program

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Pi Sigma Alpha, Elmira College Civics Society, Elmira College Republicans, Model UN, Amnesty International.