Adam Wilson Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

I imagine and create systems and tools that expand and reinforce NELP’s Communications Team’s capacity to execute strategic communications and narrative shift work to build Black, immigrant worker power and advance transformative solutions to achieve racial and economic justice. My areas of responsibility include: Project Management: plan and oversee production timelines for regular communications products (print publications, email communications, graphic design projects, fundraising materials, events and webinars, etc)and increase the capacity of the Communications team to concurrently execute complex, significant projects (website rebuilding, rebranding implementation, etc).Workflow Improvements: analyze and improve the processes used by staff to collaborate with the goal of increasing transparency, creativity, and a culture of accountability.Program and Strategic Alignment: introduce tools, reports, and collaborative spaces that ensure the products that NELP’s communication team creates align with goals of the team and NELP’s mission, goals, and annual policy agenda.Supervision: provide direction, support, and coaching to staff to contribute to the collective development of NELP’s communication team.I am a proud member of the NELP Staff Association, NOLSW, UAW, LOCAL 2320.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Oversee communications function for The Osborne Association, an organization that works in partnership with individuals, families, and communities to create opportunities for people affected by the criminal justice system to further develop their strengths and lead lives of responsibility and contribution. We design, implement and advocate for solutions that prevent and reduce the damage caused by crime and incarceration.Our programs draw upon research and evaluation that has demonstrated success with people involved in the criminal justice system, and are designed to be family-focused, supporting participants within the context of their family relationships and communities—strengthening relationships that are the bedrock of our participants’ future success.More than 250 staff in community sites in New York City, Newburgh, NY, and more than 30 prisons and jails work at every point of the continuum, from arrest and pre-entry, through jail and prison, to reentry, including children and families affected by crime and the criminal justice system. We are known for developing effective programs that offer a broad range of treatment, education, and vocational services to more than 10,000 people each year.

Bronx, New York

Project management of the annual fundraising event of The Osborne Association, an organization that offers opportunities for individuals who have been in conflict with the law to transform their lives.

Brooklyn, Ny

• Directed public programs within an independent nonprofit whose mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of their lives – resulting in tens of thousands of archived interviews, hundreds of unique partnerships, and many ongoing community projects nationwide.• Developed and managed a dynamic department housing 5-7 innovative programs and 15-25 high-performing staff members across the United States; provided local and remote supervision and staff mentorship. • Planned and implemented all of StoryCorps’ national projects that center collaborations with community organizations to elevate underrepresented voices since 2007, including: the Justice Project, Historias, the National Teachers Initiative, the Military Voices Initiative, Legacy, the Memory Loss Initiative, OutLoud, and Every Voice. • Conceptualized several new, dynamic programs that amplify impact and support funding requests from external partners, such as the Community Training Team, a project that builds power in communities by teaching people how to interview, record, and preserve their own stories. • Designed the unique program model for the StoryBooth programs and supervised remote staff in Atlanta, Chicago, and San Francisco, resulting in 700 interviews annually and weekly broadcasts on local radio stations. • Facilitated key elements of StoryCorps’ 2015 Strategic Planning Process, including the planning of the 2015 All Staff Retreat, resulting in StoryCorps’ current mission, vision, and values.

Brooklyn

- Restructured department in to Community Engagement • Collaborated to design internal and external evaluations, working alongside consultants from Research Triangle Institute, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Touchstone Consulting, among others.

• Launched the Participant Diversity Team, an innovative, organization-wide project team focused on diversifying the participant base and archival content of StoryCorps’ programming. - Designed and implemented StoryCorps Alaska, StoryCorps Historias - Oversaw emerging Community Outreach component of a start-up non-profit media organization, supervising 5 staff.

• Directed and supported numerous union organizing campaigns with poultry workers, security officers, and nurses resulting in more than 1000 new union members. • Organized extensively in the Gulf South in workboat, industrial laundry, light manufacturing industries, as well as other campaigns throughout the United States. • Initiated client relationships resulting in $1.1 million in revenue growth for the Prewitt Organizing Fund during 2005-2006.  Built a successful nation-wide recruiting network that helped place dozens of experienced organizers in organizing campaigns with international unions.  Managed national team of 10-20 field organizers, whose efforts resulted in more than 1000 new union members during multiple new organizing campaigns.

Masters Of Liberal Studies, Urban Education

Masters Of Science, Social Research / Sociology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science, History, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude