Adam Goldstein Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

PPL Integration Strategy:o Design and manage an integration framework between PPL and other departments within CIPE and ensure that such integration aligns with CIPE’s mission and objectives.o Establish exchange mechanisms for regular communication, updates, areas of collaboration, co-funding opportunities, and business development, between PPL and other CIPE program teams.o Manage PPL’s strategy of maintaining relationships with donor organizations on cross departmental proposal to identify linkages with CIPE strategies, monitor trends, and assess new funding opportunities. Applied Research o Work with the Program Director to implement PPL’s research agenda, recruit researchers, and review proposals that support CIPE’s mission and strategic program goals.o Monitor grantees, contractors, and consultants’ performance to ensure full compliance withfinancial and reporting requirements, and evaluation plans.o Collaborate with CIPE regional programs and partners to field test recommendations and tools developed through Applied Research.o Write “research insight” pieces including blogs, policy briefs, and reports.o Facilitate select internal workshops on Policy Solutions Recommendations.o Contribute to PPL’s thought leadership through content development, speaking, and other strategic communication engagements.Business Membership Organizations (BMOs):o Collaborate with program staff at CIPE to enhance internal knowledge resources, build capacity for partners, collect and share new innovations in the field, and conduct technical revisions and overviews of BMO capacity products.o Manage the core areas of practice for BMOs including curating and maintaining knowledge resources, managing the internal working group, externally and internally promoting thought leadership around BMOs and democracy, and ensuring industry best practices are

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Research, write, and edit case studies, toolkits, and papers. Leading practice case studies, informality, youth and gender, and more. • Assist partners and program staff in accessing knowledge resources including case studies, lessons learned, and program information. • Maintain knowledge management data on experts, connect experts to program needs. • Support internal working group on association development. Capture, organize, catalogue and disseminate lessons learned and best practices. • Coordinate project administration: payments, proposals, and reporting. Maintain knowledge resources and project catalogue. Learn and apply CIPE, NED, USAID and other donor policies and procedures.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Produce and edit materials identifying and explaining community development and local governance shortcomings in MENA. Produce research and analysis informing academics and practitioners. Explain ways communities overcome development problems in their communities. - Administrative Tasks: Website and data maintenance, literature organization, organize project agendas with Project Manager and communicate to researchers, interns, and supervisor. Coordinate project management and execution with team to meet grant requirements throughout project term. Record activities and project accomplishments for backstopping and reports to grant providers. - Research Projects: MENA Local Government, decentralization, and sustainable development: Book project detailing the intersecting issues of urban development, human rights, and local governance throughout MENA region. Specific focuses on decentralization, corruption, development initiatives, and popular responses to these administrative, political, and economic reforms. Planning, writing, and editing numerous chapters with significant input on templates, introduction, and final conclusions. Work in tandem with other researchers and project managers to consistently and reliably produce high-quality material for book. Synthesize literature reviews and bibliographies and engage with data analysis produced in Arc GIS and R. Edit and supplement existing research for Constitution Campaign and Know Your Cities dossiers. Grant-funded position. Grant expired December 2019.

Collect grant information, compile data, and assist in the production of grant applications.

Responsible for administrative and customer service duties.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

American University

Evaluate articles and provide argumentative and grammatical edits to submitted pieces.

American University

- Conduct independent research and analysis- Synthesize research and produce an original article- Co-Developed World Mind Website

Critically evaluate articles submitted to the journal, recommend submissions that meet the criteria for publication. Synthesize reviews and provide feedback to authors.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Critically evaluate articles submitted to the journal, recommend submissions that meet the criteria for publication. Synthesize reviews and provide feedback to authors.

Write and publish original opinion based current events articles.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I create posts for the JPC's inCONTEXT Blog, contribute to the Front-Line Defense and Alliance Tracker blogs, proofread articles for the inFOCUS Journal, and perform administrative tasks such as managing excel databases. I am also working on an independent, long-term project. The project is a comparative study of the political trajectories of Tunisia, Egypt, and Syria from the years preceding the Arab Spring until today.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Research contributing to Homeless Bill of Rights. Network American University student groups together to organize public support for Homeless Bill of Rights. Also worked towards gaining endorsements for our initiatives from DC based organizations.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Conduct surveys over the phone and in person with recent clients to assess quality and effectiveness of services offered. Also work at tabling events at a local farmers market to answer questions and distribute information to the community.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Researched local charity organizations including shelters, food banks, and soup kitchens. Compiled research into pamphlets which were distributed to clients.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Researched proposed voter ID laws. Answered telephones. Helped constituents obtain services from the office or other organizations.

Master’S Degree, Comparative Politics

Bachelor’S Degree, Comparative Politics, Senior

Activities and Societies: Clocks and Clouds

High School

Activities and Societies: Varsity Soccer Political Club