Aleisha Bynum Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

I act as liaison to the National Council and selective support to Regional Councils. I manage and implement an annual volunteer trip for volunteer members including site identification, working with concessionaires and vendors, itinerary development, manage trip registration, and serve as on site coordinator.I support the preparation and follow up of three annual Board of Trustee meetings. My duties include working with sites and vendors of various sorts, processing payments, coordinating with regional staff, tracking participant registration, reviewing BEOs, and serving as an onsite coordinator or on site support as needed.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

My primary role is supporting the management of NPCA’s Board of Trustees and other high-level volunteers. I assist in the coordination of 3 annual board meetings. I collaborate with senior management across NPCA to support board committees by scheduling quarterly calls, maintaining calendars, preparing and distributing meeting materials, sending out call reminders and calendar appointments, taking notes, and disseminating information via BoardEffect, and conducting additional follow up. In addition to working with our Board, I support our National and Regional volunteers as well. I assist in the coordination of an additional yearly volunteer trip, including tracking registration, organizing travel/lodging/activities, and processing reimbursements and reconciliation.I work with regional staff to distribute calendar appointments, call information and reminders, and meeting materials for quarterly volunteer calls. I joined our internal Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) leadership team, to discuss how to navigate the ways in which social justice issues present themselves in complex conservation efforts and how to integrate a JEDI lens into our work.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

As a market team member, I attend weekly farmer's markets in the District of Columbia to educate residents on the importance of composting and food waste reduction, in addition to collecting compost from residents. I provide service to all customers and ensure a high quality market site is maintained at all times. For each market I set up tables, canopies, signs, and compost collection bins to ensure the site is ready for collection. Throughout the market, I monitor the bins for cross-contamination, accurately track the number of drop-offs and interactions, and confirm and record the weight of each full bin for reporting purposes.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

As an intern, I gained firsthand experience in the day to day management of an urban farm. I learned how to compost using a 3-bin hot system and understand why, when and how to use aerobic versus anaerobic composting methods, how to start and care for seedlings, how to operate, test and repair a drip irrigation system, how to harvest produce and prepare for market, and how to identify, mitigate and treat certain pests. I learned more about CKC's creative and innovative efforts to connect with the local community, increase food sustainability, and reduce food waste. I continue to work with CKC in a volunteer capacity on the weekly farmer's market and I look forward to supporting them in future projects.

Arlington, Va

As a poll clerk, it was my responsibility to verify voter lists from official registration records, request identification of voters at polling place, distribute ballots to voters and answer questions concerning voting procedure. In addition I supported voters who required assitance in the voting process and followed all policies and procedures to ensure that voter confidentiality is maintained and respected.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As co-chair, I recruited and trained a fundraising team of 30 undergraduate and graduate students, oversaw a fundraising campaign to solicit gifts to the university from the graduating class that ended up collecting over 450 gifts totaling $9,185.In addition, I designed graphics for social media accounts and promotional materials, managed the organizations Facebook and Instagram accounts, and maintained communication between the council and the general student body through MailChimp and social media.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I provided logistical support related to the visit of 22 high school Pakistani girls who come to the U.S. to attend summer schools in renowned universities across the country. This included organizing domestic travel logistics, coordinating events, tracking all student travel, and escorting participants to meetings in D.C. Additionally, I kept a detailed record of cash disbursements, travel and per diem costs, and other various expenses using Microsoft Excel, Visa Intellilink Spend Management, and a physical filing system. I regularly checked expenses against the allocated program budget and helped to prepare documentation for future grants. I also regularly kept in contact with students to ensure they were completing required program surveys and activities on time, answered any questions they had, and regularly posted content to the program's Facebook page.

Nairobi, Kenya

As outreach and media manager, I conducted informal canvassing in the Kangemi slum to assess needs of impoverished women, researched and composed grant proposals to ask for resources and funding, reached out to various organizations, restaurants, and hotels for possible partnership opportunities and created flyers and brochures using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As a facilitator I designed and planned activities and assignments for an identity-based dialogue group. Along with my co-facilitator, I guided student conversations focusing on current social justice topics using an intersectional lens and received facilitator training on professional competency in the realm of dialogue facilitation, conflict resolution, and competencies in identity-based theory and practice.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I maintained active communication between chapter members, the Executive Board, other on-campus organizations, speakers and panelists, and AU administration via Slack, Facebook, Instagram, and MailChimp. Additionally, to maintaining the organization's social media I created flyers and graphics using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As a student mentor, I assist students from grades 5-8 with math, science, social studies, and reading assignments and helped kids develop their math skills using lessons from common core. In addition, I used current social justice and political issues to explain lessons and provide real-world scenario context.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As a canvasser, I memorized facts and figures pertaining to the causes Amnesty International campaigns for and engaged the general public to promote Amnesty International’s work and solicit monthly contributions. During my time in this position, I consistently achieved weekly donation quotas and worked with team to mentor new canvassers and help all team members achieve quotas.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As Front Desk Receptionist assitant I worked with the Front Desk Receptionist to manage and maintain the reception area, greet visitors and responded to multi-line telephone and in-person requests for information, supplied business access to employees and visitors, and sorted incoming mail to ensure arrival to correct recipients throughout the office.