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Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Oversaw $3.2 million budget, established strategic and internal goals for the campaign, coordinated with campaign consultants and vendors to advise the candidate on policy and campaign strategy, served as primary press contact and wrote and distributed press releases from the campaign.

Des Moines, Ia

Built and managed the Congressman's district calendar, ensuring he met his goal of stops in every county each month. Staffed the Congressman during his travel, ensuring he stayed on schedule, reported back to legislative staff with meeting notes, and took photographs for social media and other communications uses. Organized several large informational fairs involving up to 50 participating organizations as well as high school level Student Leadership Summits. Advised on focus of issues and policy.

Des Moines, Ia

Oversaw state operations and a staff of four for Gov. Rick Perry's political action committee RICKPAC, then transitioned to his presidential campaign before he ended his bid in August, 2015. Coordinated candidate Iowa scheduling, established and ensured staff were meeting metrics, and oversaw building out of events.

Des Moines, Ia

Liaison between the Republican State Senate campaign arm and four state senate campaigns in Iowa, focusing on advise, ensuring metrics were met, and voter contact, supporter and volunteer recruiting. Two of those races resulted in victories, including one over a three term incumbent.

Des Moines Iowa

Oversaw coalition outreach for the US Senate campaign, as well as overseeing the caucus to convention organization.

Virginia Beach, Va

Oversaw 7 field offices with 13 staffers in the Hampton Roads Region of Virginia, ensuring voter contact and volunteer recruitment goals were met along with other projects as they came up.

Des Moines, Ia

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Conducted field organization in 8 counties in the Iowa Third Congressional District, staffed the candidate, identified, recruited and organized supporters as well as volunteers for campaign activities.

West Des Moines, Ia

Indexed scanned mortgage loan documents for their computerized filing system

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Identified and recruited supporters and volunteers covering counties in NW Iowa for Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign leading up to the Iowa Straw Poll.

Since moving back to the Dayton area after graduating from the University of Iowa, I became involved with the Webster County Republican Central Committee. I have performed several unpaid roles for the committee, including former treasurer, headquarters manager charged with keeping the office open, webmaster, and Communication Committee member helping to write letters to the editor and press releases for the Central Committee.

Ames, Ia

Recruited supporters and volunteers for a US Congressional campaign in central and Northeast Iowa and ensured they were plugged into campaign turnout activities as well as other volunteer activities. Identified existing events and gatherings for Congressman Latham to attend and helped build campaign events. Staffed the Congressman at events, taking notes and gathering information as needed.

Temporary position assisting the Mortgage Loan Department in file work during a busy refinancing period.

I oversaw outreach to various coalition groups in Ohio and Pennsylvania for the McCain campaign during the general election. Our primary outreach focused on Social Conservatives, Catholics, Veterans, Women, and Sportsmen. These coalitions were broken down into statewide, regional, and county chairs who were responsible for keeping the campaign up-to-date on further outreach opportunities, but primarily for recruiting volunteers for GOTV operations. Along with several outstanding coalition specific staffers, coalitions were able to meet and surpass high volunteer recruitment goals.

In Iowa I was employed as a field staffer covering most of the 4th Congressional District. My responsibilities were to identify and recruit supporters for Sen. McCain to attend caucuses and/or to help organize their precinct or county for the campaign. I did similar grassroots work for the rest of the primary season in Florida, Minnesota, Kansas, Virginia, and Texas.

I was responsible for ensuring absentee ballots from our supporters were returned by the deadline for Jim Nussle's Gubernatorial campaign in 2006. This was accomplished through coordination with county absentee ballot chairs and Nussle field staff by providing them with updated lists of outstanding absentee ballots in their area. I was also responsible for putting together a daily report on how many absentee ballots had been returned, how many were still outstanding, and the difference from the previous day and from 2004.

As, Criminal Justice

Ba, History, Political Science

Activities and Societies: College Republicans, Students for Bush, Lutheran Campus Ministries, Set up Crew at the Iowa Memorial Union.

Diploma

Activities and Societies: Band, Choir, Individual Speech, Mock Trial, Student Senate