Annie Mazzarella Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Develop and execute strategic communications to amplify NLC's federal advocacy efforts, enhancing influence on national municipal policy.• Collaborate with 7 lobbyists and policy committees to translate complex legislative issues into compelling narratives for diverse audiences.• Manage media relations for federal advocacy initiatives, securing national media placements to position NLC as the leading voice on municipal issues.• Craft content for press releases, op-eds, policy briefs, and social media to effectively communicate NLC's stance on federal legislation.• Develop advocacy toolkits and resources, empowering local leaders to engage with federal representatives.• Analyze advocacy communications effectiveness, optimizing strategies for target audience engagement.• Provide media training to NLC leadership and policy experts for high-stakes interviews and Congressional testimonies.

Tempe, Arizona, United States

• Facilitated and organized councilmembers’ calendars to coordinate meetings with developers, lobbyists, and constituents to discuss city goals and strategies.• Worked collaboratively with department directors to prepare policy changes to present for approval at city council meetings. Successfully created, presented, and passed a unanimous ordinance change to Tempe City Code, Chapter 2, Article VIII to outlaw source of income discrimination in housing.• Ideated, scheduled, and published 50+ social media posts per week across Facebook, X, Instagram, and other channels on behalf of councilmembers.• Organized and staffed monthly community outreach and social events for councilmembers to connect with up to 100 constituents at a time.

Arizona, Usa

• Oversaw, organized, and staffed candidate's weekly call time program (assure call sheets are ready per fundraising plan, log activity in CallTimeAI and NGP, and perform routine follow-up with donors)• Tracked progress to produce regular reports on call/cash flow metrics for candidate and senior staff• Worked directly with finance director and campaign manager to carry out finance plan (assist with production of fundraising events, staffing candidate as necessary, and securing contributions)• Aided in preparation of thank you letters, event invitations, and other mail solicitations

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

• Worked closely under finance director to execute campaign's fundraising plan• Conducted donor research and cultivated supporter base to increase the number and size of individual contributions• Worked immediately with host committees to plan fundraisers and recruit attendees (designed invitations, tracked and updated RSVP lists, consistently staffed candidate while soliciting donations throughout)• Collected and maintained up-to-date donor records for the campaign in NGP database• Recruited, trained, and managed interns' schedule and workflow

Tempe, Arizona, United States

• Functioned as liasion between technology development team and sales/marketing team to prepare and evangelize Valore's products• Worked collaboratively across departments to manage intranet migration to the cloud • Oversaw QA for more than 1,000 cross-department SharePoint migrations• Wrote and designed accompanying email campaigns and graphic content

Tempe, Arizona

• Provided hour-long tours of the ASU Tempe campus to families discussing tips for academic success, campus resources, Sun Devil athletics, and the school's history and current assets• Used public speaking skills and energetic personality to assist prospective students in their college-decision making process

Tempe, Arizona

• Served as a lab leader in the Public Forum Debate Lab at a non-profit summer camp (recurring July 2015-July 2018) designed to help students further their success as high school speech and debate students• Worked with fellow coaches and overseers to create a rigorous curriculum emphasizing technical debate skills as well as a strong foundational understanding of government, foreign affairs, and public policy• Procured self-written lectures plus conditioning drills on research, professionalism, word economy, and organization

Ahwahtukee, Arizona

• Met with the team 6 hours per week to enhance their research, written, and verbal communication skills• Critically coached and created arguments based on intense reading of topic literature• Lead a team to qualify to the National Speech and Debate tournament as well as the Tournament of ChampionsDesert Vista High School has been named a School of Outstanding Distinction at the NSDA National Speech and Debate tournament for 3+ consecutive years.

Mppa, Masters Of Public Policy And Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, English Literature, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Barrett, The Honors College, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, Devils' Advocates, ASU Young Democrats.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Speech and Debate (President/Founder), The SPArrow Student Newspaper (Editor), Varsity soccer team, Varsity.

Education record

Through a study abroad in London with ASU's Barrett Honors College, I earned 6 upper division honors credits from courses each taught.