Anthony Johnson Email & Phone Number

Working to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands and its 2.5 million acres of incredible beauty.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Providing communications and strategic consulting services to businesses and progressivepolitical campaigns.
• Political work has included campaign coalition building, devising andcarrying out communication plans; legislative lobbying, legislative research, drafting legislation,campaign compliance, and fundraising.
• Successfully lobbied to pass criminal justice reformlegislation in Oregon, such as House Bill 3400 that expanded expungement provisions andhelped lead three successful statewide ballot campaigns (Measures 114, 110, 91).

Oregon, United States

• Crafted and executed the winning campaign messaging and communications plan.
• Served as chief spokesperson and lead liaison with the media, participating in numerousinterviews and debates with print, radio, and television media outlets.
• Proactively set up positive media coverage and interviews focusing on policy experts andspokespeople beneficial to the campaign’s messaging.
• Formulated and carried out the media endorsement plan, securing the endorsement of virtuallyevery major publication, including The Oregonian, the Willamette Week, the Portland Mercury,Street Roots, The Astorian, The.
• Organized, facilitated, and led meetings to train other spokespeople and volunteers.
• Drafted internal and external communications, press releases, emails, and speeches.

• Oversaw projects such as identifying and training key supporters within the medical field, elected officials, and legal world.
• Organized and led staff meetings that included stakeholders to determine messaging and next organizational steps.
• Worked with the campaign’s manager, director, and partners to determine best strategy on all aspects of the measure, from writing the initiative to fundraising to communications to community and political organizing.
• Was a gatekeeper for the campaign manager and director to ensure that their time was spent wisely with only important meetings and projects
• Briefed the campaign’s manager, director, fundraiser, and other staffers on drug policy and other pertinent information before meetings and presentations.
• Prepared and led successful endorsement presentations before the Oregon Democratic Party, Planned Parenthood of Oregon, the Oregon Nurses Association, the Oregon Public Health Association, and the AFSCME 75 labor.

• Served as chief spokesperson with the media and helped devise and carry out the campaign’scommunications plan. Also assisted in strategy formulation and fundraising.
• Prepared presentations for major donors, the public, and the media.
• Responsible for compliance with petition signature gathering and campaign finance laws.
• Organized, facilitated, and led meetings and projects of stakeholders that included people andorganizations with diverse and sometimes conflicting interests among advocates andstakeholders.