Arohi Pathak Email & Phone Number

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Working with organizations to help build financial security and economic opportunity at the state, local and Tribal level.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Strategize development of union’s legislative, policy and advocacy agenda• Analyze federal budget and annual appropriations process to assess impact on programs of interest to more than two million union members • Develop expertise on recent federal budget deals, including economic stimulus, debt ceiling, Budget Control Act, and lame duck/fiscal cliff negotiations • Expertise on a range of policy issues focus on policy alleviation, workplace supports, and income supports; analyze and track federal legislation related to union priorities, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Workforce Investment Act, Medicaid, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Child Care and Development Block Grant, Head Start, and No Child Left Behind • Advocate for policy improvements with federal policymakers, Vice President Biden’s Middle Class Task Force, and members of the Executive Branch • Assess statutory and regulatory policies that affect union members; identify opportunities to strengthen policies around benefit or service delivery, or program administration• Draft testimony, public comments and legislative language to further policy goals • Lead policy support for union’s All In It Together campaign across states; craft state-specific legislative and advocacy strategy; develop expertise on state policy and legislative efforts affecting working and low-income individuals and families • Led research and policy support for child care, Head Start and mental health/developmental disabilities organizing campaigns• Helped Locals develop state-based campaign agenda, field plan, and political strategies to organize members and mobilize the general public • Drafted reports and white papers as a public education tool; submitted legislative testimony on pre-k, child care, Head Start, and Child and Adult Care Food Program

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Advocated for policy improvements at the federal- and state-level on range of children’s issues, including early care and education, welfare and healthcare• Provided strategic guidance on children’s issues to Voices’ membership network of more than 50 state and local, multi-issue child advocacy organizations• Strategized and coordinated members’ legislative activities and efforts on specific federal action • Analyzed and monitored federal policies and legislation that affect children and families• Organized early care and education workshops for annual conference; identified emerging trends, practices and industry experts to showcase at workshops

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Drafted briefs on range of topics, including education funding, vouchers, tuition tax credits, special education, and early childhood development• Authored reports that were cited in national media including Washington Post, Education Week and PBS’s Now with Bill Moyers; and cited in U.S. Supreme Court opinion • Worked with NAACP to create a multi-media ‘Parental Involvement’ campaign for low-income, minority parents; coordinated research and marketing outreach for campaign• Helped organize conference workshops on public education and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for student activists and leaders from across the country• Develop an educational toolkit on NCLB for African-American clergy and ministers advocating for social justice and equal educational opportunities• Developed web content commemorating the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

• Conducted research for senior executives at Fortune 500 companies; published white papers and long-term studies on corporate strategy and human resources management• Developed framework for mapping out the development process of corporate strategy; highlighted key operational challenges associated with effective corporate development• Interviewed industry experts, analyzed industry trends to profile innovative company practices and business models; strategized the use of such models within existing corporate infrastructure and resources