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Virginia Beach, Va, Us

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Norfolk, Virginia Area

-Instrumental in passing groundbreaking legislation including the Critically Missing Adult "Ashanti" Alert in Virginia-Managing up to 4 interns during session and in district. Assigned goals and task for each of them to accomplish-Supervising all legislative activity including the introduction of 5 bills with 4 being signed into law by the Governor-Developing specific measurable legislative, communication, constituent services, and scheduling strategies for the member and employees and evaluated performances

Norfolk, Virginia Area

-Managed and directed 3 staff members and a six-figure budget to successful primary and general election victories -Planned and executed multiple events including Meet and Greets, Fundraisers and other campaign-related events -Drafted press releases, talking points, implemented an aggressive social media campaign, and identified earned media opportunities to amplify support amongst voters in the district-Wrote and executed field plan in order to increase voter turnout -Completed multiple on the record interviews with regional publications about the state of the campaign

Washington, Dc

-Managed and directed two Field Marketers in the New York and Washington, DC markets-Assisted in campaign strategy development and execution of field marketing strategy with corporate partner

-Operated in coordination with state directors in Maryland, North Carolina, and other primary states in order to activate minority supporters for Senator Sanders-Planned and executed five earned media events announcing major endorsements from elected officials and other community leaders-Planned and executed eight young professional events with national surrogates-Helped garner 17 endorsements from local activist and helped compose press release announcing said endorsements

South Carolina

-Helped garner 26 public endorsements from elected officials and community leaders from across the state of South Carolina-Managed political relationships statewide with elected officials, faith and community leaders-Helped plan and execute 36 rallies, presidential town halls and summits for Senator Sanders and other surrogates in South Carolina and Georgia-Managed three staff members in political office who worked directly with constituency groups in order to further engage supporters for the presidential candidate-Main point of contact with the national advance team at events for 12 campaign visits from Senator Bernie Sanders across the state-Completed multiple on the record interviews with regional publications about the state of the campaign and other pertinent issues

South Carolina

-Worked directly with constituency groups in order to further engage supporters for gubernatorial candidate-Managed political relationships statewide with elected officials, faith and community leaders-Identified earned media opportunities to amplify support amongst voters in the state-Staffed and helped with scheduling of Principal and Surrogates throughout the campaign cycle

Charleston, South Carolina Area

-Coordinated field operations in 11 counties including, Charleston, Beaufort, and Horry-Directed, trained and motivated Field Organizers and Fellows to achieve daily and weekly goals-Created and prepared quarterly goals and other field reports for the State Field Director

Charleston, South Carolina Area

-Coordinated field operations in Dorchester and Berkeley Counties in the First Congressional District.-Directed, trained and motivated two Field Organizers to achieve daily and weekly goals.-Prepared field and canvass reports for the Field Director-Implemented and executed the GOTV plans in my assigned Counties.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Oversaw the volunteer call center for 25 daily volunteers and compiling scripts and FAQs. -Assisted in building a fellowship program for each department that brought on over 70 fellows.-Scheduled thousands of volunteers for trainings who assisted at different events surrounding the Presidential Inauguration.-Helped register and assist over 9,000 individuals for five training sessions in order to train volunteers that participated at the Inaugural Parade, Swearing-in Ceremony, and Inaugural Balls.

Virginia Beach

-Managed up to 5 neighborhood teams, which hosted phone banks, canvasses, community events, and voter registration drives-Organized communities around the common goal of re-electing President Barack Obama and other Democrats-Helped in the planning and executing multiple Presidential Victory Rallies in Virginia Beach and Richmond, as well as other surrogates such as Beau Biden and Valerie Jarrett.-Presented a field pitch on September 27th at a Presidential Rally in Virginia Beach, VA in front of approximately seven thousand area supporters of President Obama.-Managed and planned the Get Out The Vote (GOTV) effort in four precincts.