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San Francisco, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco, California

• Manage state and local government policy issues in key states and cities including California, New York State, Washington, San Francisco, and New York City.• Establish and maintain relationships with legislators and other key stakeholders in target markets. • Identify and analyze policy issues that impact Gap Inc., creating a strategy to improve potential outcomes and mitigate risk.• Work with trade associations, advocacy groups, and industry coalitions to represent company positions and advocate for effective industry policy.• Collaborate with cross-functional corporate teams to gather data, develop policy positions, and strengthen the company’s reputation and business model.

Oakland, Ca

Policy Analysis and Advocacy:• Authored bill language for UC-sponsored legislation, chaptered in 2015, to expand UC’s statewide energy partnership program with Investor Owned Utilities, generating an estimated $60 million in annual energy savings.• Analyzed impact of legislation and advocated UC’s policy position on bills related to energy, sustainability, compensation, online education, health sciences and research to reduce costs and further UC’s mission.• Composed policy position letters, hearing testimony, and cost estimates to successfully oppose two pieces of legislation limiting compensation and recruitment for UC’s senior managers and executives.Issues Management and Communications:• Managed the planning of UC’s Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit, a two-day conference featuring Governor Jerry Brown, Nobel Laureates, United Nations officials, state and federal agencies, and business leaders.• Reviewed budgets, policies and analyzed data to respond to inquiries from the governor, elected officials and state offices regarding UC programs including online education, energy efficiency and executive compensation.• Developed policy recommendations for President Napolitano’s Working Group on Coach and Athletic Director Compensation and Student-Athlete Academic Performance, which were presented to UC’s Board of Regents.• Created talking points, briefing memos and official correspondence while planning events and engagements for UC President Janet Napolitano and her Carbon Neutrality Initiative.• Selected by senior leadership to serve on the UCOP Campus Climate and Engagement Council, using data-driven planning to further UC’s efforts to foster a healthy and inclusive environment for the UC community.• Evaluated the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh and the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety for the purposes of advising senior leadership on appropriate actions for trademark licensees.

Washington, Dc

• Developed grassroots advocacy strategies and analyzed emerging areas of human rights law to support the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act by the United States Congress in 2013. • Created a comprehensive communications plan for AIUSA’s campaign for Afghan women, including strategies for public awareness and action, social media, paid advertising placement, and blogger engagement. • Consulted the Women’s Human Rights department on changes within the AIUSA 2012-2015 Strategy and Business Plan and provided recommendations for alignment with restructured objectives.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Crafted strategy, messaging, and content for ThatsNotCool.com—an award winning PSA campaign sponsored by the Department of Justice—reaching more than 60,000 teens to raise awareness about dating abuse.• Planned and managed the development of websites and social media properties for FuturesWithoutViolence.org, focusing on website design, functionality, usability, content organization and privacy policy compliance.• Coauthored curricula “ThatsNotCool.com Campaign Tools for Advocates” and “Coaching Boys into Men Coaches Kit,” used internationally to prevent gender-based violence and promote healthy relationships. • Managed the branding strategy for the renaming of the Family Violence Prevention Fund, including development of the organization’s new name, website, style guide, and collateral.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed the agency’s public media campaigns and communication through television, radio, print, in-person events and online channels to raise awareness about domestic violence.• Collaborated with issue experts, state coalitions, elected officials and community leaders to tailor national public education campaign “Coaching Boys into Men” for implementation in locations across the country and world.

Nyahururu, Kenya

• Consulted staff on the health, education, and well-being of 40 orphaned and vulnerable girls at Rehema Girls Rescue Center. Redrafted the Center’s constitution and formed a Board of Directors.• Established "Peer Youth Education" clubs in secondary schools. Taught students essentials of curriculum development and facilitation, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, healthy relationships, and life skills.• Collaborated with women’s groups to develop income generating activities and train village volunteers to address public health issues such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, water sanitation, and nutrition.

Master Of Public Policy (M.P.P.), Public Policy

Activities and Societies: Board Member, Out In Public. Social Chair, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Rackham Merit Fellow.

B.A., Psychology

Activities and Societies: Program Coordinator for Intramurals and Recreational Sports

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