Benjamin Tran Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

-Identifies pain points to improve equity and inclusion in initiatives such as the $547 million A-G Completion Improvement Grant, which resulted in the adoption of a $300 million earmark for under-resourced schools. -Advises the senior leadership on 100+ bills to align organizational stances with equity and accessibility goals. -Utilizes policy expertise by facilitating five interorganizational trainings to educate 40 team members on the state legislative bill and budget processes.-Improves cross-functional team communication by establishing weekly status updates between the communications team, Sacramento team, and Los Angeles team, increasing policy related social media posts from zero to five a week.

Sacramento, California

-Coordinated a virtual lobby day with 10 State Legislators, 35 legislative staffers, and 50 advocates resulting in 35 successful lobby visits to communicate the policy priorities for the Having Our Say Coalition. -Cultivated relationships with 120 schedulers from legislative offices, executive departments, and advocacy organizations to streamline logistics coordination and facilitate conversations. -Attended weekly and bi-weekly meetings as CPEHN ‘s coalition representative in the DREAM Alliance, the California Alliance for Preventative Funding, the Health for All Coalition, and the Care for All Coalition.

-Supervised five bills through their respective committees to be passed by both legislative bodies, three signed into law by the Governor: AB 61, AB 1493, AB 1311 -Analyzed and provided voting recommendations on over 100 bills in the Assembly Business and Professions committee to address scope of practice, consumer protection, and business certification/licensing. -Crafted and prepared event briefings, talking points, and factsheets in preparation for over 20 public appearances. -Acted as a representative on behalf of Assemblymember Ting to communicate progress on legislative efforts and successes of the office to constituents, bill sponsors, and executive branch stakeholders.

Greater Los Angeles Area

University Of California, Irvine

Greater Los Angeles Area

1322 18Th St Nw, Washington, Dc 20036

Accepting, organizing, and processing applications for travel grants submitted by the graduate students of University of California, Riverside.

Monterey Park, California

Interned at the California State Assembly's 49th District Office with Assembly member Ed Chau.

Political Science And Government

Major In Political Science And Government, Minor In Business

Education record

Activities and Societies: Speech and Debate, Future Business Leaders of America