Benjamin Tomchik Email & Phone Number

United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Reporting directly to the President, leading the active prioritization, communication and management of organizational priorities and initiatives as well as providing executive support internally and externally.• Managing a team of seven, overseeing the Committee’s legislative outreach, media relations and public engagement.• Stewarding the organization’s mission through strategic initiatives and national campaigns, including message development, Board and VIP management, long-term planning, and rapid response efforts.• Leading all organization operations, including key HR decisions, vendor management, systems changes, project management, policy coordination, and transition to virtual working environment.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Acted as an adviser to the senior management team, helping support operations, recruitment and education efforts for the Capitol Hill and Dupont Circle market centers.• Resolved inquiries, led operations, and oversaw programming decisions to maximize the time and effectiveness of senior leadership.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led the public affairs program for the nation’s leading property-casualty trade association, advising the CEO and leadership team to advance priorities.• Served as AIA’s lead media contact and spokesperson to a wide range of media outlets including national, local, and trade press.• Upon being named Director, created a strategic plan to ensure a continuity of service to the media and AIA’s staff and members, leading the department through an election cycle.• Developed and implemented a proactive strategy to increase public visibility of the CEO leading to relationships with key financial services reporters at the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Bloomberg.• Created large amounts of original content presented by the CEO and other leadership to engage Board of Directors, members, and the public. • Wrote and maintained all types of communications, including press releases, op-eds, talking points, and briefing documents.• Managed a number of communications consultants to ensure resources are being used efficiently and effectively, and provided feedback to increase performance.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Identified and cultivated relationships with national, regional and in-state reporters – facilitating more than 150 interviews annually and establishing an expertise in the area of consumer financial regulation.• Coordinated with six regional officials to ensure alignment across the association on communications and advocacy activities.• Led AIA’s inaugural internal branding campaign to standardize all communications and assisted in the external redesigning of AIA’s member/public websites.• Re-launched AIA’s social media channels, resulting in a 100 percent increase in both followers and subscribers on Twitter including members of Congress, state regulators and trade press reporters.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed a 50-member Dean’s Board of Advisors consisting of alumni and friends of the university.• Reshaped business school advisory board in preparation for comprehensive campaign leading to a 30% increase in philanthropic participation. • Planned three annual board meetings, monthly conference calls and served as a liaison between the Dean’s Board of Advisors, the Dean’s office and the University.• Compiled briefings, talking points and correspondence for the Dean of the School of Business.• Developed and maintained a record system which tracked more than 2,000 stewardship letters sent by the Dean.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Presented information and made recommendations to a Special Assistant to the President regarding the most effective ways to respond to constituent concerns on a variety of policies and Administration priorities.• Provided staff support for the Presidential events including the November 2008 G20 Summit in Washington, DC.• Created, researched and released policy letters on behalf of the Director of Correspondence and the President.• Composed event and policy briefings that were used in the scheduling, construction and execution of events aimed at furthering the administration’s message and policy positions.

Master'S Degree, Strategic Public Relations

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Government And International Politics

Activities and Societies: Resident Advisor, Opinion Writer for the Student Newspaper, Model United Nations