As Director of Client Success for The Hodge Group, I navigate our clients' entire experience within our firm and serve as an internal advocate for their needs.

Bharat serves as Counsel for The Hodge Group and focuses on blending research, communications, and fundraising strategies together in order to provide excellent service delivery. He understands that “digital strategy” is more than just a buzz word and that the first step of strategic planning is deciding when your organization is willing to say no.Prior to joining The Hodge Group, Bharat spent ten years in the political realm. Specifically, he focused on fundraising, strategic communications, and research. He believes those three aspects of strategy work hand-in-hand, and has a proven record of being able to link them together to create layers of advantages for an organization.By focusing his MBA studies on nonprofits, specifically relating to crisis management and diversity management, he prides himself on being able to offer a host of quantitative and qualitative measures that enable an organization to increase its operational efficiency. Bharat has a proven record of training organization members in:• Conducting quantitative analysis that includes NPV (Net Present Value) analysis• Conducting qualitative analysis that specifically includes strategies for crisis management and diversity management as it relates to donor recruitment and retainment• Offering communications training that prioritizes donors, with a focus on reaching Millennials and Generation Z• Managing cross-functional teams across different demographics• Incorporating digital strategies (i.e. social media) to every aspect of an organization (finance, HR, communications, etc) to create layers of advantage and a better strategic fit

Managed a professor’s website and professional journal of forensic accounting

• Coached candidates and staff of up to 150 people through all phases of a project life cycle• Managed cross-functional teams to ensure effective project delivery• Wrote and presented business plans with clearly defined milestones to optimize use of available funds• Forecasted behavior based on market research to develop plans to target specific voter segments• Raised approximately $4 million by identifying and networking with high potential donors/organizations• Developed external communication strategies with a focus on social media platforms • Ensured compliance with state and federal laws• Select campaigns – Alan for Arlington, Louisiana House Democrats, Catherine Begaye for New Mexico

• Created social media strategy to focus messaging on target demographics• Worked with a website consulting firm to create digital content for voter outreach campaigns• Helped design and edit content to be used in television and digital advertising

• Wrote comprehensive research memos for all Democratic governors to prepare them for media appearances during the 2012 Democratic National Convention• Created social media strategy that increased Facebook likes by 2900% over 14 months• Developed a system for monitoring daily political events that affected DGA• Tracked DGA’s $30 million political budget, media spending and polling for 12 races

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