Ben Hodapp Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Oversees the planning and implementation of successful member recruitment efforts; grew our membership more than 3% through layered mail phone, and our first ever digital outreach efforts with an annual budget of more than $400,000.• Manages department staff of six and works with retiree chapters, coalition partners and grass-top leaders to protect and expand retirement security for public service retirees and all Americans.• Increased retirees’ PAC contributions by 31% through digital and direct mail recruitment• Works collaboratively across union departments and chapters to build data-driven education, mobilization and outreach programs for our 200k+ members around organizing campaigns, ballot initiatives, legislation and local, state and federal elections. This includes spearheading our very first retiree member poll and transition from print-to-digital organizing tools.• Organizes Retiree’s annual two-day council meeting for over two hundred retiree leaders and activists as well as multiple retiree chapter founding conventions, organizing meetings and other events.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Designed and implemented LCV’s independent expenditure field programs which completed 1.8+ million door knocks and mobilized voters in seven battleground states.• Managed 111 field staff and 2,000+ paid canvassers in Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia with a total budget over $6 million.• Worked with the Analyst Institute to design campaign experiments to improve field programs effectiveness including testing video vs. persuasion conversations and overall impact of canvassing.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Oversaw production of nine mail programs including Obama for America – Nevada, Jon Tester, Heidi Heitkamp, and the Minnesota Democratic House Caucus.• Researched, proofed and coordinated payment for 139 mail pieces totaling $5.8 million dollars.• Drafted mail pieces persuasion and GOTV mail pieces.

Beacon, Ny

• Led our team of four to victory in a five-way Democratic primary with 48.52% of the vote and a 15.9% margin of victory while being outspent by leading opponent.• Developed a successful political outreach program to earn the endorsements resulting in more than ten labor endorsements for Maloney.• Composed campaign press releases and served as on the record spokesperson.

Fairfax, Va

• Wrote campaign plan and budget for 2011 reelection campaign and managed day-to-day operations • Strategized with campaign polling, mail and media consultants to deliver the campaign’s message to likely voters • Served as on the record spokesperson for the campaign, drafted press releases, pitched stories to reporters

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

• Developed and executed GOTV plan to turnout supporters during the two weeks of Early Vote and on Election Day • Managed GOTV activities with 220 full-time paid canvassers 174 out of state volunteers for a budget of over $880,000 • Trained field staff for GOTV including best practices for time management and social pressure to increase turnout

Richmond, Virginia Area

Bachelor'S Degree, History

Associate Of Arts - Aa