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Portland, Oregon, United States

Provide strategic and operational frameworks that provide a roadmap for success in public policy and government affairs, strategic communications and brand management, political campaign management, movement building strategies, application development and user experience design, international business, entertainment and digital media, hospitality, and.

Nationwide

• MEUSA aims to secure legally recognized civil marriage equality for all, without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity, at the state and federal level through grassroots organizing, education, action and.
• Served on the Board Executive Committee as Board Vice President.
• Served as an Ad-Hoc Member of the organization's Executive Team.
• Co-Director of MEUSA’s Website Re-Design/IT Infrastructure project – managed the day-to-day operations.
• Managed special project operations and strategic initiatives in the areas of Communications, Advocacy, and Public Engagement.
• Set the organizations strategic short and long-term goals.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• LASTRA represents the owners, operators, and supporters of the Short Term Rental market throughout greater Los Angeles. We advocate for the establishment of fair and equitable regulations, proactive education, and.
• Design the strategic communications and social media outreach plan, messaging development, and dynamic content creation for all social media platforms aimed at promoting the organizations core message and values.
• Develop strategic organizing plans to influence key decision makers in the region; including organizing and training our members to be effective activists.LEGISLATIVE & GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS:
• Represent our memberships interests to ensure they have an active voice at the negotiating table throughout the public policy formation process through strategic lobbying initiatives, community organizing, and building.
• Serve as the subject matter expert regarding the STR market by commissioning and evaluating in-depth public policy reports, creating editorial content, and providing training and workshops to key stakeholders, our.
• Liaise with the community to engage the public to participate in advocating our interests. Cultivate, and solicit new potential members, donors, and community supporters to increase the organizations funding streams.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• FTVS is the TV production arm of Fox Entertainment Group and 20th Century Fox Television, Inc.Highlights include:
• Assisted with all levels of studio production and co-production of international, scripted, and unscripted deals in television.
• Actively participated in programming & development business strategy and analysis of production issues.
• Assisted in day-to-day business and legal affairs issues for development projects and current series in all stages of production.
• Participated in business and legal affairs deal strategy negotiation tactics and issue analysis.
• Performed research and analysis of legal problems and issues and assists in the preparation of legal contracts and documents.

California - Statewide

• Equality California is the largest statewide LGBT advocacy organization in California working to secure full and lasting equality for and acceptance of LGBT people. Over the past decade, Equality California has.
• Was an organizational plaintiff as an officer of EQCA in the "Re: Marriage Cases" that first brought marriage equality to California in 2008 via the California Supreme Court.
• Set the organizations strategic short and long term goals.
• Oversaw and approved the annual budget, staffing needs/projections, and fundraising goals.
• Built coalitions and served as an organizational ambassador to the community.
• Completed the annual Executive Director Evaluation and compensation review.

West Hollywood, CA And Beijing, China

• Footprint Worldwide is a branded entertainment company, specializing in creating and producing content for distribution in China.In my role as Director of Program Management I was responsible for managing all company.
• Instrumental in the strategy and development of an international entertainment and advertising company.
• Oversaw content and distribution initiatives while managing cross-functional international project teams.
• Reported to multiple project stakeholders and managed cross-functional teams, including partner and vendor teams.
• Managed online, television, and radio channel distribution partner relationships with public and private Chinese firms.
• Created and managed the company’s state of the art Web 2.0 and Flash website.

Portland, Maine Area

• NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality was a statewide, grassroots campaign defending the marriage equality law challenged by Question 1 placed on Maine’s ballot during 2009.
• Served as Volunteer Staff and appointed to a high-level leadership role by campaign management.
• Facilitated early vote, voter identification, and voter persuasion phone banks.
• Set and reported goals in conjunction with the field plan.
• Trained volunteers to build skills in the areas of volunteer recruitment, direct requests, and push backs dramatically increasing overall results.
• Employed effective grassroots fundraising techniques to raise critical funds from the volunteer base.

Hollywood, CA And Beijing, China

• CRC Jianian, Inc. is a joint venture with China Record Corporation (CRC), the Chinese government's oldest and largest records company. In this capacity I was responsible for the worldwide distribution and exploitation.
• Created and implemented Project Management Organization (PMO) methodologies, policies, and business processes for five subsidiary business units of the parent company.
• Increased revenue by 30% by leveraging featured placements with leading digital networks.
• Drove company re-branding to create a significant presence in music, entertainment, and new media technology.
• Oversaw creation of a Web 2.0 Multi-Media Website with SQL database backend environment that was developed and launched in a 3-month period, reducing overall project cost by 10 %.
• Developed and created social media and viral marketing campaigns to increase sales performance.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Vote For Equality (VFE) is the organizing arm of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. Through grassroots actions, voter education, and leadership development, VFE works to advance marriage equality, reduce homophobia, and build the political power of LGBT people and allies in LA County.As Co-Chair of Vote For Equality I assisted the campaign with.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• The No on Prop 8, Equality for All campaign was created to respond to attacks on the LGBT community’s constitutional rights and protections in California, and was the largest social justice issue campaign in the.
• Trained 3,000 volunteers for volunteer recruitment, voter identification initiatives, and Election Day initiatives to groups up to 300 people per session.
• Performed numerous In Person Volunteer Recruitment (IPVR) initiatives.
• Recruited over 3,000 specific volunteer shifts for the campaign.
• Secured an in-kind Predictive Dialer donation that called 150,000 numbers using celebrity messages.
• Formed a community business alliance within the LGBT Nightlife community in Los Angeles.

California - Statewide

The League is an association of California city officials who work together to enhance their knowledge and skills, exchange information, and combine resources so that they may influence policy decisions that affect cities. The GLBTO is a caucus of the league that represents nearly 30 different local officials statewide.I was appointed to this role by West.

Greater Los Angeles Area

This was a consultancy position for a digital media start up company, where I was responsible for directing all actions associated with technical projects in regards to Worldwide Digital Media Distribution.

Analyzed the business processes of Live365 to identify gaps in processes or procedures and modified or made recommendations in order to establish the maximum level of efficiency within the areas of Project Management, Communications, Organization, Marketing, and Client Relations.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Assisted the Vice President of Strategic Franchise Marketing for Warner Home Video managing a variety of projects and programs and also serving as a business analyst.Additionally, coordinated the training of six hundred end users during a nine month extensive world wide training program for the implementation of a new resource tracking database within the.

Worked in the nightclub industry doing marketing and club promotions. Facilitated client relations to ensure complete satisfaction and repeat business.Created marketing partnerships through out the Los Angeles area in digital, print, and retail channels.Handled all promotions activities within certain areas of Los Angeles, including digital, print, retail.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science: Global Politics And Policy

Activities and Societies: Honors StudentB.A., Political Science: Global Politics and Policy - commenced 2015.

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Transfer Honors Program (TAP)A.A., Politics and Government