Brian Burrell Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Collaborate with and support REDF's Community of employment social enterprises to build network and achieve their goals.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Recruit students and develop program for the Farber Internship Program which invests in future social enterprise leaders and provides technical assistance support to REDF's portfolio of grantees.- Coordinate REDF's Accelerator program, which assists organizations in developing and refining business practices to increase employment training access for individuals with barriers to employment.- Provide support in updating the REDF Workshop website to deliver materials and information to Accelerator participants.

San Francisco, Ca

• Develop relationships with civic, business, and government leaders to advance policies and practices that create economic opportunity and stability for low-income young adults.• Participate in statewide planning meetings with senior leadership to determine strategy for advancing Year Up.• Develop and execute strategies to coordinate public funding opportunities across multiple internal teams, including analyzing funding opportunities, overseeing external research consultant, and developing tools to increase efficiency.• Prepare senior leaders for participation in panels, legislative testimony, and other public speaking opportunities.• Coordinated civic engagement, voter education, and voter registration for hundreds of students across 15 locations.• Coach several students every cohort to provide career and personal advice.

• Selected to serve on task force to develop recommendations for the Board of Governors on Career and Technical Education in the California Community College system.

San Franciso, Ca

• Authored policy briefs and reports including Through Their Eyes, a report that examined young adult’s ideas to reduce unemployment and advance economic opportunity.• Identified and tracked legislation in Sacramento that impacted economic opportunity for young adults.• Advocated for bills in public hearings and in meetings with stakeholders across the lifecycle of legislation.• Developed factsheets and one-pagers to educate consumers on potential education and health financial assistance.• Created policy memos and briefs to analyze economic trends and legislative proposals to inform our policy advocacy.• Established relationships with organizations and agencies to collaborate on shared goals.

Chicago, Il

• Established a new satellite for Young Invincibles in Chicago.• Managed hiring of the Regional Director for the office.• Built networks of partner organizations with similar policy goals.• Led organizing projects across states in the Midwest region, including Affordable Care Act trainings for young adults and partner organizations.

Washington, Dc

• Conducted research on the Affordable Care Act including the individual mandate and employer health plans to develop external resources.• Led trainings for community organizations and government agencies on the Affordable Care Act to engage community leaders on youth healthcare outreach.• Developed relationships with partner organizations to build strong coalition of youth advocates.• Organized events and coordinated logistics of two month national bus tour garnering attention from media and policymakers on education, healthcare, and employment for young Americans.

Washington, Dc

• Organized lobby day in US Congress to support investment in young adults.• Coordinated logistics on two month bus tour.• Compiled monthly labor force statistics from Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Washington, Dc

• Supported nonprofit clientele through writing and editing donor letters for use in client fundraising campaigns. • Compiled and evaluated fundraising campaign statistics and created reports on campaign successes.

College Park, Md

• Served as a spokesperson for students at City Council meetings to enhance city-student relations.• Coordinated legislative efforts and events between the City Council and the UMD Student Government Association.

College Park, Md

• Directed 30 students in organizing public interest events to build grassroots support for student-related issues including college affordability and student voter registration.• Represented the organization and developed key relationships with stakeholders such as Congressional and State legislative offices, student government leaders, campus administration, and the media.

Annapolis, Md

• Composed speaking points for Delegate Jones to use in support of her legislation.• Researched state legislation to create briefings for the Delegate.