Brenda Richardson Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

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Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Manage a staff of 3 and 100 volunteers.• Oversee overall operation of the Southeast office.• Address constituent concerns effectively and responsively and handle public relations.• Develop and monitor tracking system with updates and summaries of all projects.• Create various forums of dialogue, communication plans and outreach.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Provided planning and development of Ward 8 Councils and special events for the Office of council-member Marion Barry.• Developed community outreach services to Chapman Development on affordable housing project.• Coordinated community outreach services to Hoffman/Streuver on the Southwest Waterfront project to ensure that Wards 7 and 8 are included in the initiative.• Provided consultation on Robert Woods Johnson Cover the Uninsured Outreach Project.• Provided community outreach services to Global Development to bring soccer stadium to Ward 8.• Operated DC largest family shelter for 2 ½ years on Park Road with 42 homeless families for the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness.• Facilitated Mayor’s Comprehensive Housing Strategy for the District of Columbia, Department of Economic Development and Planning. • Coordinated with R. Gross Economics and Development for Cluster 23 (Ivy City, Trinidad, Langston, Carver and the Arboretum). • Served as Outreach Consultant with Kroll Security (NY) and Group 360 on the Emergency Preparedness Training Initiative with the D.C. Emergency Management Agency. • Provided community outreach for with Hamilton, Rabinowitz and Alschuler of New York on the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI) for the D.C. Office of Planning. • Managed and organized community outreach meetings and established ongoing relationships with community leaders. • Produced videos on AWI with the Mayor’s Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications. • Organized and facilitated Brownfield tours in the District and Developers’ Round table Discussions on Brownfield with the Urban Land Institute, the D.C. Office of Planning and the Office of Economic Development. • Worked in partnership with Bridges to Friendship (at the Navy Yard) and United for Change to organize and facilitate Columbia Rising Roundtable Discussions on Gentrification.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Organized and managed monthly interfaith meetings with the Metropolitan Dialogue to discuss civic issues in the District. • Coordinated meetings with regional civic leaders, submitted monthly reports, and facilitated fundraising and planning events. • Developed and conducted East of the River Technology Tours for members of the Technology Council of Maryland and the Northern Virginia Technology Council. • Managed and organized the Urban Land Institute Mayor’s Tour of Anacostia.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Planned, directed, and coordinated a comprehensive program to empower 30,000 public housing residents in the areas of mental health, recreation, employment, public health, economic development, home-ownership and education. • Coordinated special programs for residents, which included welfare to work training, community building and violence prevention. • Trained residents to facilitate and conduct meetings. • Hired, trained and supervised staff of sixteen (16). • Managed and oversaw $3 million budget, expense report and account summaries.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Directed a highly successful community building program designed to empower disconnected communities in an effort to prevent homelessness in 9 public housing developments.• Managed program and budget and developed community programs. • Supervised two full-time staff, six college interns and 5 public housing volunteers. • Planned and coordinated police sensitivity training for the 7th District Police Station and trained 200 police officers in partnership with the National Conference of Christians and Jews. • Developed and coordinated violence prevention initiatives as well as public/private partnerships and community need assessments. • Developed curriculum for and coordinated a Neighborhood Leadership Institute that provided free courses to public housing residents in personal mastery, conflict resolution, fundraising, proposal writing, time management and budgeting.

Master Of Social Work (M.S.W.), Social Work

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government