Brian Thomas Romo, Mpp Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Diverse duties include recruitment, communications, policy research, campaign support, meeting scheduling and facilitation, data collection, fund development, budget, and program administration.Ensures the coordination and planning of regular meetings, subcommittee meetings, and events including support for agenda development, scheduling, facilitation, presentations, communications, minutes, and logistics, as needed. Facilitates member outreach, relationship building, asset mapping, leadership development, mobilization, and communications. Provides coaching and support for Capacity Building Academy (CBA) participants by helping develop Impact Plans that provides a multi-year sustainability and community impact roadmap. Facilitate CBA workshops on various topics including strategic financing, social media and video production, policy advocacy, and technology.Spearheads public policy research, development of policy briefs, talking points, and correspondence, subcommittee coordination, and stakeholder engagement for campaigns.Responsible for coalition administration, including data collection, reporting, budget oversight, fund development, stipends, and subgrants.Provides direct support for stakeholder base development efforts such as the IE Children’s Cabinet and Family and Community Support IE (FCIE).

Assist in the preparation and organization of geographical data for analysis. Projects include the Nonprofit Collective Resilience for Health and Racial Equity project (in progress) funded by the California Endowment. These project aims to support the capacity/infrastructure needs and continued advocacy to improve the nonprofit sector’s ability to advance health and racial equity of residents most impacted by COVID-19 in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.Applies Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques to develop reports, grant applications, and produce publication ready maps using geospatial data in various Esri ArcGIS software applications. Projects include mapping for The Family and Community IE, a prevention focused coalition of organizations serving children, youth, and families in the Inland Empire. Handles all IT troubleshooting and infrastructure for both technology and website. This included developing and maintaining the IECC website and managing Microsoft Exchange.Assists with nonprofit capacity building including strategic marketing development, graphic design, technological infrastructure development, and workshop facilitation.Assists in the establishment and development of the Inland Empire (IE) Children’s Cabinet, a policy advocacy cabinet of local hospitals, school districts, community leaders and other stakeholders interested in equitably advancing the wellbeing and quality of life for children in the IE. Duties include grant writing (secured nearly $70,000 in funding) and various administrative tasks.Assists in curriculum development for the UC Riverside Extension Nonprofit Certificate Program, including a track for Nonprofit Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).Design and write reports for funders at the end of grant funding periods.

• Compile daily news relating to relevant national, state, and local political matters.• Conducted research on potential clients, relevant legislation, and California state senate,assembly, and congressional races.• Utilize political acumen to determine news worthiness and notability.• Research issues related to California state and local legislation, races, and other issues.• Assisted in developing plans for improving social media outreach and engagement.• Worked on signature gathering operations related to relevant ballot initiatives.• Assist in writing and editing campaign literature and other materials including fact sheets.• Previous statewide ballot initiative projects include The Adult Use of Marijuana Act (2016), Yes on Prop 55 (2016), No on Prop 22 (2020), Yes on Prop 25 (2020).• Provided budget tracking support for 2020 ballot initiative campaigns.

Conducted research on potential clients, relevant legislation, and California state senate, assembly and congressional races. Helped to develop plans for improving social media outreach and development. Assisted in writing and editing campaign literature, and other materials. Worked on signature gathering operations related to relevant ballot initiatives.

Riverside, Ca, Us

Provided academic support to faculty and students in courses including Public Policy 101: Crime Mapping and GIS (20+ Students), Philosophy 005: The Philosophy of Evil (300+ Students), Philosophy 004: The Philosophy of Race (300+ Students). Duties included grading assignments and exams, holding discussion sections, and troubleshooting computer and ArcMap software. Maintained gradebook and followed up with students about their academic performance during and outside of office hours

Moreno Valley, California, Us

Created and updated printed and digital advertisements and other materials for Business Attraction using Adobe Illustrator and various other graphic design programs. Maintained budgets and coordinated events for the MoVaLEARNS Mayor’s Challenge Program including registration, Kick-Off event, and the MoVaLEARNS Holiday Party. Synthesized quantitative and qualitative data for MoVaLEARNS student baseline analysis. Drafted posts for Constant Contact and City newsletters on behalf of the department. Created documents and established new office procedures for better efficiency. Provided technical support for events including Business Roundtables and tabling events.

San Bernardino, California, Us

Processing departmental student charges and online orders, billing, invoicing, maintaining files and records, and maintaining the campus store webpage. Providing a variety of customer support services including textbook information, financial aid, and upholding and informing customers on store policy and procedure. Produced digital ad content for campus store promotions and events.

Supervised and trained employees in both RadioShack and Sprint Wireless retail management systems while fostering an environment that encouraged strong customer service and sales goals. Primarily responsible for ensuring the store was operating with great efficiency and efficacy. Often responsible for visual merchandising and various other store operations including opening/closing, basic accounting, and handling cash deposits.

Sacramento, California, Us

Students from University of California campuses who were selected to become UCCS 2016 Winter Scholars were given the opportunity to learn about the process used for developing and designing public policy. These skills were then used to conduct original research related to issues effecting California. This 11-week long program also provided various opportunities for academic and professional development.Duties Included designing, proposing, developing, and presenting an original research project to UCCS faculty, staff, and invited guests from various government and non-profit offices in Sacramento. Created materials for presentations including a policy brief, PowerPoint presentation, and poster presentation based on original research analysis.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Administrative and clerical support to ensure the efficient operation of the Economics Main Office during the academic year. Duties include, but not limited to, filing/alphabetizing, answering phones, responding to emails, sorting/delivering mail, copying/scanning documents, general office cleaning, interacting with various populations (faculty, staff, current and prospective students – both domestic and international), assisting with departmental events, and making various deliveries on campus.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Cashier, Textbook Information, Shipping and Receiving, Department Processing, Sales Assistant, Customer Service, Returns, supply/text display/organization/ restocking, opening/closing store.

San Bernardino, California, Us

Cashier (Program: AccuTerm 2k2 used in all departments), Textbook Information, Shipping and Receiving, Inventory and Invoicing, Department Processing (Including CARE, Veterans, and The Department of Rehabilitation), Sales Assistant, Customer Service, Returns, Creating documents and spreadsheets (Word, Excel), Supply/Text Display/Organization/Restocking, Basic Computer Maintenance.

Canvassing to elect Marianne Williamson to congress.

Master'S Degree, Public Policy

Bachelor’S Degree, Political Science

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Accounting

Associate'S Degree, Biological And Physical Sciences

Associate'S Degree, Business Administration

Associate'S Degree, Social And Behavioral Sciences

Associate'S Degree, Administration Of Justice