Chad Stanton Email & Phone Number

United States

New York, New York, US

- Provide strategic guidance in creating political strategies- Initiate and manage client outreach -Provide material support in client-led initiatives

• Provide input on a strategic plan that movement partners and future state-based and national organizational partners inform upon to help develop Color of Change's place-based strategies on advocacy around our core.
• Monitor/manage current and emerging state/federal legislative and regulatory-related issues; communicate advocacy messages and generate support among members, policymakers, allied organizations, and other appropriate.
• Develop a coordinated strategy and work plan to ensure communication and partnership with allied organizations on matters involving legislative and administrative policy affairs;
• Build and maintain relationships with relevant associations or affinity groups (i.e., Caucuses, Governors, Mayors, Attorney General, State Legislatures, Local Electeds, Prosecutors, etc.);
• Build and maintain professional relationships with members of federal, state, and local government entities and agencies;
• Build and maintain relationships with and participate in local and state-based coalitions as needed, in collaboration with internal colleagues and external partner organizations;

• Coordinated with partners across entities to distribute and solicit resources and execute local field strategies to leverage people power for campaign wins
• Identified and researched candidates Color Of Change PAC to determine endorsements.
• Facilitated organization coordination at partner tables to lead to coalitional wins.
• Collaborated with the Communications Department to collaborate in creating narratives which spur people to action using analytically sound materials.

• Collaborated with partners and community members to organize for solutions for problems facing Black people.
• Developed leadership with a strategic theory of change that results in substantive improvement for local communities.
• Wrote compelling copy for email, social media, and press in order to inform and amplify solutions for our membership.
• Used research, analytics, and proprietary data to test and support community-based solutions which engage our membership.

• Worked to ensure increased participation in the My School DC common school application resulting in statistical increase in assigned area.
• Managed team of twenty employees with a diverse set of responsibilities and objectives.
• Recorded and tracked metrics on the efficacy of our outreach efforts among our target demographic.
• Increased the percentage of applications in targeted wards while other wards saw no increase.
• Recruited and trained campaign employees.
• Managed budget of 75K

• Continually monitored active cases and acted as liaison with constituents to ensure that their cases are handled in a responsive manner.
• Executed community programs to promote the well-being of constituents such as the renovation of the Juanita Craft Post Office.
• Compile and brief the Member on policies concerning the Department of Veterans Affairs, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, United States Postal Service and the Department of Labor.

• Created and maintained a system to record all efforts and initiatives done on behalf of constituents.
• Distributed resources to insure all staff members have the materials needed to perform the function of their position.
• Utilized Intranet Quorum in maintaining constituent case files, district project notes, and other office functions.

• Managed new membership intake process.
• Analyzed and altered new member intake process to reduce the duplication of work.
• Created new mentorship program to better handle increasing membership.

Austin, Texas, US

• Created a volunteer outreach strategy to reach out to professionals in the tech, media, and construction industries to maximize the resources available to our students.
• Created and implemented peer to peer teaching program with our students at American YouthWorks and Travis High School.
• Promoted volunteer and engagement opportunities to community members tripling the number of volunteers for the school year.
• Utilized social media pages including but not limited to Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, and Pinterest to engage and manage volunteers in innovative and novel ways.

US

• Wrote and produced articles introducing a variety of diverse new artists to an untapped audience.
• Created compelling content to increase ad revenues for the site.
• Researched and provided an insight in diverse music genres.
• Unique visitors increased from 11K to 23K during tenure.
• Page views increased from 13K to 60K during tenure

• Executed communication strategies across multiple mediums including online, paid and earned media, phones, events, etc.
• Organized and ran door-to-door canvassing campaigns. That reached 200% of it's minimum signature goal.
• Drafted policy and advocacy documents and communications.

Washington, DC, US

• Initiated community outreach between clients and a diverse range of executive leaders in different fields nationwide.
• Conducted prospective research for strategic fundraising initiatives.
• Maintained tracking and identification system for current and potential donors.
• Attracted clients in new and emerging markets.

• Planned and presented social media strategiesacross diverse platforms.
• Creative writer for a variety of campaigns highlighting diverse brand strategies and goals.
• Worked in conjunction with writers for web contribution and speech preparations.

• Expanded brand visibility amongst targeteddemographic of young professionals and artists.
• Identified prospect list and delivered new clientsto the firm.
• Insured proper promotion of events through socialmedia, including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

• Created and distributed press releases for events.
• Planned and executed logistics for centerevents.
• Acted as an ambassador to guest faculty duringcampus visits.