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The Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC) protects adults with disabilities from the abusive acts or omissions of their caregivers through investigation, oversight, public awareness, and prevention. The Chief Operating Officer, under direction of the Executive Director, manages all operational aspects of DPPC's Intake, Investigations, and Oversight.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

o Managed daily operations of $5-billion-a-year organization delivering $1 billion in local aid to the Commonwealth’s 351 cities and townso Oversaw Operations, Security, Sales, Human Resources, Finance and Legal departmentso Developed policies and procedures to protect and advance the organization; prioritize budgets and spendingo Supervised planning and.

o Managed office staff and daily operations; collaborated on new programs; mentored communications teamo Recruited leadership for Government Relations and a new office of Economic Empowermento Helped convene an independent Alcohol Task Force to analyze the state’s antiquated liquor laws and make recommendations to improve the regulatory framework governing.

Boston, MA, US

o Led proactive communication campaigns, working collaboratively with diverse client base on internal and public policy issues in health care, education, and energy industrieso Served as senior member of experienced crisis communications practice handling leadership changes, data breaches, executive compensation discrepancies, and issues around union.

o Managed daily operations of press office, constituent services and the Senate broadcasting studioo Served as chief spokesperson for the Senate President; wrote speeches and op-edso Developed strategies and messaging for major legislation including Health Care Reform, Transportation Reform, Renewable Energy, Expanded Gambling (Casinos), Ethics Reform, and.

o Served as chief spokesperson and responded to all media inquirieso Proactively identified risk scenarios and implemented crisis communication protocolso Developed strategies and messaging for public safety and community programs including victim services, a federally-funded reintegration program, a youth leadership academy, and a search-and-rescue.

o Served as a spokesperson for the largest district attorney’s office in New Englando Monitored cases and coordinated communications in eight district courts and Boston Municipal Courto Advised prosecutors on media relations; promoted the DA’s Victim/Witness Advocate Programo Wrote press releases and op-eds; generated earned media around ongoing cases.

US

o Covered the mayor, city council, planning board and city-wide electionso Reported hard news and wrote “Life 101” columns and Sunday feature stories

Boston, Massachusetts, US

o Wrote general assignment news stories, Sunday features and feature-length obituarieso Directed the Herald’s annual “Wingo” promotional campaign

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