David Gardinier Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Santa Monica, California, United States

Tapped to serve on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion team while City fills other roles.

Santa Monica, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Selected as the Equity & Inclusion Officer for the City Manager's Officer for the past two years.

Santa Monica, CA

-Assisted in the launch of a citywide performance management program by meeting with departments and advising them on statting. -Member of City's Equity Team currently working with the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE). Led the City's first racial equity assessment, combining City data with best practices nationwide to inform the development of.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

The Fund for Reparations NOW! (FFRN!) is the white ally initiative of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), dedicated to the immediate implementation of the 10-Point Reparations Plan. Following NAARC’s Black leadership, FFRN! is designed to model what reparations could look like through the 10-Point Plan when they are formally.

Long Beach, CA

Greater Los Angeles Area

Plan and facilitate speaking events for public administration and public policy students. I find and contact speakers, secure venues, promote the events to students, and independently oversee other logistics to make each event successful.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Recruit, train, and supervise 250+ volunteers
• Create project timelines and develop campaign strategies
• Assist in planning annual event with 250,000 spectators and 2.5 M television viewers
• Tripled year over year volunteer signups

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Assisted the Development Department in maintaining and running Raiser's Edge reports
• Coordinated mass mailing projects and mail-merges
• Performed research on prospective donors
• Successfully solicited gift-in-kind donations for fundraising events

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Serve on small team managing 17,000+ volunteer candidates and volunteers
• Manage volunteer email accounts; Responsible for daily communication
• Utilize Salesforce software to manage volunteer information and placements
• Chosen as a Venue Manager for LA Convention Center during the Games

• Promoted from Assistant to Trainer after one election season
• Facilitated classes training hundreds of election worker volunteers on election procedures
• #1 in highest number of positive reviews from trainees

Rainier Valley, Seattle, WA

• Helped manage urban afterschool program with 38:1 student-to-teacher ratio
• Supervised 60 + regular volunteers and four summer employees
• Promoted to Assistant Coordinator after two years temporary summer service

Seattle, WA

• Produced hundreds of mass mailings daily
• Made donor thank you phone calls
• Demonstrated flexibility by serving wherever needed

Seattle, WA

• Selected by District Council to serve on board awarding $1.1 M in funds
• Led successful effort to fund Latina empowerment project with $100,000

• Lead community outreach programs for grassroots development
• Collected, analyzed, and reported survey data on issues in low-income neighborhood
• Selected to represent Team at City of Seattle District Council meetings
• Developed and facilitated community development curriculum for youth (See below)

Seattle, WA

• Supervised adults with disabilities employed in hospital and retail settings
• Trained and supported adults in gaining job skills, resulting in employment

Master’S Degree, Public Administration

Master'S In Planning, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology

Activities and Societies: Urban Involvement, Multi-Ethnic Programs, Black Student Union, Urban Plunge, Seattle Pacific Reachout.