Devon Haynes Kellett Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Participating in Cohort 6 of the Climatebase Fellowship, the climate career accelerator.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Strategy: Craft annual communications strategy and rapid response efforts. Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Councilmember and Chief of Staff.
• Messaging: Develop messaging to share policy priorities across a range of platforms: monthly e-newsletters, website, social media, talking points for community events, annual report, contributed content, statements for.
• Thought leadership: Position the Councilmember as an innovative and effective leader on the issues impacting residents, from public safety to housing. Find opportunities for him to be at the forefront of conversations.
• Collaboration: Maintain strong working relationships with colleagues on legislative and Housing Committee teams to translate technical policy language into communications and messaging that all community members will.
• Storytelling: Center residents as leaders and experts in their own lives and demonstrate how the Councilmember’s policy work is responsive to their needs.
• Earned media: Build relationships with local media to drive positive, creative coverage. Prepare talking points and prep memos for leadership.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Strategy: Directed Generation Hope’s communications strategy to advance the mission of supporting teen parents pursuing postsecondary education; developed, managed editorial calendar; established the founder and CEO as.
• Branding: Implemented Generation Hope’s new brand identity; steered its evolution from small direct service nonprofit to national policy and technical assistance organization; developed style guide.
• Storytelling: Collaborated with the young parents in Generation Hope’s Scholar Program to share their stories across communications, centering their voices and lived experiences (e.g. Scholar features in twice-annual.
• Fundraising: Planned and executed annual Giving Tuesday and year-end fundraising, including collecting student parents’ stories, drafting fundraising emails, determining send schedule, and creating accompanying social.
• Research and briefings: Provided end-to-end project management for Generation Hope’s research and resources, including drafting, design, publication, and promotion.
• Media: Managed all media inquiries, built reporter relationships, and proactively pitched organization news. Provided media training and talking points for organization leadership and student parents.

Washington, DC

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Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Built media relationships and secured strategic coverage for clients in outlets including The Washington Post, NPR, Politico.
• Developed media and influencer outreach strategies around client policy advocacy, report rollouts, and product and partnership announcements.
• Crafted op-eds, press releases, media briefs, blog posts, and talking points on higher education and ed-tech innovation.
• Provided crisis communications support; conducted media training and prep for client spokespeople and leadership.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created compelling communications strategies to support clients such as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grantees, Aspen Ascend, NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault, and the Rockefeller Family Fund’s Economic Justice for.
• Developed digital and on-the-ground advocacy campaigns to support client policy initiatives.
• Led clients through rebranding and developed collateral, procedures for organization procedures to implement new logos and messaging.
• Facilitated webinars and in-person trainings to coach clients on strategic communication, storytelling, and opposition messaging.
• Produced client blogs, press releases, calls to action, talking points, op-eds, letters to the editor, and social media posts.
• Pitched reporters and secured earned media mentions for clients in national and local media markets.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Member of the kglobal team leading strategic long-term planning and assessment for the U.S. Navy's Public Affairs Office.
• Managed a portfolio of accounts for the Navy Public Affairs Office at the Pentagon, including the Department of the Navy budget submission, surface warfare platforms, cyber security, and unmanned systems
• Developed communications plans with account stakeholders and coordinate the approvals and plan implementation process
• Conducted assessments to analyze message pull-through and communications plan success
• Assisted with media training of Navy leadership

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Built out targeted media lists with Cision for Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves program impact areas; developed and distributed compelling press pitches
• Edited op-eds, press statements, and articles
• Tracked Clean Cookstoves and partner mentions in the media; maintained weekly news digest for broader clean cooking sector
• Wrote monthly newsletter articles; contributed to five year report; revised and standardized all factsheets
• Produced Facebook posts and tweets for @Cookstoves
• Formatted and uploaded partner news and grant opportunities to Clean Cookstoves website

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Drafted and updated comments for the congressional record, fact sheets, and other policy documents
• Compiled and wrote stories for weekly members-only Washington Update newsletter
• Tracked legislation and prepared briefs on hearings for staff
• Assisted with AAUW Action Fund Capitol Hill Lobby corps; communicated AAUW policy priorities to elected officials
• Attended coalition meetings, briefings, and meetings, as a representative of AAUW

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conducted policy research for the Defense and Military legislative team on various issues; including, military sexual assault, combat integration, gun control, community policing, and government transparency
• Drafted legislative correspondence, appropriations letters, support letters for grants, and greeting letters
• Prepared briefs on hearings and legislation for senior staff
• Tracked daily foreign policy updates

Oakland, CA

• Wrote content for blog posts, grant applications, press releases, and newsletters
• Generated headlines and curated content for CyArk website and social media
• Determined CyArk blog content, coordinated with writers, edited pieces, and posted online
• Edited all outbound proposals and reports
• Cultivated and maintained press contacts; coordinated all media inquiries and brand output

San Francisco Bay Area

• Utilized Salesforce to maintain contacts, track marketing success, and project opportunities
• Expanded CyArk’s following and support base via social media and email campaigns
• Planned annual international conference with over 250 attendees; coordinate event sponsorship

San Francisco Bay Area

• Wrote all content for website and event advertisements
• Promoted the Chapter’s activities on social media and grew following
• Generated and edited all outbound communications to membership and general mailing list
• Acted as point-person for all membership inquiries
• Coordinated special events, recruited corporate sponsorships, managed all contracts
• Worked closely with the Board of Directors and committees on programs planning

San Francisco Bay Area

Maintained and filed financial records for accounting department, assisted the design team with various projects for the office and for clients.

Washington, D.C.

• Researched and developed curricula to meet state academic mandates for students ages 3-14
• Taught environmental studies (e.g., Watersheds, Metamorphosis, Decomposers and Forest Ecology)

Washington D.C.

• Wrote weekly report detailing department’s activities and numbers of student participants
• Recruited, trained and supervised over 50 volunteers for summer programming
• Managed department finances (e.g., paid bills and tracked budget with QuickBooks)

• Merged duties that previously belonged to various departments into this new position and established an organized and efficient approach to attracting patrons, scheduling programs, and tracking incoming payments
• Generated new avenues for communicating with members and potential clients
• Promoted site-based and shipboard educational programs to DC, MD, and VA schools
• Advertised Living Classrooms family memberships and enrolled new members
• Translated forms for educational programs from English into Spanish
• Managed payments for all programs and memberships, and invoiced clients

Co-lead two three-week sessions of a Spanish language and community service trip in Costa Rica for high school-aged students

• Led campus tours for prospective students and their families
• Organized and updated prospective students' application files
• Manned Admission Office telephone and responded to prospective students' questions
• Participated in prospective student panels and assisted with Admitted Students weekends

Ba, Political Studies And Environmental Studies; Minor In Spanish Language

Activities and Societies: Dining With Democracy (Student-run speaker series at Pitzer College), Pitzer College Model United Nations Team.

Study Abroad, Focus: Spanish Language And Environmental Science

High School Diploma