Dustin Morrison, Mpa Email & Phone Number

Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Area

• Works with Unclaimed Property, Communications, Civic Engagement, & Legislative Divisions to partner with and educate members of the General Assembly, elected officials, groups or organizations, and individuals on the.
• Facilitates a proactive approach to customer satisfaction through the establishment of partnership meetings with key stakeholders.
• Demonstrates a hands-on approach for problem solving and solutions and informs management immediately if serious issues arise.
• Facilitates the coordination of internal resources to resolve complex problems.
• Utilizes the ability to research and analyze pending claims and holder reports to identify areas of focus or issues that the office should concentrate on.
• Prepares and/or edits Unclaimed Property written materials intended for public distribution.

Greater St. Louis

• Manage and coordinate events designed to educate target audiences on state programs
• Conduct public speaking engagements with large and small audiences on behalf of Illinois State Treasurer’s Office
• Successfully garner constituent/customer support through relationship building and professional networking
• Develop long term strategy and manage scheduling to ensure office representation at key events
• Assisted team with building Salesforce CRM to improve our agency’s efficiency and data analysis
• Recognized as a top event leader statewide

Springfield, Illinois Area

Springfield, Illinois Area

Illinois Eastern-Iowa

Springfield, Illinois Area

• Directed legislative reporting, and advocated for legislation to members of the General Assembly, diversity caucuses, and targeted parties
• Led compilation and publication of Illinois State Mandates and Illinois Local Government impact report
• Counseled Office of the Governor and agency Director on legislative and budgetary impact, analysis, and legislative agendas
• Worked collaboratively with Regional Development and Marketing to build campaigns designed to inform constituents and drive public outreach
• Developed and managed relationships with elected officials, diversity organizations, interest groups, and key stakeholders
• Recipient of Governor’s Office: Outstanding Legislative Affairs award

Springfield, Illinois Area

• Oversaw recruitment and appointment for various Boards and Commissions
• Worked cross-functionally to research and develop robust public policy talking points for legislative and policy teams
• Led the reorganization and streamlining of the Office of Executive Appointments
• Advised and counseled Deputy Chief of Staff on guidelines surrounding report preparation, outreach, and legislation
• Provided analytical support to 6 state agencies on key tasks including policy analysis, factsheet development, and special project implementation
• Spearheaded reorganization of Sharepoint to drive efficiency of digital files and data access

Southwestern Illinois

• Directed largest paid canvassing program in the Midwest during 2012 election cycle, leading to successful election
• Managed team of 4 canvass leads and over 200 paid canvassers
• Oversaw hiring, payroll budget of over $60k, and personnel issues for over 200 paid staff
• Collaborated with senior staff to co-author field strategy plan, utilizing voter and volunteer data analysis

Belleville And Granite City, Illinois

Springfield, Illinois Area

• Supervised coordination of division budget, grants, public relation affairs, and legislative research
• Conducted research and analysis to advise on Division of Aeronautics policy
• Provided assistance to Director on human resource issues, managing events, and coordinating meetings

Central/Western Illinois

• Directed recruitment, public outreach, market research and field efforts in Western and Central Illinois for competitive, successful, Governor’s race
• Oversaw event management, database reporting, volunteers, canvasses, social media, phone banks, and other forms of public awareness
• Managed outreach to diversity groups, civic organizations, labor organizations, elected officials, county chairpersons and other interested parties

• Directed canvassing and phonebanking operations on a daily basis
• Recruited, trained and oversaw volunteers and interns for canvassing and phone banking
• Organized community/voter outreach by planning and implementing special events, meet and greets and fundraisers
• Oversaw field operations of 5 counties within 51st Illinois Senate District
• Assisted field director in developing strategy for field operations

• Served constituents by working with appropriate agency/department liaisons and other public outreach
• Reorganized and restructured district office practices to improve service and efficiency for constituents
• Counseled representative on issues such as media, grants, constituent concerns, proposed legislation and district affairs

Central Illinois

• Oversaw field operations in 12-county region within district and managed field office in Springfield, IL
• Recruited, trained and coordinated volunteers for voter outreach, data entry, event organizing, etc.
• Co-authored and administered field operations plan/strategies for voter outreach
• Administered and organized volunteer outreach by attending events, creating volunteer database
• Instructed and oversaw two undergraduate interns and one graduate intern

Springfield, Illinois Area

• Received awards for features writing and layout during IL College Publication Association conference
• Aided faculty advisor and business manager in overseeing personnel and budget
• Managed strategic long-term, and day-to-day, planning of newspaper and assignments

- Assisted administrators in the bureaus of both Personnel and Information Technology- Aided personnel director with daily tasks such as organizing prospective employee applications and administrative tasks- Created database for bureau for equipment that is still in use today- Traveled to each of the 24 operations yards in the district to take inventory of.

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Public Administration

Activities and Societies: American Society for Public Administration Association of Fundraising ProfessionalsEmphasis on Civic Engagement.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science

Activities and Societies: -Pi Sigma Alpha (political science honor fraternity) -College Democrats -UIS Journal- Editor in Chief-Diversity.