Eric Prag Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Coordinate, design and draft agency reports, justifications, and plans to Congress and the Administration including the agency’s financial and performance reports and congressional budget justification.Manage the Agency's Legislative and Public Affairs activities before Congress, the Administration and the Press including meeting with Congressional/Administration leaders, staff and members of the media.Produce dynamic videos and other media content utilizing a variety of technologies including Vyond, Blue Yeti microphones, Audacity, YouTube, Vine, Facebook, Vimeo, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe and more.Develop and edit compelling video storyboards concerning various federal labor law topics.Executed a redesign of the agency’s communications including its newsletter, press releases, website and reports.Advise and consult agency executives on strategic goals and plans to achieve them.Organized a strategic teams initiative consisting of ~80 employees over 8 unique teams.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Develop and implement large-scale corporate, non-profit and other fundraising events.Supervise 30+ contractors – payroll, 1099s, benefits, contracts training and performance plans.Raised $500,000+ for 20+ charitable organizations in DC through All In Enterprises.Operate real-estate, sports and event-based enterprises.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Serves as media assistant, statistician, scoreboard operator, 24-second clock operator, and game clock operator for the Washington Wizards (NBA), Washington Mystics (WNBA), Capital City GoGo.

Annapolis, Md

Led an office and staff supporting the Chair of the St. Mary’s County Delegation in the Maryland House of Delegates. Achieved signature legislative goal, drafted speeches, handled legislation, attended events on behalf of the office and led a staff of 4.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Led federal and grassroots advocacy campaigns to position clients for increased funding and reauthorization of critical government programs. Implemented advocacy strategies, cultivated federal and state-level relationships, drafted legislation, press releases and agency letters. - Successfully secured legislation guaranteeing a $25 million increase for my clients’ program.Directed a public relations campaign promoting city-wide implementation of a controversial program for an international government services contractor. Developed and implemented a grassroots advocacy action plan directly influencing a City Council vote.Please feel free to ask for more information on clients and services.Operations manager with experience advising executives, managing staff, developing resource and budget strategies and implementing projects from start to finish.Represented a range of corporate and non-profit interests at the federal and state level.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Coordinated all aspects of activities for clients, including legislative monitoring, lobby days, grassroots activities Managed legislative staff and lobby day staff of 4 for all client projects Strategic planning, Marketing, business development and new product development

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed the organization's foreign assistance reform advocacy campaign. Arranged and presented at meetings with Congressional representatives and staff. Achieved language in Senate and House legislation.Produced a series of research studies on the effectiveness of foreign assistance in various countries.Implemented a media strategy to promote foreign assistance reform to a target audience.

Washington, Dc

Supported advisory committee staff with rapid response media monitoring, blogging, op-ed writing and outreach. Drafted speeches, talking points, and short video scripts.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Led a federal and grassroots campaign to reauthorize a program in the 2008 Farm Bill for three clients.Achieved amendment language guaranteeing the program's reauthorization with a $10 million funding floor.* Supported clients' development safebox initiative. Succeeded in securing language increasing developmentfunds by $100 million to $450 million annually and protecting the funds from reprogramming.* Advocated for increases to the International Affairs budget supporting the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign.* Developed advocacy strategy - Drafted legislation, press releases, Dear Colleagues and agency letters.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Created and communicated policy and best practices for the Defense department's business community.* Managed the workflow of investment requests for financial management systems submitted to the Business Transformation Agency's (BTA) Investment Management directorate.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Iraq Policy and Operations Group (IPOG) - $1.16B Embassy Baghdad Project (Near Eastern Affairs Bureau)* Conceived Legislative Affairs strategy for the $1.16B Embassy Baghdad Initiative. Responsibilities included developing meeting plans for State and Defense Department leaders, meeting with members of Congress and staff.* Prepared State Department specialists for briefings to the Congressional Appropriations, House International Relations, Senate Foreign Relations, and Armed Services committees. Responsibilities included drafting major deliverables and coordinating meetings with members and staff.* Developed high-profile briefing papers quoted throughout the mainstream media.* Drafted relevant sections of Agency reports including Congressional Budget Justification, country specific reports and international affairs budget reports* Coordinated interagency assemblies for 13 US agencies involved in the transfer of Sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) and developed periodic tracking reports for Secretary of State Colin Powell.Proposals and Strategic Planning* Wrote a proposal to deliver life-saving medications to AIDS patients in those affected areas of the world.Drafted project management policy papers and coordinated a team of 20.* Participated in a strategic planning effort to improve the quality and efficiency of law enforcement and security training.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Handled legislation and issues: Health Care, Grants, DefensePersonal Driver to the Congresswoman

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Political Science & International Relations, Politics

Activities and Societies: Grace Pearson Scholarship

Undeclared