Fernando Brigidi De Mello Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Washington, DC

• Briefed the Vice President on engagements, external events, and travels.
• Managed a team of advisors planning external events, scheduling requests, and correspondence requests.
• Reviewed and approved the Vice President’s briefing materials and talking points.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Performing as the Office’s trip director; developed and executed more than 100 events and more than 70 trips across 22 states for the Vice President to engage directly with more than 40,000 people
• Managed the Vice President’s contact lists and relationships with the offices of Cabinet Members and key stakeholders including the offices of state and local elected officials and national organizations
• Staffed the Vice President in domestic trips
• Drafted and the Vice President’s briefing materials and talking points, determining the Vice President’s engagements, and representing the Office of the Vice President at external events

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Managed the Deputy Secretary's schedule and daily briefing book materials, including memos, talking points, trackers, datasets, and other documents to ensure strategic alignment with USDA’s priorities
• Supported or led special projects, specifically those related to operations, equity, and LGBTQIA rights
• Planned the Deputy Secretary’s domestic travels, including logistics, speaking engagements, stakeholder meetings, including pre-travel planning and post-travel follow-ups
• Coordinated the timely review and approval of materials going to the Office of the Deputy Secretary, including memos, talking points, and social media posts
• Staffed the Deputy Secretary in key stakeholder meetings across the country to manage her time and schedule appropriately, and keep track of follow-ups

New York, New York, United States

• Partnered with external stakeholders to promote vaccination and testing events
• Managed outreach campaigns including logistics and promotion of events
• Implemented the Mayor’s outreach strategy for infant vaccinations in public schools

• Developed the field strategy and wrote a comprehensive citywide outreach plan
• Hired, trained, and coached dozens of staff and contractors, and built a diverse team with a strong culture of accountability, respect, teamwork, transparency, and flexibility
• Developed reports for campaign leadership, including data about performance and metrics
• Ensured accountability from staffers in a fast-paced environment while keeping the team’s values

• Directed the campaign organizing strategy in 6 counties, including Iowa’s second-largest metro area where 12% of the votes received by Biden for President in the state were cast, increasing turnout by 7% and Democratic.
• Hired, trained, and managed a diverse and collaborative team of 10 staff that managed more than 370 volunteers and more than 90 volunteer leaders who completed more than 112,000 conversations with voters
• Built grass tops coalitions for Biden for President and other Democratic candidates

Marshalltown, Iowa

• Won 42% of precincts in the county and 30% of county delegates; managed Latino outreach; and organized the largest candidate town hall in the county with nearly 400 people
• Identified, recruited, and trained precinct leadership teams in all 19 Marshall County precincts
• Trained 115 precinct captains for the Nevada caucuses during Get Out the Caucus

• Built relationships to assure quality and customer satisfaction across client base of 7,000 customers
• Designed a cultivation funnel and cadence to increase engagement amongst Latin American customers
• Negotiated over 300 contract renewals quarterly through customer engagement on data needs
• Consistently achieved performance and retention goals to increase revenue in the region by 20%
• Project managed user inquiry process across cross-functional teams including sales and tech support

Porto Alegre Area, Brazil

• Managed 7 city strategic programs with 160 employees; directly managed and coached 12 directors
• Mediated the Mayor’s political strategy against priorities of the city council, community leaders, and organizations
• Led yearlong strategic planning process to define the city’s priorities and monitor progress on key indicators
• Planned district assemblies in all 17 districts to lead participatory budgeting process across capital and non-capital projects
• Served on the city's Budget Committee to allocate a municipal budget of $3 billion dollars in 2014
• Designed and implemented a long-term Porto Alegre Resilient Program with the Rockefeller Foundation

Porto Alegre Area, Brazil

• Monitored quality of city constituent call center and constituent satisfaction, with over 6K daily calls
• Synthesized call data, including complaints and questions, into reports for city agencies
• Mapped maintenance services provided by city agencies to identify bottlenecks and improvements

Porto Alegre Area, Brazil

• Led the Participatory Budgeting program in the district
• Coordinated all municipal programs in the district, monitored results and wrote reports to the Mayor and the press
• Facilitated monthly town halls, to promote civic engagement and transparency with participation from 1000 citizens
• Implemented the Mayor’s territorialized management strategy

Porto Alegre Area, Brazil

• Supported the administrative department’s restructuring, identifying bottle necks and increasing efficiency

Porto Alegre Area, Brazil

• Developed economic and social reports with data from the state
• Consolidated information on presentations to support the Governor’s meetings

Executive Master'S Degree, Public Administration

Relevant Coursework: • Project Management • Policy Formation • Strategic Leadership • Elections in Action • Community Organizing

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Public Administration