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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

Designed and managed comprehensive communications and equitable community engagement programs for public sector clients on land use, climate, natural resources, parks and outdoor recreation, comprehensive planning, transportation, and equity and social justice.

PARKS and RECREATION DIVISION• Developed and managed implementation of division’s communications strategies through public relations, community and corporate partnerships, brand management, promotional activities, special events, & storytelling in traditional & social media. • Designed and managed community engagement strategies for capital projects, planning, policy changes, and educational efforts, by centering on equity, facilitating public meetings & focus groups, managing stakeholder relations, & designing surveys and digital engagement. • Developed and executed public-private partnerships; Coordinated procurement processes & manage paid consultants.• Managed grantwriting & developed proposals for local, state, and federal government funding. • Supervised 6-8 direct reports. Select accomplishments• Earned approval to establish, and now manage, new cross-functional team to meet division’s communications, marketing, and engagement needs, scaling to 8 employees in three years.• Advocated successfully to lead organizational change to adopt and standardize agency-wide approach to community engagement, leading to more equitable practices and more staff with skills and capacity to implement engagement projects.• Co-led Parks levy planning process (2013 ballot, approved by 71%): responsible for designing and facilitating customer satisfaction effort that directly engaged nearly 2,000 stakeholders; staffing and creating materials for 21-member civic leader task force; composing and coordinating legislation through various levels of County government, including adoption by elected officials; and spearheading communications plan on levy proposal.• Secured more than $8.5 million in grants from WA Recreation and Conservation Office, WA Department of Ecology, federal recovery act, Community Development Block Grant, 4Culture, among others.• Composed, edited and managed production of reports and policy/operational plans, including managing legislative process.

Greater Seattle Area

Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Director's Office• Managed projects that advanced King County's efforts to prevent, reduce and avoid climate pollution from county operations and in the greater community, including crafting climate change messaging for internal and external use. • Supported King County-Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C), including representing King County on multiple work groups; coordinating educational events and summits for elected officials; and securing private foundation funding.• Coordinated procurement processes and managed paid consultants.Select accomplishments• Solely responsible for designing and implementing strategy to engage King County residents, youth, and other key stakeholders in the development of King County's 2015 Strategic Climate Action Plan (SCAP), involving online engagement, focus groups, and key informant interviews.• Shaped King County’s approach to integrating equity and social justice with climate change decision-making, including successfully advocating for the establishment of a career service climate justice partnerships position, coordinating a climate justice training for employees from more than 15 agencies, and building bridges across agencies to improve external communications and outreach on climate change issues.• Co-managed production of the 2015 SCAP, including editing and guiding graphic production. Developed goals and strategies, ultimately adopted as part of 2015 SCAP and now implemented by the County, to better integrate equity and social justice into the County’s climate policies, as well as build internal capacity for engagement and communications.

Select Accomplishments• Managed ECOSS’ fund development and grantwriting, including securing $300,000 of an $800,000 budget in one year; conducting prospect research, cultivating relationships for new funding opportunities, setting revenue goals, tracking revenue projections, engaging the board of directors, and improving internal management processes. • Advised effort to and secured $80,000 in first-time funding for South Park-based community groups to build community capacity and advance the development and implementation of the South Park Action Agenda, a community-driven revitalization initiative. • Edited and managed quarterly newsletter publication. Managed website redesign, including adoption of new content management system.

Select Accomplishments• Managed institutional relations (foundations, corporate partners, government), including annually securing $800,000 of a $1.5 million budget, cultivating relationships for new funding opportunities, establishing and tracking revenue goals, and helping plan and carry out fundraising events.• Played leadership role in designing fundraising strategy for Alliance for Puget Sound Shorelines partnership and securing partnership’s first grant of $4.5 million.

São Paulo, Brazil

Designed curriculum and prepared lesson plans, assignments, and exams for undergraduate course on the fundamentals of international relations, including building students' written and verbal English-language skills. Facilitated discussions and review of class materials. Evaluated student performance.

Select Accomplishments• Developed and implemented outreach and communications strategies to promote Earth Day 2000 and nurture the participation of community groups, government agencies, media, and businesses in more than 40 European countries.• Collaborated with more than 2,000 member organizations across Europe to produce and disseminate media kits and communications tools. • Edited and directed production of worldwide monthly newsletter, including translation into five languages. • Managed database of international members and events. • Recruited, trained and supervised American and international volunteers and interns.