Bethany Gerdemann Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

I work under the Design Strategy Director to manage the implementation of research projects in the Product department of the Wikimedia Foundation by :• Working with stakeholders to define methodologies and quantitative measurement strategy to meet research objectives• Deploying defined methodologies and coordinating logistics of research project• Ensuring data are collected accurately and meet the project’s objectives by verifying quality of vendor deliverables• Building… Show more I work under the Design Strategy Director to manage the implementation of research projects in the Product department of the Wikimedia Foundation by :• Working with stakeholders to define methodologies and quantitative measurement strategy to meet research objectives• Deploying defined methodologies and coordinating logistics of research project• Ensuring data are collected accurately and meet the project’s objectives by verifying quality of vendor deliverables• Building research and communication tools (database, html, report summaries)• Data processing, data cleaning, data analysis Show less

• Provide technical support for cooperative businesses, conventional business to coop conversions, and coop startups by providing tools, training, and advising. Consulting includes financial, legal, and organizational roadmap to starting a coop, democratic finances, member accountability structures, and horizontal management structures.

San Francisco, Sierra Leone

This research captures the competitive and cooperative dynamics within monogamous and polygynous households and compares how these dynamics impact household economic decision making. My data comes from two behavioral experiments and a household survey from 750 individuals. Under the supervision of Professor Alessandra Cassar and Professor Yaniv Stopnitzky, I designed research project and data collection strategy, oversaw data collection, trained and managed enumeration team on location… Show more This research captures the competitive and cooperative dynamics within monogamous and polygynous households and compares how these dynamics impact household economic decision making. My data comes from two behavioral experiments and a household survey from 750 individuals. Under the supervision of Professor Alessandra Cassar and Professor Yaniv Stopnitzky, I designed research project and data collection strategy, oversaw data collection, trained and managed enumeration team on location and performed data analysis (logit and random effects estimation). Publication pending. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Tutor students, grade assignments and exams, and edit class material for economics courses.

Oakland, Ca

• Represented the Cheese Board Collective on the Arizmendi Association of Cooperatives policy council. • Deliberated and decided on policy governing the association, which included new business ventures, association spending, providing loans and technical support to coops within the association, and providing support to outside business and institutions.• Support the birth and growth of new businesses in the association by providing training, guidance, and general support.

Berkeley, Ca

• Designed and initiated the adoption of a new organizational structure for the 60-person collective that reorganized work to respond to the fast-growing membership, thereby increasing the capacity of the business and realigning the values of the collective with its practices. This entailed creating committees charged with advancing key areas of the business which resulted in increased sales, higher quality decision-making, and greater worker-owner participation.• Launched and served on a… Show more • Designed and initiated the adoption of a new organizational structure for the 60-person collective that reorganized work to respond to the fast-growing membership, thereby increasing the capacity of the business and realigning the values of the collective with its practices. This entailed creating committees charged with advancing key areas of the business which resulted in increased sales, higher quality decision-making, and greater worker-owner participation.• Launched and served on a committee to oversee the growth of the business and track the health of the collective. • Oversaw the development of new business ventures, such as the purchase of a building, rapid membership expansion, and location expansion.• Principal organizer of annual all-member business retreats, including consensus building, agenda writing, facilitation, and logistics.• Created and maintained a marketing campaign that reached over 1000 subscribers on a monthly basis. Show less

• A year-long fellowship program in which I learned about legal issues concerning cooperatives, cooperative finances, creating democratic structures within businesses, and converting conventional businesses to worker-owned.• Qualitative research project and presentation on “Changes in Cooperative Culture through Time, Growth, and Diversification” in which I examined how five of the largest and oldest worker-coops have maintained or changed their internal culture over time.

San Francisco, Ca

• Developed new fund-raising programs designed to connect members with each other and actively engage them in the work of Global Exchange (GX).• Organized a silent auction at the GX Human Rights Awards that garnered nearly $4000. -Maintained donor relationships and correspondence. • Provided support in event planning, research of prospective funders, mailings, administration, editing grant proposals and database management. • Promoted fair trade, human rights, and progressive world… Show more • Developed new fund-raising programs designed to connect members with each other and actively engage them in the work of Global Exchange (GX).• Organized a silent auction at the GX Human Rights Awards that garnered nearly $4000. -Maintained donor relationships and correspondence. • Provided support in event planning, research of prospective funders, mailings, administration, editing grant proposals and database management. • Promoted fair trade, human rights, and progressive world change. Show less

Oakland, Ca

• Supported the Attorney General of California's press operations, fielded phone calls and correspondence from the press, managed media inquiries and press relationships, responded promptly to press requests, provided administrative support to press officers, researched background information for press releases.

Sausalito, Ca

• Lead content contributor for a non-partisan, educational website about American politics and government (politicalbase.com).• Conducted qualitative research and wrote articles about political issues ranging from the state of the health care system in the US to the exposing the links of campaign contributions to voting on specific policies. • Developed content standards that resulted in high quality user submissions. Reviewed user content submissions for quality of information and… Show more • Lead content contributor for a non-partisan, educational website about American politics and government (politicalbase.com).• Conducted qualitative research and wrote articles about political issues ranging from the state of the health care system in the US to the exposing the links of campaign contributions to voting on specific policies. • Developed content standards that resulted in high quality user submissions. Reviewed user content submissions for quality of information and writing. Edited submissions to adhere to the site’s standards. Show less

Berkeley, Ca

• Coordinated organic, local, and sustainable food purchasing for commercial kitchen that provided food for 70+ people.• Took inventories, generated purchase orders, communicated with suppliers, directed buyers and evaluated their performance. • Developed and implemented a new accounting system that included oversight and accounting procedures compliant with GAAP for non- profits.

Berkeley, Ca

• Research assistant to Professor Mark Bevir for the Encyclopedia of Governance, published in 2007, and Key Concepts in Governance, published in 2009.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952613DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446214817• Research assistant for Professor Chris Ansell on a project about the coordination of organizations across international borders. Investigated how the World Health Organization's outbreak response network reacted to the SARS epidemic… Show more • Research assistant to Professor Mark Bevir for the Encyclopedia of Governance, published in 2007, and Key Concepts in Governance, published in 2009.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952613DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446214817• Research assistant for Professor Chris Ansell on a project about the coordination of organizations across international borders. Investigated how the World Health Organization's outbreak response network reacted to the SARS epidemic. Compared and contrast how multinational corporations manage activities across borders with other organizations. Show less

Master Of Science - Ms, Development Economics And International Development

• Empirical analysis utilizing statistical and econometric methods to infer causal relationships between variables. • Methods.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government, 3.8

Activities and Societies: Political Science Department Honors Thesis Program • B.A. Political Science with High Honors, Concentrations.