Hillary Blackerby Email & Phone Number

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Manages the following functions for the District:Route planning and scheduling Marketing and design Customer experiencePublic Information OfficerBus advertising salesGovernment relationsGrant applicationsCommunity partnerships

Santa Barbara, California

Responsible for managing all marketing, community relations, public information officer duties, customer service, and passenger information programs and projects for the agency. Oversaw the development and launch of a real-time arrival mobile app and new agency website.Led a major agency rebranding effort for the first time in 31 years.

Santa Barbara, California

Managed Assembly district staff across offices in Santa Barbara and Ventura.

Santa Barbara, California

• Developed and applied policy expertise in the areas of energy, transportation, health, environment, land use, agriculture, water, CEQA, local government, social services, housing, and emergency services.• Represented Assemblymember Das Williams with regional and local government agencies, non-profits, schools, special districts, utilities, and business organizations in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.• Provided outstanding constituent service, helping hundreds of constituents navigate state agencies by expediting casework on issues such as unemployment, the DMV, and MediCal. • Organized and executed successful community outreach events, including State Budget Town Halls, Water Conservation Summit, and a first-of-its-kind Emergency Preparedness Resource Fair and Workshop.• Wrote talking points and background for the Assemblymember for various appearances, speeches, and interviews. Created press releases, social media content, and responded to reporter inquiries.• Trained twelve district staff on legislative and office processes while serving as the institutional memory in an office with frequent turnover and staffing fluctuations. • Designed and translated materials into Spanish for effective Latino community outreach. • Strengthened and supervised a competitive district office internship program, serving as a mentor to numerous local college and high school students.

Santa Barbara, California

• Managed district office as senior most district staff for Assemblymember Pedro Nava. • Drafted talking points and background for member for various appearances, keynote speeches, and interviews. Translated talking points, speeches, radio address scripts, and press statements into Spanish. • Produced member’s monthly email newsletter and policy e-bulletins. Responsible for layout and design, assigning and writing features, editing graphics in Photoshop, basic HTML coding and processing through LCMS to constituent list of over 40,000.• Collaborated with various community organizations and agencies on environmental, education, and emergency services policy issues. Coordinated outreach efforts to local schools and community centers.• Staffed or represented member at community events, task force meetings, ribbon cuttings and constituent meetings.• Oversaw and coordinated constituent correspondence program for Capitol and District offices using LCMS and Monarch systems. Wrote and processed response letters on Assembly and Senate bills, budget issues, casework and community matters. • Supervised district office internship program on the collegiate and high school level.

Santa Maria, California

• Coordinated renting office space, hiring field staff, and opening Santa Barbara County Headquarters within 5 days for special election called by Governor.• Wrote and translated bilingual mailpieces and doorhangers targeting working class and Latino families. • Built Democratic field campaign infrastructure in an area that had not been organized in over 10 years. • Worked with labor groups and Democratic organizations to recruit and manage over 200 volunteers for phonebanking, precinct walking, and literature drops for two special election dates.• Created targeted universes for voter contact with PDI system.

Santa Barbara, California

• Managed constituent casework and navigated city bureaucracy on behalf of constituents.• Processed scheduling requests and managed schedule of councilmember.• Developed talking points and briefed councilmember on variety of city issues.• Drafted official council documents and oversaw constituent correspondence program.