Ian C. Grady Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

• As an executive-level employee at Wonder: Strategies for Good I play aleadership role in contributing to the firm’s success. I am responsible for leadingor co-leading core areas of the firm including strategic.
• Leading client accounts with other Wonder strategists with a focus on client satisfaction,account success and the development of breakthrough, transformative messages and strategies
• Overseeing projects to ensure quality, excellence and a commitment to acceleratingprogressive social change
• Managing and facilitating advisory groups of stakeholders that oversee effectiveaudience research and strategy development on behalf of our clients
• Facilitating workshops, developing and leading capacity-strengthening series, andregularly presenting, advising, and coaching partners and clients in a senior advisoryroleAs an executive-level manager, I also ensure.
• Co-leading efforts to review, manage and ensure exceptional work across the firm

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Advise a diverse array of clients on communications, policy, media relations, and advocacy to advance their goals
• Research complex matters of public policy and craft succinct summaries, memos, and other content
• Draft a broad range of content, including speeches, reports, and press materials
• Provide training on media engagement and public speaking
• Example clients & collaborators: Colorado Health Foundation, Equality California, EqualityMaine, Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters, Friends of the Mariana Trench, Maine League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, Safe.

Los Angeles, CA

— Led the global advocacy and public policy work of an international, publicly-traded company in an emerging, highly-regulated industry— Responsible for ongoing work in Canada, Germany, and Mexico, with monitoring of other emerging jurisdictions around the world

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Parsed in-depth qualitative and quantitative public opinion research into practical, digestible best practices for clients’ day-to-day work
• Produced a broad range of communications, including video, print, and slide decks

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Researched and briefed complex, fact-intensive legal issues
• Drafted pleadings in state and federal proceedings, including dispositive motions

Greater Los Angeles Area

I work with diverse clients on political, public affairs, and communications strategy. Throughout my career I have advised non-profits, campaigns, and businesses.

• Successfully represented a client in the dismissal of a citation, as a certified law student
• Assisted another client with an administrative issue related to service-connected injury benefits
• Worked with local organizations including the Inner City Law Center and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Served as the primary initial drafter of an opinion in a criminal appeal, with guidance from court staff
• Conducted extensive research to support the drafting of the opinion

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Drafted several motions in state and federal proceedings, including a Motion for Summary Judgment
• Researched potential causes of action for a client, then drafted a federal complaint
• Performed significant legal research on various questions of law in multiple states
• Drafted advisory memoranda for senior associates, partners, and clients

Bangor, Maine Area

• Researched diverse issues such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, employment law, and the lawfulness of police stops and searches
• Prepared a legal memorandum for a judicial task force on court records
• Observed oral arguments in cases before Maine’s highest court

Portland, ME

• Led all communications efforts through earned, digital, and paid media
• Participated in organizational planning and leadership decisions
• Served as organizational spokesperson, including in on-camera and on-the-record interviews

Portland, ME

• Managed all digital elements of the campaign (website, social media, email)
• Helped steer the campaign’s strategies and tactics as a senior staffer

• Assisted with the development and management of a historic effort to test methods of changing hearts and minds about the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in Maine

• Led fundraising efforts for the campaign through phone, direct mail, and events
• Directed all of the campaign’s communications

• Drafted letters, press statements, blog content, and speeches on behalf of the Senator and his office
• Researched legislation, policy, media coverage, and other topics

• Recruited, trained, and organized hundreds of volunteers to secure marriage rights for same-sex couples in campaigns in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont

Juris Doctor

Bs, Political & Organizational Communications

Summa Cum Laude