Ian Hecker Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Colorado, United States

Direct policy/bill development, public policy strategy, and legislative analysis for the largest labor union in Colorado.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Identified and developed leaders, mobilized workers to lobby and testify at the state Capitol, organized actions, trained workers on power-building and strategy.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Studied the Future of Work to help understand and replicate effective policies and programs and to ensure worker voice takes center stage. Focus on digital skills, AI, career ladders, technological change, apprenticeship programs, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, funding mechanisms for supporting skills development, and automation and the future of work. Provided data and evidence technical assistance to both government and nonprofit actors. Supported federal and private grant applications and led project management.

Washington, District Of Columbia

Analyzed state TANF rules updates and situated in existing policy schemes to update the Welfare Rules Database, the only comprehensive longitudinal database of state TANF policies. Interpreted rule updates and translated into variables and coding scheme for database records on Microsoft Access.

Contributed research and writing assistance to Assistant Professor Alexandra Murphy's forthcoming book, "When the Sidewalks End: Poverty in an American Suburb" (Under contract with Oxford University Press). Publication will inform efforts to understand the causes and consequences of contemporary suburbanization of poverty.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Researched federalism, municipal government, and innovation districts. Publications used widely, including by academics and government practitioners.

Analyzed non-licensed procurement goods spend by category, identified hot spots for labor standards and human rights issues; presented recommendations to the Office of the President on spending and to provide strategic direction for non-licensed procurement goods.

Assisted Professor Robert Mickey and Doctoral Student Christina Kinane with the construction of a crucial political science paper examining the recent attack on public-sector collective bargaining in the American states. See more here: http://www.isr.umich.edu/cps/competitions/pierce-2014-1.html

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Ann Arbor

Aided with coordinating and managing 300+ volunteers for GOTV canvassing efforts and gained high-profile federal campaign experience.

Fundraised, coordinated with Rwandan partners, updated public-facing website, anakyzed data to inform efforts.

Logged constituent emails, wrote various documents including political tributes. Assisted with re-election campaign field work including canvassing and volunteer management.

Bunk counselor for youth attending summer camp. Worked in the office with the scheduling team creating schedules for the entire camp population, led protocol in office for finding missing campers.