Irak D. Cehonski Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Queens, New York, United States

- Supervision and execution of a $6 million annual budget in accordance with New York City Comptroller directives.- Management of the fiscal and budgetary department, leading a team of three fiscal officers and one budget analyst.- Implementation and oversight of more than $150 million in capital allocations for nonprofits, public schools, and hospitals, adhering to the New York City Charter and Comptroller Directives.- Representation of the Borough President in budget negotiations and legislative hearings.- Analysis and recommendations for the municipal budget to address the needs of Queens residents.- Administration of the $1 million VAWA grant to enhance the city’s response to gender-based and domestic violence.

United States

- Coordination of the Councilmember’s schedule, ensuring the preparation of materials and speeches within deadlines.- Strategies to establish permanent funding for healthcare navigators for the LGBTI community in municipal hospitals.- Supervision and support of the team in legislation, budget, land use, and events.- Management and negotiation for the approval of rezonings and significant legislative resolutions related to immigration, labor, human rights and transportation.- Establishment and maintenance of relationships with activists and government representatives at the municipal, state, and federal levels.- Translation of documents and official communications from English to Spanish.

New York, New York

- Coordination of the Councilmember’s schedule, ensuring the preparation of materials and speeches within deadlines.- Constituent services.- Liason for Manhattan Community Board 2

New York, New York

- Responsible of doing the intake of constituents of the district complains, opinions and legislation support.- Community aide responsibilities as caseworker for constituents if the district.- Office administration: Bill processing, inventory of office supplies.-Organizing meetings of the LGBT Caucus, follow up with members on events, legislation and general matters regarding LGBTQ community.- Responsible of handling requests made by the Community Board 2 to the City Council.- Responsible of attending general meetings and specific committee meetings of Community Board 2.- Writing, submission and follow up of LS Requests, amendments, Department of Transportation forms for NYC Street co-naming.- Event coordination.- Responsible of the translation of documents from English to Spanish; Newsletters, letter and others

Greater New York City Area

•In charge of prospecting, creating, maintaining relationships with donors; foundations, corporates, government agencies and individuals.•Responsible on creating invoices and doing the bank reconciliation monthly and every three months and supervising and assisting the accountant on the creation of financial statements.•Public relations during events.•Maintaining an updated data base of every relationship created.•Went through the Raiser’s Edge introduction course.•Created a relationship with the Borough President’s Office of the Bronx and several Districts & Council Members in New York City and met with the Chief of Staff of several offices to apply for the Discretionary funding of the Council Members.• Created a relationship with Playing For Change, an international foundation who committed to provide funding for the program in the next three years, up to $100,000 USD each year.•Developed sponsorship packages to offer to corporates, individuals and foundations for the performances of the choirs.•Coordinated and operated a visit of 15 music students from México to New York City to perform with the 30 beneficiaries of NYC’s program at the Carnegie Hall.•In charge of creating and presenting financial and activities report to donors and board members.•Created inquiry letters, proposals and projects to request funding from foundations, corporates, government agencies and individuals.

Tijuana Y Alrededores, México

Development Coordinator/Project Coordinator•In charge of prospecting, creating, maintaining relationships with donors; foundations, corporates, government agencies and individuals.•Making sure the development department accomplish the fundraising goals each year, through the efforts of the private funding manager, public funding manager and sales department.•Lead most of team meetings in the organization between departments.•Developing budgets with general administration for each project seeking funding.•Assist managers of private and public funding creating projects and grant writing proposals for current and new funders.•Create annual reports of the whole organization and assist manager to present it to funders.•Coordinated fundraising efforts and recognitions in annual Gala.Private and Public Funding Manager •In charge of prospecting elected officials and research new government fund, corporates, foundations and individuals. to apply.•Grant writing and coordination of granted funds.•Creating activities and financial reports for funders.•Public relations in official events.•Applied and got funding from the Federal Chamber of Deputies of México.•Presenting the annual report to funders.•Managed efforts and recognitions for public funders, elected officials, foundations, corporates and individuals in annual gala.•Grant wrote and obtained the “Cultural Funding” of the Interamerican Development Bank, competing against 1,044 projects in Latin America, being this the first time the IDB was funding a cultural program in Baja California.•Prospected, developed relationship, grant wrote, obtained, and coordinated a team of 17 in the project. Also, fill monthly, mid-term and final financial, development, monitoring and evaluating reports (with each subcommittee) of funding from the USAID Fund operated through Tetra Tech in México.

Tijuana Area, Mexico

•In charge of the general administration. •Keeping an updated calendar of meetings, interviews and events.•Interpreter spanish/english during meetings

Tijuana Y Alrededores, México

Media insert planning, project manager, researcher.

Licenciatura En Comunicación

Sin Titulo, Comunicación Visual

Intercambio estudiantil.