Jason Woolf Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Pre-MBA Summer Internship @ premiere hotel in popular holiday destination =======• Executed ~50 high-end functions (e.g. ~300 PAX weddings and trade shows)• Managed ~30 on-call event staff (~10 per shift) both front-of-house and back-of-house.• Liaised between Banquets Director and event staff, Executive Chef and event staff, Sales and event staff, and day-of-event clients and event staff.

City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Video production company empowering clients to deliver compelling stories and showcase their unique value.======• Procured 4 advisory board members, 3 student interns and 3 sponsors of office space through extensive networking, saving $62K USD in operational overhead costs and advisory services• Targeted and converted client lead worth $100K+ with soft selling techniques, increasing revenue 6x overnight• Sparked civil discourse between rich/poor South Africans (~20K people online/offline) by exposing gross inequities with show, Side by Side with Jason, following my year living and assimilating in Cape Town's poorest community

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

A YouTube channel and podcast enabling the world to access raw township stories, perspectives & reflections by coming along for Jason’s (un)learning journey living in the townships.Aired episodes include vlogs, roundtable discussions, pedestrian surveys, local changemaker promos, and long-form discussions.Volofu (pronounced vo-LOW-foo; meaning wolf 🐺 in IsiXhosa) is the moniker of South African-American Jason Woolf, who’s living in Langa township (Cape Town's oldest low-income, black neighbourhood) for 12+ months as one of its only white residents to have the conversations / drive the work that will enable development and improve race relations in SA at a time when its becoming more unequal and polarized.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Tours and events startup introducing guests to 20 community changemakers in Cape Town's underdeveloped and segregated outskirts======• Managed concurrent projects as solopreneur handling strategy, marketing, sales, operations, product development, finance; broke even in 1st month and, in 5 months, generated 5x revenue of average local tour startup• Analyzed data on responsible tourism trends, identifying market insights to inform targeted customer acquisition strategy; enlisted 15 booking partners to achieve $92K revenue and 4.9-star TripAdvisor rating in 1st 18 months• Pitched 57 tourism companies, convincing 42 (74%) to do trial tour by presenting unique value proposition and ROI• Orchestrated experiences for 1K+ guests (including billionaire entrepreneur, Nat Geo influencer) and 21 institutions (Western Cape Govt, British Council, OECD), increasing awareness for responsible tourism within communities

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Federation of 30 afterschool dance clubs (500 children) doing capacity-building, dance competitions and concerts.=========• Transformed documentary film project into youth and leadership development NGO through human-centered design and fundraising of USD $80K through industry outreach, grant writing, sale of entertainment/merchandise• Convinced V&A Waterfront (24M visitors/year) CEO to grant exclusive walkway performance and vending rights, generating $47K of donations/sales (9x revenue boost) for 3 clubs in 1st 6 months of program• Led cross-functional team of 6 to deliver $17K holiday concert of 100+ youth performers at V&A Waterfront in 2 months; enabled 5x performance opportunities and 1.5x faster execution than similar organizations

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Greater New York City Area

• Rewrote case studies pages of website to become punchier• Prospected and cold called potential clients • Marketed flowthings.io platform at networking events• Studied the IoT industry and its culture• Practiced efficient internal communications with Slack

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Consulting | Sustainable Global Enterprise

Bachelor Of Arts - Gallatin School Of Individualized Study, Self-Designed Major In Social Entrepreneurship & Cultural Revitalization, 3.78 / 4.0

Activities and Societies: N'harmonics (NYU's most selective a Capella group), Jewish Heritage Program, NYU Wagner Student Alliance.

Select Courses To Deepen Umbiyozo Foundation Impact

Courses: (1st term) • Introduction to the Political Economy & the Social Service Professions • Crime & Deviance in South African Cities •.

Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator

1 of 17 members of the inaugural class. Watson is a semester long accelerator in Boulder, Colorado for student innovators, leaders.

Education record

AP Courses: • Statistics • Psychology • Human Geography • Biology • Chemistry