Jeffrey Williams Email and Phone Number

Sportswriter covering the Minnesota Lynx, Women's National Basketball Association, Saint Paul Saints and the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball on my regular beats, along with special events as required.

Public Member, appointed by Governor Mark Dayton · Writes weekly “This Week in the Civil War” newspaper column and distributes to 175 media outlets throughout Minnesota.· Develops programming to fulfill committee’s charter to educate citizens on Minnesota’s role in the American Civil War.· Provides research assistance to other committee members and Minnesota Historical Society staff to ensure accuracy in programming and communications.

· Inspect fire extinguishers and emergency showers on a monthly basis to ensure proper function in event of an emergency and to remain compliant with federal, state and local regulations.· Inspect emergency eyewash stations on a weekly basis to ensure proper operation.· Assist safety and engineering departments with other administrative tasks and inspections of safety equipment to ensure compliance with OSHA standards.· Assist in the collection and removal of hazardous materials… Show more · Inspect fire extinguishers and emergency showers on a monthly basis to ensure proper function in event of an emergency and to remain compliant with federal, state and local regulations.· Inspect emergency eyewash stations on a weekly basis to ensure proper operation.· Assist safety and engineering departments with other administrative tasks and inspections of safety equipment to ensure compliance with OSHA standards.· Assist in the collection and removal of hazardous materials from the facility.· Trained in OSHA Construction Safety Standards and received 10-hour construction safety OSHA certification. Show less

Minnesota State Director · Recruited, managed and hired staff of 19 people which made over 300,000 phone calls during the 2012 election cycle resulting in being ranked among the highest of in the nation in productivity despite having the smallest staff.

· Supported Director of Public Affairs with special projects including Civic Leader Tours, Media and Congressional orientation visits, set up press conferences, drafted and submitted news releases to media members, coordinated messaging with senior leadership, prepared crisis management communications procedures, edited base newspaper and ensured that office was in compliance with Air Force regulations.· Coordinated travel arrangements for civic leaders, military members and media members… Show more · Supported Director of Public Affairs with special projects including Civic Leader Tours, Media and Congressional orientation visits, set up press conferences, drafted and submitted news releases to media members, coordinated messaging with senior leadership, prepared crisis management communications procedures, edited base newspaper and ensured that office was in compliance with Air Force regulations.· Coordinated travel arrangements for civic leaders, military members and media members on assorted civic leader tours, media tours, and as unit deployment manager while stationed in Iraq.· Effective training manager responsible for getting numerous trainees fully qualified as public affairs professionals with 100 percent completion rate.· Award-winning journalist: Named Print Journalist of the Year for Air Force Reserve Command in 2009; first runner-up Print Journalist of the Year for the U.S. Air Force in 2009; along with numerous other writing awards between 2007-2012.· Deployed to Kuwait, Oman and Iraq over a three-year period in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and Southern Watch and served as the public affairs representative on the command staff in a deployed environment.· Served as liaison between White House Press Office, Secret Service and local media during 30 visits of the President of the United States and six visits of the Vice President of the United States, over three administrations, which led to positive news coverage in local, state and national media organizations. Show less

· Processed credit cards, prepared check batches, added contributor record to computer database and basic accounting functions resulting in high degree of accuracy in reporting and compliance during the 2008 U.S. Senate election.

· Prepared and implemented the precinct caucus plan which enabled Governor Romney to win the 2008 Minnesota Precinct Caucus by over 20 percentage points.

Eighth Congressional District Field Director · Managed daily activities of U.S. Senate campaign in 17 northern Minnesota counties including parade volunteer recruitment, lawn sign coordination, event coordination and led the establishment of 13 election phone banks within district, resulting in most productivity per field director during election cycle.· Served as liaison between loggers and statewide elected officials, including Governor Tim Pawlenty, during a crisis that… Show more Eighth Congressional District Field Director · Managed daily activities of U.S. Senate campaign in 17 northern Minnesota counties including parade volunteer recruitment, lawn sign coordination, event coordination and led the establishment of 13 election phone banks within district, resulting in most productivity per field director during election cycle.· Served as liaison between loggers and statewide elected officials, including Governor Tim Pawlenty, during a crisis that impacted jobs in Northern Minnesota, resulting in successful high level negotiations that resolved crisis to the benefit of all parties involved.- Created a network of volunteers from throughout the Congressional District and inspired them to work together to form a cohesive team which resulted in a Republican win in the Congressional election four years later. Show less

· Lead writer and photographer for community monthly newspaper.· Newspaper ad sales with emphasis on special project advertising.· Designed results-oriented display advertising for advertisers on monthly basis and assisted editor with newspaper layout.

· Typed advertising text into classified advertising computer system and handled special projects for real estate classified advertising team with high degree of accuracy.· Named “Employee of the Month” for two consecutive months.

· Performed basic file management duties and updated computer system to ensure accuracy of recordkeeping.· Maintained organization’s records disposition schedule on monthly basis and ensured that disposition of records was handled in a timely manner to keep in compliance with Air Force regulations.