Justin Thompson Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Washington D.C. Metro Area

o Lead NEA’s policy engagement on STEM issues, climate and environmental justice, digital equity, distance learning, high school graduation, and student data privacyo Serve as the NEA liaison to the Environmental Protection Agencyo Staff NEA President Becky Pringle on the Aspen Institute’s K-12 Climate Action commission and the Climate Jobs National Resource Center’s advisory boardo Build relationships with outside organizations and represent NEA on various coalitions, including the ISTE COVID-19 Education Coalition (equity subgroup co-chair) and the CoSN Advisory Boardo Engage in various cross-center and departmental teams across NEA, including the Affiliate Assistance School Logistics team (co-lead), COVID-19 Health & Safety team, and Educator Voice Academy teamo Manage ESSA & Educator Voice grants on behalf of NEA Education Policy and Practice (EPP)o Co-led the production of “All Hands on Deck,” the NEA’s initial guidance to reopening school buildingso Led four professional development sessions on digital equity and the homework gap during COVID-19

Washington D.C. Metro Area

o Provided feedback and technical assistance to ten New Skills for Youth grantee states on career readiness initiatives, including career pathways, work-based learning, public data reporting, and sustainabilityo Composed monthly career readiness newslettero Wrote and designed outward-facing career readiness materials, such as onboarding packets for new state chiefs, conference presentations, and one-pagerso Managed team’s communications work

Washington, Dc

o Wrote a best practices case study on the Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s use of parent engagement in building school report cardso Compiled education data news clips for weekly dissemination among internal staffo Researched education data legislation using Quorum softwareo Completed preliminary research on various education data topics for staffo Coordinated lunch and learn session with other D.C. education policy interns

Greater Atlanta Area

o Developed policy proposal to enhance workforce development opportunities for Atlanta high school studentso Wrote “State of Young Georgia” donor recruitment report for New Georgia Project, voting rights and civic engagement non-profit

Dallas, Texas

o Developed and implemented Pre-Calculus curriculum for 250 studentso Finished 4th out of 23 district schools for student scores on Pre-Calculus end of course examo Ranked 1st in Classroom Environment, 6th in Pedagogical Effectiveness, and 7th in Rigor & Expectations in school’s Student Perception Surveyo Nominated for 2015-2016 Teacher of the Yearo Launched school’s inaugural chess programo Created and presented three full-staff professional development sessions on AVID classrooms (strategies designed to accelerate the performance of underrepresented students)

Dallas, Texas

o Tutored corps members for math certification exams (Test Prep Leader)o Served as liaison between corps members and donors (Corps Member Ambassador)o Oversaw onboarding and teacher training for group of ten corps members (Transition Team Leader)o Created and presented two professional development sessions on LGBT classroom inclusivity

o Wrote and published various articles about the NFL season and fantasy football o One article (February 2015) picked up by ESPN (http://www.espn.com/blog/jacksonville-jaguars/post/_/id/11352/rtc-defense-gets-solid-rating)

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

o Worked in the computer labs for two introductory level computer science classes o Tutored students who struggle in the classes o Helped record and manage student project and exam grades

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

• Top vote-getter to win one of four SGA Senate seats in the C&IS college• Resided as a member of the External Affairs committee• Authored legislation to support stricter smoking policies on campus• Co-sponsored a resolution in support of integration of Greek organizations on campus that was infamously voted down 27-6 and resulted in my quote being used in Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/26/university-of-alabama-race-greeks-_n_5029195.html)

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

• Along with the Director of Account Services, oversaw all of the account executives for every client• Worked closely with all accounts related to the LessThanUThink anti-binge drinking campaign

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

• Member of the founding class of the reestablishment of Alpha Delta Phi at Alabama• Elected as founding vice president• Handled all internal issues, working closely with all other officers and committee chairmen• Maintained relationships with other campus organizations and other Alpha Delta Phi chapters• Took charge of fraternal academics and led our chapter to highest Greek GPA on campus, at 3.34

• Acted as primary liaison between Alabama and Orange County’s Santa Ana College and Santiago Canyon College for the LessThanUThink anti-binge drinking campaign• Worked with Orange County team to coordinate events and help campaign run smoothly and effectively• Prepared agenda for and led weekly conference calls

Greater Atlanta Area

o Compiled daily media clips for dissemination to CNN employees o Cut videos for CNN Press Room blog and CNN.com/Video o Compiled several media lists for publicists as well as for my own pitching o Pitched CNN videos and clips to other media outlets that got placed in Washington Post, The Global Dispatch and a few others o Drafted multiple employee bios for the CNN website o Frequently posted to CNN and Turner press room blogs

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Drafted press releases and pitches for several clients in the food and beverage industry• Outlined weekly Facebook and Twitter posts for one of Estes’ clients, Honolulu Fish Company• Assisted in research projects for multiple accounts• Constructed a monthly editorial lead report• Some notable client accounts worked on include Woodford Reserve, Tupelo Honey Café, bluestem Restaurant, Distilled Spirits Epicenter, among others

Frankfort, Kentucky

• Worked as server, conducting wine tastings and answering any questions about the winery itself or the wine-making process

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Coordinated interviews with radio stations to promote signs ups for events• Worked in production to broadcast live youth soccer games on Internet• Managed Twitter and Facebook accounts for the games and increased traffic to both pages• Took lead on five different events to help effectively run their respective tournaments

Master Of Public Affairs

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Education

Bachelor Of Arts, Communication And Information Sciences; Public Relations

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Education record

Activities and Societies: Young Politicians President, Environmental Club Vice President, Beta Club, Yearbook Copy Editor, Journalism.