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Brooklyn, New York, United States

-Lead recruitment efforts to hire senior leaders in the non-profit, labor and philanthropy sectors on behalf of NRG consulting group clients. Draft job advertisement copy and interview questions, screen resumes, conduct interviews and steward candidates through the interview process. -Plan candidate sourcing strategies and lead targeted outreach efforts to generate diverse, high quality candidate pools in alignment with the client’s goals. -Planned and led a client’s successful transition from one HRIS platform to another without any interruption to payroll or operations

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Completed Cohort 4 of the Climatebase Fellowship

Brooklyn, New York, United States

-Led a get-out-the-vote effort in Madison, WI that contacted over 40k voters to elect pro-choice candidates for federal and statewide offices.-In 4 weeks, hired and trained a team of office directors in staff management, training strategies, data analysis, outreach best practices, and DEIJ.-Planned and implemented a targeted door-to-door get-out-the-vote campaign strategy for unlikely voters in the Madison community. Wrote scripts, created and led trainings, and arranged motivational briefings from community partners.-Analyzed rapidly-changing data for budgets, growth trajectories, and in the field performance to adjust project strategy to ensure we hit project-wide goals and stayed within budget.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

-Grew Wave Fundraising from two offices to 14 offices fundraising on behalf of six organizations. Wrote training models, materials, and systems to support rapid expansion. Hired and trained Office Directors and Regional Directors.-Oversaw 2-3 face-to-face fundraising offices to ensure fundraising goals were met. Managed 4-10 salaried office directors and fundraising directors, providing training and management on fundraising skills, strategic planning, staff management and DEIJ. -Developed and launched face-to-face fundraising campaigns for NARAL - Pro Choice America, Greenpeace, Oregon Wild, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and The Nature Conservancy. Wrote messaging and developed campaign materials for successful face-to-face fundraising. -Managed the relationships with our client groups by providing weekly updates on progress to goals, answering questions about performance, requesting resources such as materials and issue briefings, -Solicited and incorporated on the ground feedback and input from the client to revise, edit and improve materials and the overall performance of the campaigns.

New York, New York

-Planned and executed advocacy campaigns to reduce the influence of big money in politics and expand access to voting at the city, state and federal level. Served as the public spokesperson for U.S. PIRG democracy campaigns through media events, radio, podcasts, press releases and opinion writing. -Researched and analyzed political campaign fundraising data and wrote reports, blog posts and opinion materials in traditional and online media, highlighting problems and solutions around money in politics. -In response to COVID-19, rapidly developed an emergency response campaign that helped expand access to mail-in voting and establish other safe options for voting during the pandemic. -Built and maintained strategic relationships with coalition partners, funders and thought leaders to raise visibility for U.S. PIRG and expand the reach of our advocacy work..-Annually fundraised the program budget through a combination of grant seeking and major donor solicitation. -Led organization-wide, bi-annual recruitment drives for entry level program staff. Set hiring goals, planned hiring strategy, and managed the week-by-week performance of the team of recruitment staff.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Oversaw four canvass offices in statewide get out the vote effort to elect politicians with a commitment to protecting the environment.

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Managed a statewide voter registration drive to register over 10,000 people from underrepresented communities to vote.

Boston, Ma

-Oversaw all administrative operations for year-round nationwide advocacy campaigns of 40+ field offices,including payroll, benefits, budget development and management, vendor relations, and the collection of performance data.-Recruited, trained, and managed a team of 5-8 full-time administrators in operations, human resources and payroll . Led weekly staff meetings, staff development and training, and bi-annual performance evaluations.-Created and implemented a successful two-year strategic plan to reduce the overall administrative burden by developing digital systems for managing budgets, payroll, and reporting of field data and expenses. -Analyzed quarterly expense data identifying opportunities for cost savings and for strategic investment to increase efficiency of programmatic work.-Planned, developed and managed $10-$15 million dollar operating budgets annually.

-Led a team of regional environmental campaign field offices to deliver on campaign, fundraising, public education and membership development goals.-Recruited, trained and managed 15-30 canvass directors per year to run door-to-door membership and fundraising campaigns across the Midwest, grossingover $2 million per year and regularly exceeding projected goals.-Coordinated led 3-5 national staff development trainings for 150 total staff per year-Led the transition from pen-and-paper canvassing to a fully digital model utilizing tablets and targeted walklists.-Managed HR and employee relations including investigations, performance reviews, evaluations, mediation, disciplinary action and personnel record maintenance for all staff in the region.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

-Ran door-to-door public education, fundraising and membership campaigns that raised over $500,000, an organizational record in Madison, WI.-Successfully trained and managed three assistant canvass directors, all of whom within a year received promotions to run their own campaign offices.-Developed a staff development and recruitment model to build a team of 40 staff, the largest team in 30 years, to canvass across Wisconsin to protect clean water and stop climate change. -Was awarded the “Money” award for top young fundraiser across the Public Interest Network

Denver, Colorado, United States

Oversaw three canvass offices in statewide get out the vote effort to elect politicians with a commitment to protecting the environment.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History, Literature, 3.82

Activities and Societies: Educational Opportunity Program tutor, History Honors Society president, History Department internship, English.

Irish And Irish American Studies