Jonathan Scanlon Email & Phone Number

Bellingham, Wa, Us

Whatcom County, Washington, United States

Whatcom County Council Public Works & Health Committee, ChairWhatcom County Council Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, MemberWhatcom County Council Planning & Development Committee, MemberWhatcom County Child and Family Well-Being Task Force, MemberWhatcom Council of Governments (COG), MemberWhatcom County Public Health Advisory Board, MemberWhatcom County Ferry Advisory Committee, AlternateWashington State Association of Counties (WSAC), Board Member (Alternate)WSAC Legislative Steering Committee, Alternate

Bellingham, Washington Area

Jonathan Scanlon has 20 years of experience in public policy, campaigning, and advocacy at the state, federal, and global level. Engaging in freelance and consulting work, Jon assists organizations with rights-based public policy, advocacy, and campaigning work including policy and political analysis, planning, research, advocacy campaign strategy, grassroots and grasstops organizing, communications, corporate campaigns, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL), and program management.Clients include: First Peoples Worldwide, The Wilderness Society.In 2020, I co-founded and launched a new peer learning community for nonprofit Executive Directors in Washington state, helping the nonprofit community to learn from one another during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whatcom County, Washington, United States

I ran for Whatcom County Council this year. I ran for the countywide At-Large seat and won with 56.97% of the vote. Thank you to the voters of Whatcom County for your support! I look forward to starting up in January. Check out my campaign at https://www.electjonscanlon.com/

Paused career to travel with spouse, explore North American national parks & live in France.

Greater Seattle Area

Led Oxfam America’s migration and refugee advocacy campaign 2016-2017Led an organizing effort to support the Somali community in the U.S. in their right to send remittances to family in SomaliaLed outreach, congressional advocacy, grasstops relationship management, and managed political consultants across all Oxfam advocacy campaigns in 15 U.S. statesDeveloped and managed multi-year advocacy allies strategy, including Oxfam’s advocacy grant programOpened new Oxfam Seattle office to expand the organization’s presence in the NorthwestPublic speaker at conferences and events discussing Oxfam’s advocacy campaigns and programs, and commentator in media including The Seattle Times, Seattle NPR affiliate KUOW-FM 94.9, KEXP-FM 90.3, The Stranger, Seattle Globalist, and HumanosphereOrganize, manage, and emcee public events, including Oxfam’s 2015 Western Region International Women’s Day conference with participants from across the western U.S. and guest speakers from Ghana and Burkina Faso

Greater Seattle Area

Led Oxfam International’s organizing effort and media stunts for the 2012 G8 Camp David Summit and led Oxfam America’s policy and campaigning for the 2013 and 2014 G8 and 2013 G20 summitsLed congressional lobby day in Washington, DC for Oxfam America grasstops supporters including leaders from the fields of business, nonprofits, politics, faith, and national securityLed Oxfam’s nationwide organizing campaign in support of the U.S. government foreign aid budget, reform of the U.S. foreign food aid program, and opposition to civil society crackdown in CambodiaLed organizing effort to support a successful advocacy campaign which caused Coca-Cola to declare zero tolerance for land grabs in their global supply chainManaged nationwide speaking tours of Oxfam partners from developing countriesConducted short term field research in Malawi on U.S. government foreign aid policy

Greater Boston Area

Led a multi-year outreach and organizing campaign to influence legislation and policy to reform the U.S. government foreign aid system. Worked with leaders in business, academia, medicine, law, and politics through public events, media outreach, and direct engagement with members of CongressManaged local organizers and political consultants to implement the congressional strategy at the local level and manage budgets related to the organizing operationEngaged in public speaking, blogging, and public representation of Oxfam to build support for aid reformConducted short term field research in Cambodia on U.S. government foreign aid and development policy

Greater Seattle Area

Graduate of the leading community leadership development organization in the Puget Sound region. For more information, visit www.leadershiptomorrowseattle.org

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Office of Economic Policy (EAP/EP)Served as a delegate to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and a policy advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to APECU.S. delegate to the APEC Economic Committee (EC) and the APEC Strengthening Economic Legal Infrastructure (SELI) Coordinating GroupCoordinator of the APEC Economic Committee Friends of the Chair Group on Corporate GovernanceDeputy Head of Delegation to the 2008 APEC Ministerial Meeting on Structural ReformAlso served as speechwriter for the U.S. Ambassador to APEC and the State Department's Regional Commercial Coordinator for East Asia and the Pacific

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Bureau of African Affairs, Office of West African Affairs (AFR/WA)Country Development Officer (desk officer) for Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and The GambiaCoordinated USAID headquarters strategic planning, budget preparation, policy and program coordination, and program monitoring for three countriesAdvised Africa Bureau management on issues relating to West AfricaLiaised with the public, NGOs, other U.S. government agencies, international organizations, and other donor governments on USAID policies and programs in West AfricaServed on month long temporary assignment at USAID Mission in Liberia to coordinate preparations for the 2008 Liberia Poverty Reduction Forum, a multi-donor conferenceReceived a USAID Special Act Award in 2008 for preparations for the Liberia Poverty Reduction Forum

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Advised Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) on foreign affairs, defense, homeland security, and government oversight policy and legislationMonitored and analyzed legislation; provided recommendations on Senate votes and recommendations to sponsor/co-sponsor legislation and sign-on letters; and staffed the Senator during high-level foreign policy meetings and eventsProvided expertise and analysis to Senator regarding the business of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on InvestigationsLiaised with government, constituent, and civil society representatives

Greater Atlanta Area

Started in Atlanta headquarters office and transferred to Washington DC officeLed the development and implementation of CARE’s avian influenza advocacy campaign, focusing on market forces and behavior change as a guide to bilateral donors, multilateral donors, and governmentsConducted research, analysis, and policy advocacy related to CARE’s work in Afghanistan and Haiti, and in cross-cutting international issues including HIV/AIDS, civil-military relations in the humanitarian sphere, international trade, counter-narcotics, and food aidRepresented CARE at public events relating to advocacy priorities

Greater Atlanta Area

Provided assistance to Georgia companies seeking entry into global markets through evaluating the company’s product, assessing market potential and identifying potential buyers and/or distributorsProduced briefings for the Governor, Department officials, state legislators and Georgia business leaders

Mie, Japan

Kumano Municipal Board of EducationKumano-shi, Mie-kenTaught English to Kindergarten through 9th grade students in 23 schools in rural townSpoke at events to promote international understanding and wrote speeches for city officialsTaught Italian language to students in preparation for summer exchange program

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Umpired baseball games in various leagues from youth to high school to men's adult leagues.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Greater Atlanta Area

Planned Governor Roy Barnes (D-GA)'s daily schedule in close coordinating with the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of StaffLiaised with constituents, legislators and public officials regarding scheduling requestsConducted research on public policy related to Governor’s schedule

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Worked for the Director of the Italian Studies Program in the Department of French and Italian. Maintained the Italian Studies Program website, assisted professors with course preparation, and assisted with planning of summer study abroad program in Italy.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Drafted ceremonial documents for the Governor’s signature including proclamations, commendations, and certificates of recognition; facilitated signing ceremonies with the Governor and community groups

M.S., International Affairs

B.A., Italian Studies

Study Abroad

Study Abroad. Rome, Italy. Fall 2000.

Education record