Jordan Leonard Email and Phone Number

- Producer of Sound Off! MoPOP's 21 and under music showcase and mentoring program.- Mentoring, curating performance opportunities, offering artist consultations, and assisting with artist skill building for the Sound Off! Alumni network, which includes 8 artist cohorts dating back to SO! 18 participants.- Building and maintaining relationships with 100+ musicians & 50+ bands- Community building with PNW non-profits and music organizations to support PNW artists development.- Leader and organizer for the Youth Advisory Board. This board is composed of teens ages-15-18 would contribute to various MoPOP programs, such as the selection of participants at Sound Off!, the youth track of MoPOP's Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival (SFF SFF), and the curation of the Voicebox exhibit.- Led the transition from curating the Voicebox exhibit that explores the artists and musicians that make up Seattle's all ages scene to guiding YAB members through the process to design and execute their own programmatic projects with partnering MoPOP departments.- Partnering with Rain City Rock Camp to produce the Advance Music Program summer camp and showcase.-Mayoral appointed Seattle Music Commission Board member and member of the Youth and Community sub-committee.

Advising Seattle JazzED staff and board on recommended strategies to meet racial equity organizational goals.

• Contributed to PCC Community Relations Team & SER department in making the Puget Sound Business Journal's Largest Corporate Philanthropist List for 2020.• Managing and assisting south, west, and central store locations with neighborhood giving programs which includes: In-kind donations, Event sponsorship, Community grants, and Scrip program.• Performing evaluations, advising, and restructuring various giving programs across the Co-op.• Formulating and executing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy and training across PCC Co-op store and office staff teams.• Conducting 6 month to year long phase historical research, community outreach, and relationship management, for new PCC store locations. • Led the community outreach of the Central District store location in tandem with Community Relations Manager; connecting with 15 community organizations, hosting listening sessions with community, advising organization with community input to inform store operations and giving.• Worked with external parties and internal PCC teams to help connect and liaise opportunities for partnerships.

• Designed events and programs featuring the best musical artist on the planet such as Khalid and Dua Lipa.Developed comprehensive annual membership outreach and programming schedule, budgets, and timeline proposals that are responsive to regional culture and the Academy’s goals and values.• Develop precise membership goals and engagement strategies for each program and/or Chapter event.• Produce detailed proposals for membership recruitment.• Developing and implementing a multi-tiered strategic plan for new membership recruitment for Voting, Associate and Student members with an emphasis on diversity and inclusion of gender, ethnicity, genre, and age.• Developing and implementing a multi-tiered renewal and strategic retention plan for Voting, Associate, and Student members.• Developing membership outreach list with the Chapter Board to recruit 3-5 voting members each and track recruitment efforts throughout the term• Each month, provide a detailed Chapter membership recruitment report to Regional Director, and Member Services.• Provide support for members and prospects during the Awards period. Assist artists and labels with the submission process and Voting members during the voting process as needed.• Create outreach list and spreadsheet of potential members to serve on various craft and review committee’s to support the Awards process• Create outreach list and schedule for local Awards review committee’s• Together with the GRAMMY University representative, develop quarterly student membership strategies.• Provide logistical support for all Chapter board meetings, committee meetings, events and programs. Including but not limited to: invitations, venue booking, catering, furniture, and equipment rental, discussion outlines, speaker travel and accommodations, rider requests, A/V, and décor.• Worked in collaboration with the Marketing department to create engaging invitations and outreach materials for members via direct mail, email, and social media.

• Developing and Implementing methods to administer education programming• Managing the online registration system and program databases• Orchestrating the execution of simultaneously ocurring music programs • Developing contracts for rental spaces and leading contract negotiations • Managing arising issues with minimum preparation• Using teaching artists’ input to improve the coordination of their classes in context of Seattle JazzED’s mission

• Created and Developed grants for students and organizations to access music education• Provided recommendations on grant implementation based on Seattle JazzED policy and procedures• Analyze Financial data to prepare financial reports • Assisted in the creation and administration of website content and social media marketing• Built databases, spreadsheets, and managed various programs such as Microsoft Office Suite to track program data• Evaluated data, assessed program models and reported findings for program evaluations• Curated historical and cultural jazz specific content for various Seattle JazzED platforms, such as: educational workshops, social media communication, and outreach to communities of colors.

• Identified gaps of success within my caseload of 40 young men of color, predominately African, and Black American students At Madison Middle School• Assembled support for students by designing social/emotional/academic growth plans with their teachers and parents• Managed conflict between students and used them as learning opportunities • Solved student’s behavioral problems with various methods: mentoring them, random drop ins, tutoring, progress check ups, and athletic break outs

• Promoted 7 of IHeartMedia’s Seattle-Tacoma radio stations with pop, hip-hop, and alt rock formats.• Worked with Promotion Directors, on air talents, and managed teams of interns to execute promotional campaigns.

• Represented UNCF in the cultivation of positive relationships with CEOs, campaign coordinators and other community stakeholders from 5-10 local businesses.• Managed all video and media projects for UNCF’s 2015 Gala, which included directing 7 student commercials and the Portfolio Project 2014 program video.

•Assisted KEXP DJs like Cheryl Waters conduct their shows by researching history of approximately sixty music groups in a four hour show, average of 4 minutes per research topic.•Wrote insightful comments about music on KEXP’s online playlist, real time to their fast paced radio shows. •Executing multiple task including answering phones, and engaging with community members in studio and online for their music request.

• Bandleader, founder, and saxophonist of the Hip Hop, Jazz, and Funk Octave. • I organized practice and booked performances through out the LA county.• Performances the group has played range from Pitzer College’s Reggae Fest,40th Annual Kohoutek Music and Arts Festival to The University of Southern California radio station, KSXC's Live Show

• Fostered the direction of the jazz program by creating an aesthetic and culturally conscious standard of programming.• Worked with and coordinated over 300 volunteers to services a global audience online and a local audience of 11.2 million people in LA County.• Utilized my knowledge of jazz history to diversify and expand the stations library.• Hosted and curated of a 2 hour jazz show named Titan’s Breathe: Sounds of Jazz.

•Responded to technical problems and crisis. Operated, soundboards, lighting, classroom electronics and set up sound systems for the Pitzer College community. •Managed a collection of over 5,000 films and various sound and visual equipment. •Filmed guest lectures’ talks hosted by the Claremont Colleges, and produced the films for different departments within the Colleges.

• Aided the Assistant Curator by researching local history, attaining artifacts, developing exhibit narratives, and interviewing community members and conceptualized monthly events related to the Pitch Black exhibit.• A primary assistant in the creation of an exhibit seen andvisited by thousands in the Northwest region of the U.S.A