Josh Rinaldi Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, US

Serve as the right hand to the President of Mercy Housing Mountain Plains, overseeing financial management, budgeting, and long-term forecasting to support affordable housing developments across a 7-state region that stretches from Arizona to Missouri. Build relationships with partners in the field and provide policy-based advocacy on issues critical to.

Denver, Colorado, US

Manage the organization's now $71M annual budget and forecasting, project manage the implementation of NetSuite Planning and Budgeting software, monitor key performance indicators and other metrics, govern PPRM's financial compliance measures.

Denver, Colorado, US

Manage the organization's $50 million budget, monitor investments, project cash flow, work with operations and medical services to identify improvement opportunities, perform financial analysis and assist cost center managers with their financial data and inquiries.

Portland, Oregon, US

• Analyzed current revenue trends and contracts to forecast upcoming funding resources and prepared reports and research to support managerial decision making
• Conducted comprehensive research and data analysis in order to make recommendations regarding the organization’s financial outlook and process improvements
• Managed financial interns

Portland, Oregon, US

• Conduct financial, statistical, and analytical studies; and design, develop and utilize financial monitoring tools under the general direction of the Chief Financial Officer
• Analyze historical revenue data with regards to current trends to estimate reimbursement rates to forecast revenue for the annual budget
• Utilized an activity-based costing method to determine the total cost to the affiliate of providing a variety of medical procedures, which was used to increase the operating efficiency of the organization

Brooklyn, New York, US

• Conducted cost-benefit, fiscal impact, cost, and budget analyses of criminal justice policies using appropriate analytic methods
• Analytical lead for the cost-benefit analysis portion of a collaborative, mixed-methods National Institute of Justice research study examining the effectiveness of the reform of New York State’s Rockefeller Drug Laws.
• Calculated marginal costs of criminal and juvenile justice resources to conduct a 5-year fiscal impact analysis of raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction in New York
• Designed and distributed a survey of expenses to jail administrators and collated, quality checked, and analyzed responses to identify the total cost of local incarceration inside and outside of jail budgets
• Provided technical assistance to government partners in the city of Denver, the Kent (WA) Police Department, and the New Mexico Department of Public Safety to build their capacity for evaluation and economic analysis
• Surveyed all 50 state prison systems (with 100-percent response) to identify health care spending over a 5-year period for Pew’s State Prison Health Care Spending publication and developed quality assurance protocols.

Englewood, Colorado, US

• Led one of the largest and most successful Toastmasters clubs in New York City.
• Facilitated weekly club meetings to improve members' public speaking and leadership skills to lead to personal growth
• Set club budget by forecasting annual revenues and expenses based on historical trends
• Gave presentations to outside groups on tips and tricks for improving their public speaking skills
• A passionate speaker, I was awarded Toastmasters International’s Competent Communicator and Competent Leadership awards in 2013 and its Advanced Communicator Bronze award in 2014.New York Toastmasters is a chapter of.

Englewood, Colorado, US

• Led a membership drive so successful we had to institute a waitlist for new members to join the club.
• Mentored three new membersNew York Toastmasters is a chapter of Toastmasters International, a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills.

New York, NY, US

• Wrote clear, concise memos on issues such as reforming personal income tax and expanding bike paths based on my legislative analysis and research
• Worked with city legislative aides, high-level government officials, and a wide variety of stakeholders on the council member’s behalf
• Temporarily served as the council member’s press secretary. Duties included updating the council member’s social media feeds, writing press releases and contacting news agencies

New York, New York, US

• Researched economic policies and trends within the Union Square neighborhood of New York City
• Tracked vacant storefronts in the district and created maps of the vacancies using both ArcGIS and online Geocoding software
• Researched, recommended, and implemented a grant program to help local businesses improve energy efficiency in order to green the district.

Long Island City, NY, US

Researched international best practices and surveyed lawmakers to determine how best to advocate in New York State government for Feed-in Tariffs, a method of encouraging small-scale, decentralized solar power on the behalf of the not-for-profit Solar One.

New York, NY, US

Provided guidance and support to students working in policy analysis teams that examined issues on behalf of New York City Agencies and non-profits.

• Covered the government and community of Hamilton, Ohio by interviewing, requesting documents, analyzing budgets, and building relationships.
• Garnered recognition from the Associated Press Society of Ohio for an investigation into city overtime pay, which required substantial budgetary analysis.

Yardley, PA, US

• Provided timely reports on economic development, county government, and public interests
• Covered the construction of an overdue country jail, which yielded experience with government bureaucracy, project implementation woes, and public opinion

Cincinnati, OH, US

Served as Editor in Chief of the student newspaper at the University of Cincinnati for the 2003-2004 academic year. Over the years, I additionally served as:Managing Editor (2002-2003)Branch Campus Page Editor (2001-2002)Graphic Designer/Senior Reporter/Columnist (2004-2006)

M.S., Policy Analysis And Management

B.A., Double Major: Political Science And Journalism