Justin Pitts Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

• Direct 12-person full-time staff, including communications, fundraising, and outreach strategy; coordinate consultants and vendors• Develop and cultivate relationships with partner organizations, donors, elected officials, community leaders and activists, and the DNC• Manage multi-million dollar budgets and steward the long-term financial health of the DPG• Direct state party participation in Coordinated Campaign for Warnock for Senate (2022), including planning and execution of 2022 State Convention• Execute the vision of the DPG Executive Board

Greater Atlanta Area

• Managed 140+ county committees, 11 caucuses and councils, and 300-member State Committee, including recordkeeping for certification• Managed DPG’s Democratic National Convention Delegate Selection process• Planned and conducted Georgia’s Electoral College meeting and vote submission, including security coordination and legal compliance• Planned all DPG meetings and trainings, including notification & promotion, agendas, credentials, and collateral, and worked with Operations and Communications staff on site planning, technology, accessibility, and officer talking points• Served as staff support for officers and standing committees, including Chair appointments, Caucus & Council support, and working with the Strategic Planning Committee and the Bylaws Committee on first revisions to the DPG Bylaws in over 12 years• Voter Activation Director, 2020 Coordinated Campaign for DPG & Biden-Harris (statewide); Organizing Director, 2018 Coordinated Runoff (statewide); Deputy Organizing Director, 2018 Coordinated Campaign: managed 4 Regional Organizing Directors, 33 Organizers, and 7 Regional Offices in Coordinated Campaign for DPG & Abrams for Governor

Greater Atlanta Area

• Achieved 3rd-place finish in 13-person field by designing and executing Campaign Plan, managing $1.1 million budget to coordinate direct mail, paid phones, television ads, and digital media, as well as managing Organizing, Communications, Fundraising, and Operations staff • Collaborated with advisors and pollster; utilized data to strategically plan targeting and sequencing of organizing operations and communications and to inform messaging and visual branding

Greater Atlanta Area

Designed Organizing Plan, establishing goals & benchmarks for volunteer recruitment, voter ID

Savannah, Georgia Area

• Managed organizers, interns, and 1,200 volunteers in 22 counties in southeast Georgia, devising strategic plans to achieve goals in campaign metrics; featured on ABC News Nightline• Built relationships with local elected officials, business leaders, interest groups, activists, and other stakeholders to get them invested in the programmatic goals of the campaign

Greater New York City Area

• Briefed CNS Director with analysis to prepare her for national media appearances• Managed participation in Metropolitan Resilience Network with academic, government entities• Coordinated group meetings and led intern researchers to study the cybersecurity of transportation infrastructure

Greater New York City Area

• Researched national security issues, including civil and human rights in counterterrorism• Managed comprehensive database of all terrorism cases since 9/11 for quantitative and qualitative analysis• Managed event logistics and prepared promotional materials for major national conferences

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Researched and composed Situational Review of priorities of ENNHRI members, NGOs, human rights bodies, and other stakeholders; wrote Member Survey for strategic planning• Met weekly with heads of ENNHRI members, NGOs, and human rights institutions• Managed logistics for international seminar on effects of austerity policies on human rights

Dublin, Ireland

• Researched legislation merging the Irish Human Rights Commission and Equality Authority• Drafted language for Amnesty International Ireland’s position on same-sex marriage in Ireland

Dublin, Ga

• Coordinated staff and volunteers statewide; planned 159-county tour of Georgia• Wrote and edited campaign literature, including ads, fundraising letters, and website copy• Maintained campaign schedule; spoke on candidate’s behalf at events

Greater New York City Area

• Instructed students in Global Studies; prepared students for Regents Exams in that subject• Created a positive classroom community, one that was student-centered, discussion-based, intellectually rigorous, and safe for all students• Designed and implemented curriculum for Legal Studies electives, including mock trials and debates• Served as faculty advisor for Moot Court/Mock Trial Team, Debate Team, and Gay-Straight Alliance

Greater Atlanta Area

• Wrote speeches delivered by Gov. Barnes• Prepared press releases and advisories that were distributed to media

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Law

Activities and Societies: Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic: LGBT Rights in Africa and Asia, Willem C. Vis International.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Activities and Societies: Demosthenian Literary Society