Kara Segal Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Partnered with organization leadership (including Inequality Media Founder and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich) to guide the organization in a range of roles including advisor, manager, policy specialist, and special projects lead. I focused on designing and implementing systems to help the organization run more strategically and efficiently:• Designed and facilitated strategic content planning process rooted in organizational goals• Provided day-to-day guidance on communicating nuanced public policy issues to the public• Initiated program improvements, including analyzing content performance data, increasing data visualization, and developing an editorial planning calendar• Spearheaded professional development programming for the staff on issues including managing different working styles and mitigating implicit bias• Created and implemented systems to streamline operations and compliance related to invoicing, hiring, legal compliance, board management, and contractor management• Wrote grant reports, connected with funders, and launched stock donations process• Advised on and managed strategy for a newsletter on politics and the economy, overseeing growth from launch to becoming a top-ranked publication

• Berkeley Institute for Young Americans – Researching generational differences in perceptions of government and voting behavior; analyzing the connection between student loan debt and wealth-building• New York City Office of Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives – Partnered with City agencies to support employee-ownership as a small business resilience strategy during and post-pandemic• NYC Network of Worker Co-operatives – Researched and developed program and policy recommendations for connecting worker co-ops to M/WBE certification and procurement opportunities; Designed a capacity-building program for high-potential worker co-ops• Resistance Labs – Designed and facilitated professional development programming, including intensive one-on-one coaching for senior employees and multiple team-wide workshops; Developed interactive trainings on key organizational procedures and skills• Sunrise Movement – Created a progressive employee handbook

San Francisco Bay Area

• Designed quasi-experimental research to evaluate the effect of income-driven student loan repayment plans on borrowers’ financial well-being• Documented key student loan history and policy to facilitate data analysis, created a program to calculate loan interest rates, and defined a logic to distinguish federal and non-federal student loans

San Francisco Bay Area

• Wrote a paper evaluating the state of student loan debt and proposed a more equitable redesign of the federal Student Loan Interest Deduction• Wrote a policy brief analyzing the distribution and effectiveness of the California Renter’s Credit at reducing rent burden and modeling alternative approaches to credit design • Developed a database of information on California tax expenditures from 2002 to present to understand trends in spending and policy purpose • Conducted research on the economics of tax expenditures and existing evaluations of state-level personal, corporate, and sales tax expenditures

San Francisco Bay Area

• Professor Robert Reich, Goldman School of Public Policy: (1) “Wealth and Poverty”, Spring 2020 – Managed a team of 14 graduate student instructors, led a pedagogy course, taught 25 undergraduate students; (2) “The Political Economy of Inequality”, Fall 2019 – Taught 32 graduate students in two sections and managed course operations; (3) “Wealth and Poverty”, Spring 2019 – Taught two sections with 60 students total• Professor Jennifer Terry, History Department: (4) “California, the West & the World”, Fall 2018 – Assessed 65 students

Berkeley, California, United States

• Wrote a report evaluating California’s Assisted Living Waiver used in organization advocacy• Conducted a geographic analysis identifying gaps between current service provision and potential target beneficiaries

Greater New York City Area

Led a program management team overseeing seven small business assistance programs and consulting internally on education development projects. Portfolio includes Immigrant Business Initiative, Legal Assistance programs, and Business Education programs.Immigrant Business Initiative - • Led a public-private partnership to build capacity for six community organizations to provide education and technical assistance to 1000+ immigrant entrepreneurs annually• Launched a marketing campaign to connect immigrant businesses to City services• Supervised the creation of a business startup toolkit tailored towards immigrant communities• Partnered to launch an education program for small corner stores businessesSmall Business Legal Assistance -• Designed and supervised roll out of new commercial lease assistance program• Supervised development of commercial lease education program and guide for small businessesSmall Business Education - as described below

Greater New York City Area

• Managed a small business education program with 50+ instructors serving 6500+ entrepreneurs annually• Re-designed the program to align with best practices and to receive ongoing evaluation• Launched strategic partnerships citywide, including an initiative with NYC’s libraries to deliver business education to Limited English Proficient immigrants• Established strategy, goals and budget based on agency priorities and historical performance • Oversaw seven program coordinators to achieve goals, improve operations and define policies• Consulted eight internal teams on educational program and content design

Greater New York City Area

Coached GMAT, GRE, SAT, ACT, SHSAT, SSAT, Global History and effective test taking skills

Greater New York City Area

• Managed relationships with 25+ community-based organizations, non-profits, and schools• Created systems to manage operations for 50+ courses, 1200+ students, 70+ employees

Greater New York City Area

The Coro Fellowship is a competitive, graduate level program which trains professionals for ethical and practical leadership in the private and public sector organizations. Placements included: New York City Council, Capalino + Company, NYC Human Resources Administration, Domestic Workers United, The Moody’s Foundation, and the United Federation of Teachers.The Moody’s Foundation Fellow 2014 - Named a distinguished Coro Fellow by The Moody’s Foundation for exceptional promise.

Hoboken, Nj

• Designed and facilitated a social justice and community activism program for 50 students• Educated about social movement history and frameworks to understand political power• Collaborated with a team of five educators to improve and grow the Without Walls program

Greater Los Angeles Area

Managed leadership team and 20+ staff members, supervised design and implementation of daily programming, and tracked the camp budgetGenerated and implemented a camp roll out work plan, including a two week staff trainingEnvisioned and planned an educational curriculum and a resource book with a focus on social justice

Providence, Rhode Island Area

Hired, trained, and evaluated the team of supervisors; organized, staffed, and supervised workersMediated the relationship between the workers in my unit and the overall organization

Master Of Public Policy

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Education Studies

Urban Education Semester

High School Diploma