Responsible for programming and panels, working with the programming board. We are an annual film festival with documentaries, movies, workshops, interviews and networking about fraud and the fight against it.

The RIAS is a graduate school, library, research and conference center for the study of US history and transatlantic relations in the modern era. Prachtig onderzoeksinstituut voor Amerikaanse geschiedenis, cultuur en politie, in de traditie van de Rooseveltian century. Verheugd dat ik me er. voor mag inzetten.

Being Frank is me, Laila Frank. Campaigns & politics in the USA are my specialty. As a free lance journalist I bring 14 years of experience as a campaign manager, political strategist and chief of staff to my stories. As a public speaker and teacher I focus on campaigns, politics and the USA. I lived in Philadelphia and LA, traveled the States extensively and divide my time in 2020 between the States and the Netherlands. I regularly contribute to De Groene Amsterdammer and several national radio and tv outlets.Being Frank can also be hired for consultancy and project management. When things get messy and politically complicated or when there are many stakeholders involved I like to jump in. My client base is non profit, government or corporate with a serious social impact.

As an independent political advisor at Being Frank, I work with Simons van de Wiel.We train, support and consult politicians, political parties and fractions in every aspect of their profession. We also train civil servants and government officials in working in a political environment.

Responsible for developing and executing a Get Out the Vote campaign for the city of Amsterdam; aiming at growth in turn out for municipal elections. The campaign was assigned by the city council and executed under the political responsibility of Mayor Eberhard van der Laan.

Project manager for developing and implementing policy and a network for the city of Amsterdam on social traveling based on the principles of the sharing economy (renting out apartments through platforms like airbnb). With the implementation and the ongoing development of the policy, Amsterdam became a pioneer on the field of sharing economy.

Trained in strategy, management and day to day organization of political goals and ambitions, lobbying, framing and political marketing. First advisor and trustee to the deputy mayor.All round campaigner, with experience in the Obama campaign (2012), Bob Casey for Senate (Philadelphia 2012) and Asscher for Amsterdam (Labour party, municipal elections 2010)

Executing Get Out The Vote strategy in North West Philadelphia

Responsible for the development and management of public campaigns for severalMinistries.

Development and execution of news strategies, gaining free publicity for organizations. Clients: Sara Lee, PepsiCO, UPC and several Dutch corporate organizations.

Traineeship at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom RelationsWorking on several policy issues regarding Kingdom Relations as a junior staff member

Goal; gain as much free publicity as possible. Result; broadened the scope from newspapersto magazines and diversified target groups, reaching a 15% increase in media value over aperiod of 6 months.