Lisa Benjamin Goodgame Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

I work with senior leadership of small and medium-sized non-profit organizations to develop creative communications strategies and programs to engage community members and other invested parties. Projects have included creating key organizational messaging and collateral, planning and managing public events, training spokespeople for media interviews and.

Austin, Texas, United States

• Initiated and implemented marketing and communications strategies to support the Center’s policy advocacy. Leveraging the Center’s data-driven thought leadership, I grew the online community over 100% and blog.
• Developed and delivered staff trainings to enhance communications skills across a broad range of media
• Wrote and/or edited full range of content, including policy briefs, op-eds, press releases, e-mail newsletters, and PR materials
• Collaborated on donor communications, including end-of-year giving campaign and Amplify Austin city-wide day of giving

Washington, DC/Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Served as U.S. Embassy Tashkent's Information Officer, coordinating embassy's public information services and external communications.Organized press conferences and network press interviews for high-level State Department officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.Prepared principals for press engagements with talking points, backgrounders.

Austin, Texas, United States

• After leading the strategic restructuring of the Austin ADL/JCRC Collaboration, I assumed the role as the first full-time Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council.
• Developed committee leadership to effectively represent organizations across the Austin Jewish community of nearly 20,000 people.
• Developed a positive community relations program with local and state elected officials, interfaith community, and community organizations.
• Served as chief organizational spokesperson on community and public affairs, and issues related to security.
• Organized and executed community engagement programs, including a summer speaker series.

Austin, Texas, United States

• Led the ADL/JCRC,Collaboration, which brought ADL programs and services to the 5-county Central Texas area.
• Planned 2 major fundraising events yielding nearly $700,000 in donations.
• Worked with local and national law enforcement to respond to incidents of racist extremism, leading to increased local awareness about active hate groups in the Greater Austin area.
• Doubled the number of schools earning ADL’s No Place for Hate designation.
• Testified at state legislature on proposed bills leading to the creation of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission in 2009.
• Frequent contributor to local media reporting on civil rights, hate crimes, and Israel issues.

Austin, Texas, United States

• Staffed and coordinated the programming of the ADL/JCRC.
• Planned annual dinner with more than 650 attendees, raising nearly $500,000 and increasing donations/attendance by more than 20% over prior year’s event.
• Directed local ADL Glass Leadership Institute, increasing community awareness of the depth and breadth of the ADL’s mission and goals while training future leaders.
• Organized and executed the JCRC’s Hot Talk: Summer in the City speaker series, including a 2008 Election Edition featuring local and national candidates.

B.A., Russian

Activities and Societies: Student Association--Vice-President, Senator, and First-Year Representative Voluntary Action Center--Program.

M.A., Art History/Museum Studies

Activities and Societies: Graduate internship at the Marion Koogler McNay art museum in San Antonio, TX; co-curated or assisted with.

M.A., Slavic Languages And Literature

Activities and Societies: Member, Graduate Student Government