Maggie White, Mpa Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, California, United States

Sacramento, California Area

• Serve as an advocate for the largest public four-year system of higher education in the country, engaging directly with legislative staff and elected officials in the state capitol on issues relevant to the system.• Respond to all state legislation related to: affordability, basic needs, childcare, digital divide, disabled student services, financial aid, foster youth, mental health, student health centers, student tracking/data/privacy, and Title IX among other issue areas.• Lead internal bill assessment process for approximately 2,500 bills per year. • Provide analysis of state legislation, craft bill position correspondence and fiscal estimates, and assess the impact of proposed regulations and budget allocations on the CSU.• Support the team’s communications work and assist in the development of advocacy strategies, including budget advocacy.

Sacramento, California Area

• Research, track, and analyze policy issues and legislation• Write position letters for legislative committee hearings• Develop strategies to advise the CSSA Board of Directors• Collaborate with staff to produce research reports and briefs• Serve as co-advisor to the CSSA Legislative Affairs Committee• Support campaign efforts and legislative initatives • Design a civic engagement campaign, advise the CSSA Civic Engagement Officers, and assess the success of the campaign• Develop, execute, and assess the annual California Higher Education Student Summit conference

• Served as the external representative of the organization to the media, legislators, and the public • Collaborated with the Executive Director in overseeing day-to-day operations of the organization and the implementation of governing board policies and directives• Chaired the Executive Cabinet, Personnel Committee, and Audit Committee and acted as a voting member of each• Represented CSSA at CSU Board of Trustees meetings and spoke as its official representative • Coordinated the selection, training, and reporting of all appointed, voluntary representatives of CSSA

Patterson, California

• Responsible for making fiscal projections for the department's annual budget, in conjunction with the senior administrative manager. • Organized large public events in partnership with the public school system in which department staff worked with local schoolchildren to teach them about recycling, water conservation, and urban forestry.• Developed presentations for groups such as the Patterson City Council, local historical society, and the department's senior administrators.• General administrative tasks including writing letters to be sent out to large numbers of city residents, communicating directly with residents, and running stakeholder meetings for events throughout the year.• Grant research to increase the department's educational outreach to the community and specifically to schoolchildren.

Long Beach, California, United States

• Appointed by Governor Brown to represent the needs and interests of all 475,000 CSU students in the system’s highest governing body• Served as the vice chair of the Government Relations Committee, and as a voting member of the Committee on Committees, Institutional Advancement, Education Policy, and Campus Planning, Building, and Grounds Committees• Served on presidential hiring committees to select, interview, and ultimately hire university presidents at five CSU campuses• Collaborated with the California State Student Association to inform students of proposed policy changes and to promote legislation beneficial to students in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.

Turlock, Ca

• Represented CSU Stanislaus at the local, state, and federal levels • Served as direct link between all elected officials and the Associated Students of CSU Stanislaus• Chaired the student lobby corps, which advocated in our district and in Sacramento for a $101 million budget increase for the CSU system • Coordinated voter registration and voter education activities, working with CALPIRG and the office of the Secretary of State• Represented the Associated Students with verbal reports at local city council meetings on a biweekly basis

Turlock, California

• Worked with a team to organize educational community events for 6,800 residents • Wrote the weekly Housing & Residential Life newsletter, distributed to over 1,400 readers• Utilized a variety of computer programs, including Microsoft Excel, to document events and expenses

Modesto, California Area

• Collaborated with a large team to serve the public efficiently and create lifetime customers • Utilized advanced knowledge of menu options to inform customers of nutritional values • Responsible for handling cash, maintaining machines, cleaning the store, and training new crew members

Modesto, California

• Reported on teen-centric events, programs, and news in the Central Valley• Interviewed students, business owners, and organization directors to inform readers of opportunities and local issues of interest• Collaborated with a team to produce high-impact, ongoing reports on issues such as crime in the area

Master’S Degree, Public Administration

This program emphasizes providing excellent public service through regional and local government entities, meeting the needs of government.

Panetta Institute For Public Policy

Bachelor’S Degree, Communication Studies, 3.8 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Lambda Pi EtaI chose to focus on relational and organizational methods of communication due to my interest.

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Communication Studies, Speech Communication

Graduated with honors, earning an A.A. in Speech Communication and an A.A. for Transfer in Communication Studies.

High School Degree

Graduated with honors and 40+ completed college credits from Modesto Junior College through dual enrollment.