Maria Zecca Email and Phone Number

- Runs program of NYL agents who serve as ambassadors of government affairs office. Onboards, maintains relationships with, and tracks goals for 120 agents. - Facilitates virtual trainings for agent advocates and prepares talking points and fact sheets for over 100 annual meetings with Congressional offices.- Maintains and analyzes data and metrics in Quorum/Cision GR on daily basis to track successes, direct team strategy, and communicate progress to team leaders.- Leads planning and content strategy for 2-5 mid-sized conferences and events per year with goal of networking and advocating on major legislative issues with key Congressional targets. Planning includes managing all event logistics, coordinating vendor contracts, developing presentation content, selecting speakers, and creating post-event surveys.- Communicates with and maintains relationships with political fundraisers, delivering financial pledge information and liasing for NYL lobbyists.- Serves as relationship manager for corporate sponsorship with The Kennedy Center, facilitating events for team engagement and networking.- Manages all data related to congressional campaign contributions totaling over $1m for a top-20 corporate PAC.

- Managed team’s daily calendars and scheduled internal and external meetings, planned travel, submitted expenses, and served as office manager.- Planned semi-annual departmental retreats for 20 people, organized team-building events and negotiated banquet contracts with hotels and restaurants.- Handled all intradepartmental communication on behalf of Senior Vice President.

Maria develops recipes, publishes photos, and writes articles on Italian cuisine. She leads private cooking lessons and wine tastings throughout Northern Virginia. She also handles all social media marketing (including a TikTok with 150k+ views) and promoting content on Instagram.

Assisted clients with choosing from a curated selection specializing in Old World Wines. Worked with English and Italian clients and distributors with everyday selections and events. Regularly spoke Italian with founder/owner.

Wrote weekly press releases and created social media postings regarding Italian-American cultural and political events, local Italian restaurants, and relevant Italian news in the D.C. Metro Area.

-Worked with customers on design projects at an upscale boutique-Coordinated social media postings -Managed self-developed inventory maintenance system of over 500 fabrics-Independently managed online sales and marketing on Etsy

- Worked with team to manage and prioritize 600+ reservations per night- Interacted with guests and maintained customer service standards

- Assisted a political science professor with exploring sustainable agricultural solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa- Compiled weekly research on biodiversity, agricultural economics, and human rights in Malawi, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa- Explored topics including genetic modification laws in the United Nations and the European Union- Facilitated plans for academic travel, a university program in which students travel and learn outside of Switzerland for two weeks each semester

- Independently researched world affairs and aggregated articles for daily homepage content- Compiled original content using media databases to search for images and visual media- Edited weekly blog posts- Used MailChimp to create daily newsletters- Updated social media content to share news reports and articles via Hootsuite- Facilitated a fellowship program and coordinated meetings with officials from The Pentagon, ThinkTanks, and the NSA/CIA (September 2017)