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Detroit, Mi, Us

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Creating strategy for economic development in Michigan's largest county, with 43 distinct communities and 1.8M residents.Managing leadership across four business units—Community Development, Economic Vitality, Sustainability and Innovation, and the Wayne County Land Bank.Reinventing Wayne County's approach to affordable and workforce housing.

Served as Founding Director after having guided the organization as a volunteer for 8 yearsManage our three program areas of housing development, economic development, and community organizing, as well as hold administrative and development functionsRepresent the organization publicly to local residents, media, investors, politicians, and other stakeholdersTo date, DREAM has mobilized $4 million dollars, activated more than 700 volunteers, trained 120 aspiring entrepreneurs, and is currently creating one of Detroit's first community land trusts. We hold partnerships across the city and have attained local and national media coverage of our work.

Built MoveOn's Member Experience Department, a new $5 million, 12-person division housing our Product, Mobile, and Email Experience teamsIn 2020, oversaw a mobilization program that contacted more than 20 million voters and a mobile fundraising program that generated $15 million in lifetime valueContinued to serve as a senior strategist on all major campaigns and member of the Senior Management TeamProvided leadership in the execution of the organization's equity roadmap, and mentorship and support to other people of color on staff

Created MoveOn's Mobile Team, which transformed our campaigning model as previous communications avenues became more saturated and less powerfulBuilt capacity to reach up to 7 million members in 3 hours using broadcast texting, volunteer-driven peer-to-peer texting, and messaging platforms Managed MoveOn's development of Spoke, an open-source peer-to-peer texting platform used by U.S. presidential candidates, international unions, and grassroots organizations

Using a range of technology, media, and organizing tools, I lead campaigns that changed the national conversation on issues ranging from health care access, to war and diplomacy, to racial justiceWorked in national and state-based coalitions, representing our millions of membersSupported federal and down-ballot candidates with fundraising and volunteer mobilization

Greater Chicago Area

Served as lead online organizer for several constituency and affinity programs, including African Americans, People of Faith, and Environmentalists for ObamaManaged projects across several teams including email, development, design, video and fieldProduced regular content for three blogs and two Facebook accounts, generating over 50,000 new fans in first three months

Created the organization's first-ever crisis communications planImplemented a new website design and content management system, along with consolidating supporter data into a new constituent relationship management systemStrategized and implemented two month-long fundraising campaigns that generated nearly 10% of the annual budgetDeveloped strategy to bolster social media presence and enhance donor cultivation through email and database management

Managed a $500K civic engagement initiative in partnership with the Chicago Community Trust and engaging the Chicago Mayor’s OfficeLed publicity and outreach for a $400K festival, including administration of a team generating over 15,000 attendees and coordination of over 300 day-of staff and volunteers

Founded web design/development firm in 2004 at the age of sixteenSecured clients and managed projects, including ascertaining scope, budget and human resourcesDeveloped over 40 sites for small-mid sized organizations and businesses using HTML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Flash and WordPress, Joomla, Drupal

Served as Assistant Regional Vice President, second ranking officer in 12 states and two countriesManaged regional program for college membership including retreats, professional development seminars and conventions

Developed technical architecture for internal team (Human Capital and Diversity)Executed operations for a team of 30 individuals and 6 sub-teams in conjunction with the Program Management Office

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science, African-American Studies

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. - Regional Assist. Vice President, member National Board of Directors Alpha Phi.

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