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Portland, Me, Us

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As Government Relations and Operations Manager at Zillow, I spearheaded strategic initiatives that enhanced transparency and effectiveness of a growing Government Relations team. I developed and implemented decision-making frameworks that empowered senior leadership to make more informed choices, driving organizational impact and increased political engagement. A key highlight of my tenure was championing an internal advocacy campaign that saved Zillow's ZTRAX database from decommissioning, securing a $100,000+ cost reduction, and fostering partnerships with over 300 government, non-profit, and academic entities, leading to the successful 2025 relaunch.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Recruited to build and launch Zillow’s first-ever Political Action Committees (ZG PAC and ZG NY State PAC), developing all governance materials and managing compliance and legal documentation and vendors. Led user experience upgrades for disbursement efficiency and legal compliance and served as the SME for all inquiries and crisis communications, while drafting all PAC fundraising and education communications.Exceeded $1M in total receipts for ZG PAC and ZG NY State PAC within three years, driving a 5% increase in participation and a 30% boost in recurring payroll in Q2 2024. Positioned the PAC for a year-over-year doubling of receipts by 2025, all with a fully remote workforce.Drafted and launched Zillow's first Time Off to Vote benefit and internal poll worker recruitment campaign, collaborating with Social Impact, HR, Legal, and Communications teams. Facilitated integration of a voter registration tool into the rental product, highlighted in a NYT Civic Alliance partnership.Initiated and compiled Zillow’s Political Engagement Report covering Zillow’s advocacy goals and strategy, political spending considerations and disclosures, trade association and social welfare organizations membership, corporate governance, and comprehensive annual spending data. Assisted investor relations in successfully resolving a major advocate investor inquiry and prevented Board of Directors involvement and vote by previewing report with investors prior to publication. Presented results to the Board of Directors subcommittee. Received Tier 1 Score from CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure & Accountability.Revamped all ZG PAC collateral and crisis communications to better address political risk and spending inquiries, supporting legal, HR, and communications teams. Served as the SME for internal and external discussions, successfully mitigating 100% of employee threats through direct engagement.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Consistently solicited senior leaders for new and increased PAC contributions by identifying existing internal events and creating new opportunities for multiple touch points and relationship building. Responsible for creating the yearly Operating Committee presentation. Updated traditional slides to include better growth metrics, data visualization and regional targeting strategy. Created multiple targeted fundraising campaigns for lower dollar donations with a focus on participation and retention. Launched Get Out The Vote campaign partnership with NextGen Business Resource Group (BRG) featuring branded “I voted” stickers to share employee selfies on JPMC employees’ mobile app INK. Instituted first debt retirement contribution strategy coordinating with both Public Affairs and Government Relations to target key stakeholders with early support. Launched annual email fundraising campaign to over 75,000 employees within two months of being hired including CEO and leadership communications. Created new branding materials, more efficient budget operations and identified and worked with Global Political Law to eliminate outdated internal legal and HR restrictions. Analyzed current PAC operating budget, eliminating outdated services by $60k/year in order to create operational improvements, better website functionality and user experience and invest in innovative marketing tools and collateral. Developed relationships with internal communications department to revamp marketing collateral, website, and overall messaging as part of the JPMC brand.Board Member, National Association of Business PACs. Providing and creating learning, networking and industry benchmarking for Corporate and Association PAC professionals.

Washington, District Of Columbia

Member of the winning team for Georgetown's Opening Business Residency which featured multiple teams representing telecommunication companies across the globe. Teams were given the goal of providing analysis and strategy recommendations to negotiate a stronger market saturation and a sustainable presence in the industry. Completed the Georgetown Startup & Innovation Residency focusing on customer development and adoption of personal fitness apps and games. We created and refined a customer survey to show potential investors insights about market entry and customer preferences. Organized the first annual Georgetown Executive MBA Flag Football game to promote and create new traditions, future networking opportunities and stronger alumni relationships among Executive MBA students. Participated in the International Business Residency in Seoul, South Korea where my team consulted with Costco Korea on how to increase, implement and understand the importance of Data Mining for promotions and membership retention. Working directly with Marketing, Buying and IT, we created a plan to move forward and embrace a strong data mining operation. Completed the final Global Capstone Project, coordinating research interviews in DC, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne along with Renewable Energy Project site visits. Our Team, explored renewable energy investment in Australia, to evaluate and understand the components and stakeholders of the value chain and identify the barriers that impede widespread adoption of RE initiatives, in order to create a sustainable model that can be replicated on a global scale. Using my political government background, my team role focused on how government entities are promoting the adoption of Renewable Energy initiatives through trade, policy and stakeholder management.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As a new Director, I immediately focused on where to improve efficiency within PAC operations and how to expand our donor base outside of Wealth Management. Through lean practice application we reduced lag time from compliance approval of G37 requests for check disbursement and instituted other operational improvements. Through targeted email solicitations, calls and research, we increased participation created an educational toolkit outreach campaign to expand awareness of the PAC throughout UBS and across all business groups. Consistently increased PAC participation by driving growth in low dollar donations during the 2018 firm wide email solicitation campaign and increased cycle payroll receipts by over $200,000.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I hit the ground running at UBS the day after President Obama's second inauguration in January 2013. Within the first quarter of 2013 we created new UBS PAC materials, solidified new PAC offerings along distinct giving levels and increased receipts by over 30%. I attended multiple UBS events across the country to raise funds for the PAC and to introduce our new PAConnect benefits to UBS employees, all the while following the strict FEC laws to keep the UBS PAC compliant and running smoothly. Throughout the next four years we increased receipts almost 70% and continually presented growing numbers to the UBS PAC Board of Directors every quarter.

Tracked and communicated key legislation and press pertinent to Firm's clients on issues regarding intellectual property, infrastructure, technology, data privacy and cyber security. Covered related hearings and industry events directly for clients and principles represetnting the entertainment, video game, music, and financial services industries. Managed firm wide fundraising for over 30 Senate and House Democratic campaigns.

Newark, Delaware

Office of Congressman Russ Carnahan

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science