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• Served on the DSCA Response Team in an operational crisis response, and planning capacity to ensure the proper policy and legal employment of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) resources to support civilian authorities.
• Worked with multiple interagency and state partners to formulate and refine policies, frameworks, and plans for responding to disasters including, but not limited to: extreme weather, earthquakes, floods, oil/chemical.
• Managed the logistics/transportation, energy, fuel/oil, cyber, and near-earth object and planetary impact response, and “other-topics” portfolios for formulating policy positions, and developed staff inputs and.
• Served as the cyber subject matter expert (SME) on the DSCA Team; participated in the planning of Cyber Guard, a USCYBERCOM exercise exploring DoD’s contribution to a Federal response to a domestic cyber-incident, and.
• SPECIAL PROJECT: Led the working-group that created new policy guidance on how DoD provides Defense Support to Cyber Incident Response (DSCIR). Managed the solicitation, receipt, and coordination of Department.

• Worked for 3 different offices within the DoD on a rotational basis: Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) for Legislative Affairs; OSD Policy; Department of the Navy, OPNAV Policy and Posture Branch.
• Office of the ASD for Legislative Affairs: Supported the Nuclear, Missile Defense, and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy offices; tracked and researched political conditions relevant to component activities.
• Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Force Development: Aided the Plans Action Officer for the US Pacific Command portfolio by reviewing and recommending input to plans; facilitated.
• OPNAV-N512, Strategy and Policy: Reviewed, edited, and coordinated revision of the Concept of Employment for the Joint High Speed Vessel; served as a member of the Strategic Laydown and Dispersal Team which plans for.

The Commonwealth Of Virginia

• Executed Organizing for America’s electoral and issue-based organizing plans for the State of Virginia.
• Managed and coached Regional Field Directors, ensuring they have the tools and skills necessary to successfully manage hundreds of community volunteers.
• Served as Deputy to the State Director in analyzing, planning, and coordinating field activities.
• Analyzed voter contact data to determine the impact of varied organizing strategies.

6th Congressional District Of Wisconsin

• Trained and supervised a staff of 13 Field Organizers and 2 Deputy Regional Field Directors, and managed the day-to-day operations of 6 field offices across a 150-mile region
• Responsible for over 200,000 voter targets and worked to increase Democratic turnout in traditionally Republican counties by 6%, contributing to a win for Barack Obama.
• Developed an organizing plan for and served as key liaison to local civic and political leaders and stakeholder groups.
• Planned and supervised high-profile surrogate events, including a highly-publicized march to the polls with Senator John Kerry.

Mitchell, SD; State College, PA, Woonsocket, RI

• Promoted from a volunteer, to a volunteer organizer, to Deputy Field Organizer, to Field Organizer.
• Recruited, trained, led, and coordinated teams of volunteers to conduct targeted voter contact activities.
• Organized and built crowds for large candidate and surrogate events.
• Scouted locations for, set up, and ran field offices in multiple states.

New Bedford, MA; Nashua NH

Mpp, International Relations

Radio Show: "Surf-Side Politics"

Ba, Political Science And Theater

Activities and Societies: Generic Theater Company, Mainstage Theater Company, Lambda Chi Alpha, GW Taekwondo.