Nicholas Lucas Email & Phone Number

• Manage the planning, commissioning, editing, and publication of 10-15 legal research papers per year.
• Spearhead institutional culture initiatives as the ILR representative to the Chamber’s “Shared Purpose Committee.” The Committee creates and disseminates procedures that reinforce the Chamber’s Shared Purpose values of.
• Lead ILR’s efforts to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) tools into applicable work processes, with the goal of increasing efficiencies and creating new value streams.
• Co-founded the U.S. Chamber’s AI Community of Practice in April of 2024 and continue to serve as chair under the supervision of the Chamber’s Chief Information Officer.
• Supervise ILR’s data analytics work, which includes identifying, acquiring, and analyzing a wide variety of datasets to produce reports for senior legal officers at Fortune 500 companies and regional chambers of.
• Act as final reviewer for a wide range of internal Chamber memos and external member company correspondence.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Worked closely with internal and external teams of attorneys and economists to edit and publish 10-15 legal research papers per year.
• Led a cross-divisional effort to redesign ILR’s research products to align with an organization-wide rebranding initiative. Partnered with the U.S. Chamber’s Creative team, an outside graphic designer, and ILR.
• Oversaw the day-to-day operations of ILR’s message testing program, including national survey and focus group projects.
• Acted as final reviewer for a wide range of internal Chamber memos and external member company correspondence.

• Worked closely with internal and external teams of attorneys and economists to edit and publish 10-15 legal research papers per year.
• Took on primary responsibility for assembling and editing ILR’s semiannual Board and Member Representatives reporting materials.
• Drafted blog posts, press releases, and op-eds to be released under ILR staff bylines.
• Served as lead speechwriter to two former ILR presidents, composing dozens of speeches and presentations aimed at a wide array of audiences, including Fortune 500 executives, international business leaders, and foreign.
• Assisted ILR’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Publications in designing and executing focus groups and national surveys, including projects that involved traveling to different communities across.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Proofed ILR’s research products, public communications, and member communications before release.
• Served as liaison between ILR’s communications and research teams, to ensure research findings were communicated accurately and effectively to media and member companies.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Provided direct consultation to executive leadership for best practices in faculty retention, performance evaluation, and marketing for nearly 100 K-12 independent school clients-Simultaneously managed core aspects of four syndicated research projects, including white paper creation, presentation composition, speech writing, and literature review-Provided.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Led outreach campaign targeting over 50 energy industry CEOs for the 2016 US-Caribbean-Central American Energy Summit, achieving over 90% attendance rate for targets-Liaised between multiple internal offices to compile energy infrastructure profiles for 28 Latin American countries-Analyzed open source data and industry publications to create briefings and.

Paris Area, France

- Performed bi-lingual qualitative and quantitative research to identify, formulate and disseminate key news stories in European affairs.- Provided English and French editing services to co-workers for both content and style.- Collaborated with the full 27etc team to increase the journal’s visibility and readership.

Asheville, North Carolina Area

- Engaged in persuasive communications with constituents.- Tracked and updated constituent information through the NGP VAN outreach tool.- Performed a coordinating role for a number of campaign outreach and fundraising events.- Helped to achieve the election of Brian Turner as Representative for NC District 116.

Asheville, North Carolina Area

- Raised donations from hundreds of alumni to support university programming.- Performed investigative research to re-establish connections with dozens of student contacts.- Achieved a position in the top third of caller fundraising totals in Spring 2014.

Asheville, North Carolina Area

- Provided data gathering, content analysis, and message consulting services to advocates and speakers working towards the expansion of Medicaid eligibility in North Carolina. - Monitored multiple regional media markets for news and opinion pieces related to Committee work.- Presented the results of above-mentioned monitoring as bi-weekly media digest.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), European Affairs, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: President: The Benjamin Franklin Society. October 2014 - December 2015. Vice President of Communications: Master.

Double Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science / French Language, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Co-Founder and President: The UNC Asheville Botanical Society. Fall 2010 - Spring 2014. Board Member: UNC.