Nelson Bunn Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Accountable for leading a staff of 23 people with four direct reports, including onsite and remote employees. Set the strategy and vision for a national organization as well as day to day operational management..
• Manage new grant submissions and grant deliverables as part of the business development side of the association.
• Doubled federal grant awards each year for three consecutive fiscal years, totaling more than $8M.
• Represent and advocate on behalf of 5,000+ Association members before Congress, federal agencies, and the White House.
• Develop and maintain key partner relationships within the criminal justice space to strategically build coalitions to execute priorities and goals.
• Represent the association for panel discussions, media interviews and at other public speaking engagements.

Arlington, VA

• Represent and advocate on behalf of 5,000+ Association members before Congress, federal agencies, and the White House.
• Develop and maintain key partner relationships within the criminal justice space to strategically build coalitions to execute priorities and goals.
• Led coalition over a multi-year effort to contribute and influence the passage of the FIRST STEP ACT, the largest criminal justice reform legislation at the federal level, signed at the White House.
• Craft key communications including press releases, memos to membership, congressional testimony, and media interviews.
• Represent the association for panel discussions, media interviews and at other public speaking engagements.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Responsible for providing government relations services to corporate and non-profit clients, mostly law enforcement organizations, including federal agencies, the Senate and House of Representatives, and the White.
• Developed annual strategic plans and goals for 5 national clients.
• Advocated for policy positions to develop and amend federal legislation resulting in congressional hearings, markups, and passage of new laws.
• Developed, edited, and distributed dozens of policy position papers on behalf of clients, to the Federal Government, including Congress.
• Created open lines of communication between the law enforcement community and leading civil rights and justice reform advocacy groups.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Accountable for supporting U.S. Department of Homeland Security programs that offered technology solutions and information to support emergency response and strengthen community preparedness.
• Managed all project budget items and resource allocation for two projects that integrated technology into law enforcement and first responder operations.
• Served as project lead for a joint DHS/FEMA standardization effort of incident command systems symbol sets used by first responders.
• Led outreach program to stakeholder community closing critical technology capability gaps, including first responders.
• Drafted and edited correspondence, strategic documents, and presentations for key stakeholder groups, messaging key priorities.

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

• Developed 25 business relationships for potential partnerships.
• Created and streamlined company communications strategy including differentiated branding for membership targets and recruitment.
• Redesigned Online Buyer’s Guide to expand sponsorships within the traffic safety and road communities, generating new revenue for IRF.
• Created integrated communications materials including member correspondence, website updates and press releases.
• Managed Regional Conferences in Latin America including Lima, Peru and Bogotá, Colombia, including the annual student career fair.
• Supervised conference activities for hundreds of attendees including logistics, registration, speakers, exhibitions, and administrative issues.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Coordinated logistics for planning and execution of the 2007 White House Conference on the Americas
• Developed communications materials for Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon on gang violence in Guatemala
• Conducted research on energy initiatives for oil pipelines from the U.S. to both Canada and Mexico
• Developed media packets for press and participants at 2007 CARICOM Conference

Ba, Politics, Spanish

Master Of International Affairs, International Law And Organizations