Nicholas Kitchel Email & Phone Number

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led digital partnerships across organization, serving as chief strategist for content creator activations
• Spearheaded “Trending Up,” a first-of-its-kind progressive convening of 140+ creators (150M+ audience)
• Managed team of 6 content, creative, & partnerships staff, focused on leveraging innovative digital tactics to propel our efforts to strengthen the United States economy and protect our democracy
• Served on senior committee to identify and act on issues pertaining to diversity, equity, & inclusion

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Developed partnerships with 355 influencers to publish 611 pieces of content that achieved a total reach of over 130 million, lending to high viewership and participation in first-ever digital Inauguration

Columbus, OH

• Developed and executed statewide digital strategy to engage students in battleground campaign
• Coordinated with youth vote director and 35 organizers to build network of 23 campus Facebook groups, recruiting over 3,000 students to ultimately sign up for thousands of volunteer shifts
• Generated digital content for rallies with Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and various principals and surrogates, resulting in Hillary for Ohio’s consistent top national social media metrics

Washington, D.C.

• Managed national youth advocacy program for gun violence prevention and criminal justice reform
• Wrote reports and op-eds advocating Millennial perspective on gun violence and criminal justice policy
• Directed 2 national conferences on gun violence prevention, convening 200 youth and 35 organizations
• Activated students in 23 states to host 341 “It’s On Us” events addressing issue of campus sexual assault

Washington, D.C.

• Facilitated national press involvement for 2 events with POTUS, VPOTUS, and Members of Congress
• Coordinated event logistics with staff, White House Communications Agency, and Secret Service

Tipton, IA

• Mobilized team of over 80 volunteers in eastern Iowa to knock 9,000+ doors across 3 counties in effort to elect Rep. Bruce Braley to the U.S. Senate in one of the nation’s most competitive midterm elections

Washington, D.C.

• Drafted talking points, memorandums, and research documents to assist directors and senior staff
• Prepared events with local, state, and tribal governments to facilitate dialogue with Administration
• Organized follow-up outreach for POTUS and FLOTUS’s historical visit to Standing Rock Reservation

Washington, D.C.

• Co-founded bipartisan caucus designed to facilitate proactive dialogue on public higher education issues in the U.S. Congress
• Liaised with university administration, student groups, and advocacy groups to generate buy-in for establishment of the caucus
• Recruited 33 Members of Congress to join the caucus, including Co-Chair Representatives Ami Bera and Jeff Denham
• Spoke about caucus at inaugural event on Capitol Hill alongside 4 Representatives to audience of over 60 stakeholders

Berkeley, CA

• Authored analytical articles on topics from education to foreign policy for award-winning quarterly magazine (circulation: 5,000)
• Interviewed prominent scholars, incl. former Sec. of Labor Robert Reich and White House Healthcare Advisor Stephen Shortell

Washington, D.C.

• Evaluated the effectiveness of President Obama’s Executive Order on “Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel”
• Analyzed support of Glass-Steagall for policy report, released prior to Senator Warren's “21st Century Glass-Steagall Act”

Washington, D.C.

• Coordinated voter registration campaign with 5 groups that cumulatively registered over 8,500 UC Berkeley students to vote in 2012

Washington, D.C.

• Drafted presidential endorsement letters for Democratic congressional candidates, helping advance President’s national vision
• Collaborated with DNC staff and Members of Congress to prepare for the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC

Sacramento, California Area

• Spearheaded program to cut internal costs by restructuring phone system, projected to save over $40K during Governor’s term
• Facilitated Business Services Unit operations, coordinating with 10 staff from 2 offices on daily operations and special projects

Red Bluff, CA

• Researched physically and geochemically unique extremophile habitats in Lassen Volcanic National Park over two-year period
• Constructed database of habitable pH and temperature ranges to research evidence in support of extraterrestrial microbial life