Nick Vottero, Mpa Email & Phone Number

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Appointed by Mayor Tim Keller and the First Lady to implement their vision for a citywide civic engagement program.• Developed and implemented citywide strategy, systems, and movement to “turn the Albuquerque City Government inside out.”• Increased resident recruitment and engagement in city programming by 800% in the first year and 400% each year in subsequent years. Develop/manage relationships with 500+ businesses organizations in Albuquerque.• Wrote and revised administrative instructions, processes, and systems to facilitate and standardize implementation across city departments.• Primary manager of two public boards, including associated subcommittees and events. Trained other board coordinators on meeting facilitation and regulatory compliance.• Received, managed, and conducted primary data collection and reporting for two, multi-year grants on behalf of the City of Albuquerque.

Serving as a founding member of the HBAR Suite Treasury Committee, I support the decentralized, autonomous organization as a trusted representative of the community, community builder, and professional writer. Together, the team has collectively achieved:• A new and innovative execution mechanism for web3 that improves upon smart contract infrastructure.• Securing and managing over $10m in value on the Hedera Public Network.• Serving as a trusted advisor and collaborator in program design and business development.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Founded a nonprofit organization undertaking advocacy systems research, web3 tool/standards development and radical, hyper-local community empowerment.• Co-founded 501c3 nonprofit organization developing and implementing financial inclusion and community empowerment initiatives.• Launched Two-Way Street Street Newspaper• Received approximately $100k USD in grants and fundraising.• Launching a new initiative to explore Web3 social impact, issue advocacy, and public education.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Facility management and Customer Service in Local Food Establishments--restaurants by Jennifer James and Farm & Table. Employement was flexible and extends over undergrad and graduate study. Responsibilities include: Fine dining service, managing/training staff, food/ wine expertise, money handling, customer service, opening/ closing responsibilities, scheduling, and purchasing.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Hired to engage the community, support youth leaders and policy advocates, and revise/deliver trainings for multiple social services support programs.• Increased volunteer engagement and retention by 300%.• Developed and conducted trainings for young people and volunteers on trauma-informed communication and conflict resolution strategies, life-skills to support success in post-secondary education settings, and financial literacy/empowerment curriculum for a CFPB-sponsored program.• Trained youth advocates and led youth advocacy initiatives in the New Mexico State Legislature.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

One of two Youth Field Organizers assigned to engage young adults in Public Health behavior change programming and policy advocacy.• Managed statewide operations for multiple public health issue advocacy campaigns.• Engaged young adults in service and education initiatives to support public health outcomes.• Trained youth advocates and collaboratively led youth advocacy initiatives in the New Mexico State Legislature.

New Mexico State Legislature

Lobbying the New Mexico State Legislature for more strict data collection and oversight of two of our city's biggest environmental disasters--the Kirtland Airforce Base Jet Fuel Spill and monitoring the Sandia National Laboratories Mixed Waste Landfill.

Albuquerque Campaign Office

I began working with the Denish for Governor Campaign as an internship. Upon completion of the internship, I was offered a paid position with the field team. I was responsible for communications, fundraising asks, and managing social media before it was cool.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Responsible for managing the facility and managing/training a team of lifeguards. Maintained a safe environment. Trained all ages in swimming and pool safety.

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Public Administration

Activities and Societies: PAGSA officer and active member. GPSA legislative representative and active member.Public Administration foci.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government

Magna Cum Laude, minor in professional writing.

High School Diploma, General Ed., Gifted Program

Activities and Societies: Swimming, marching band, concert band, jazz band, student government, We the People.General and gifted.