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Marlborough, Massachusetts, US

• Build and implement coalitions with regional farm bureaus, agricultural industry partners, legislators and regulatory entities.
• Supervise office and professional staff.
• Work on wide variety of policy issues ranging from Atrazine and Glyphosate to PFAS/PFOS and Waters of the United States (WOTUS); and everything in between.
• Regularly and reliably field questions from our 3,500 plus members and provide guidance to help them navigate state, federal and local agricultural regulations.

Marlborough, Massachusetts, US

• Managed office and field staff.
• Oversaw all administrative functions of Farm Bureau.
• Worked with leadership team to develop effective membership retention and engagement strategies.
• Served as principal point of contact for local, state and federal legislators and agency officials.
• Established and prioritize long-term and short-term goals for MA Farm Bureau.
• Provided general legal guidance to organization members.

• Served on the Development Committee and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee.
• Served on Executive Director Search Committee & Interview Panel
• Advised Board on Legislative Engagement Strategies

• Developed legislative agenda and created effective engagement strategy.
• Served as key point of contact for legislators and officials.
• Established and prioritized long-term and short-term goals for the Association.
• Drafted legislative and budgetary language as needed.
• Developed written and oral testimony and briefing materials.
• Ensured compliance with all legislative and budgetary reporting requirements.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Educated state legislators on R Street policy positions.
• Testified before legislative bodies.
• Drafted op-eds in support of legislative developments.
• Built and participated in coalitions.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Served as R Street’s point of contact for all northeast lawmakers.
• Developed strategy and oversaw implementation of legislative priorities in a territory that stretched from Maine to Delaware.
• Educated state legislators on R Street policy positions.
• Testified before numerous state and local legislative and regulatory entities.
• Drafted op-eds in support of legislative developments.
• Built and participated in coalitions.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Acted as liaison between the State Legislature and the Commission.
• Served on the Executive, Operations and Government Relations Committees.

US

• Effectively managed and trained staff of four and maintained efficient office operations.
• Coordinated the Vice Chairman’s schedule.
• Served as primary liaison between the Vice Chairman, committee members, legislative leaders and other state local, state and federal officials.
• Developed legislative agenda, policy positions and communications strategy.
• Prepared testimony for the Vice Chairman.
• Prepared, prioritized and tracked the Vice Chairman’s budget requests.

US

• Responsible for all matters relative to legislation, the annual state budget and the Committees on Veterans and Federal Affairs, Election Laws.
• Researched, drafted and filed legislation and budget amendments.
• Served as point of contact for local, state and federal officials.
• Managed the Representative’s constituent services program.
• Recruited, trained and supervised interns.
• Coordinated the Representative’s State House and District schedule.

US

• Assisted Committee staff in the research, management and tracking of hundreds of bills.
• Coordinated needs and interests of three legislative districts.
• Managed day-to-day office needs of House Committee on Public Service.

Boston, MA, US

• Accurately and efficiently entered and retrieved donor information on an extensive database.
• Assisted the Director on projects as needed, such asCentral Files Digitization ProjectGift Support Documentation Back Filing Project
• Recorded complex gift batches at peak volume times.
• Acted as a liaison between DS and the Major Gift Officers to ensure that all gift documentation was captured in the fundraising database.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Political Science And Government

High School Diploma