Patrick Mcclellan Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

I work with the League's staff, board members, members, and partners in the environmental movement to advance policies and legislation that make New York's air, water, and soil cleaner, combat climate change, preserve open space and nature, and protect New Yorkers' health.

New York, New York

Worked on a wide variety of issues, including climate change, renewable energy, sanitation, green buildings, low-wage work, subprime mortgages, and siting of municipal facilities. I also drafted briefings and talking points for the Speaker on a range of issues. Specific accomplishments include spearheading the Council's 2014 Comprehensive Platform to.

Manhattan

Planned and coordinated borough-wide get-out-the-vote operations that included paid workers, major labor unions, and dozens of volunteers for Robert Jackson's campaign for Manhattan Borough President.

New York, New York

Conducted policy and legislative research, drafted and edited legislation and sponsor memos, briefed the Assemblymember on a wide range of issues, and worked with stakeholders in and out of government to advance policy and legislative goals.

Organized a two-month long campaign around the New Jersey state budget to reinstate the millionaires' tax and end corporate tax breaks. Responsibilities included generating grassroots pressure on legislators, organizing rallies and events, coordinating with allies, and growing our coalition.

Hired, trained, supervised, and handled payroll for 40+ employees at a call center. Call center employees reached out to union members and urged them to vote on the Working Families line in the 2010 elections.

Recruited, trained, and managed all Manhattan volunteers for the campaign. Scheduled and staffed candidate for visibilities and senior center visits. Acted as campaign surrogate at numerous community events.

In collaboration with campaign management, developed and executed the petitioning field plan that used both volunteer and paid resources to collect 2000 petition signatures. Petitioning also involved collaborating with overlapping Democratic campaigns so that the campaign could file over 4000 signatures total due to use of omnibus petition. Scheduled.

Field organizer for brownstone Brooklyn, including volunteer recruitment and political outreach to clubs and district leaders. Planned candidate appearances in brownstone Brooklyn, which involved selecting priority locations for visibility and working with campaign surrogates. Advanced, recruited for, and staffed multiple campaign rallies.

Worked on the petitioning process to get WFP-endorsed City Council candidates across New York City on the ballot. Field organizer on Brad Lander's City Council campaign (through Data and Field Services).

After becoming active with NYU Students for Obama in January 2008, I became the group's co-coordinator in the summer of 2008. I was responsible for recruiting new volunteers, coordinating the group's activity with the Obama campaign, arranging phone banks, and leading voter registration and Get Out the Vote canvassing trips to Philadelphia, where NYU was.

Gathered petition signatures to get WFP-endorsed candidates on the ballot by talking to WFP-registered voters in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens. When petitioning ended, I supervised and assisted other interns in literature drops, street visibility, data entry, canvassing, and phone banking for Daniel Squadron's campaign for State Senate.

Mpa, Public Policy And Non--Profit Management

B.A., Politics

Activities and Societies: NYU Students for Obama (campus co-coordinator July-November 2008), NYU Students Organizing for America (founding.