Corey Watson Email & Phone Number

Kharkiv, Ukraine

• Founded the NGO, managed for the past 2-years as Chief Executive, and acted as Chief Pizzaiolo to personally prepare and distribute pizza, develop recipes and menus, and educate through masterclasses.• Fundraised from individual donors, partnered with global corporate sponsors to provide in-kind donations, and managed logistics and security to distribute 20,000 free pizzas through high impact events in Lviv, Dnipro, Kyiv, Uman, Kherson, and Kharkiv.• Sourced, trained, coordinated, and deployed teams of employees and volunteers numbering up to 15 people in an event to assist in operations inside Ukraine, including liberated and conflict-prone regions.• Choreographed the promotion of activities and raised awareness of the war in Ukraine through brand design, website development, photo and video direction, social media management, and public communication in 20+ local and international news outlets including print publications, broadcast television, and podcasts.• Consulted 2 Ukrainian pizzerias and provided professional education to Ukrainians in Kharkiv to open businesses and provide relief to the city's economic struggles.• Fostered diplomatic relations between international and Ukrainian political decision-makers including the Mayor of Bucha, Italian Ambassador to Ukraine, the Mayor of Naples, Italy, 6 Congressional Representatives of Oregon, and 2 Senators of Oregon.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Educated and organized a delegation of 7 constituents to conduct political advocacy meetings with elected leaders and deliver effective messaging to promote legislation supporting Ukraine at the Ukraine Action Summit.• Leveraged my experience living and volunteering inside Ukraine for more than 2 years to effectively communicate and secure bipartisan support for Ukraine from Oregon's Senators and Representatives.• Acted as a liaison between the Bucha City Council and all 8 offices of Oregon's elected leaders to lay the groundwork for a future in-person meeting in Ukraine as a diplomatic mission to sustain and further cooperation.• Conducted research to identify elected leaders nationwide that could increase or change support in Ukraine's favor from an actionable dataset of defense manufacturing facilities across 131 congressional districts operated by 36 defense contractors.

Przemyśl, Podkarpackie, Poland

• Assisted in the daily preparation of 10,000 portions of food for Ukrainian refugees in the largest humanitarian field kitchen in Europe.• Distributed food to Ukrainian refugees at 4 distribution sites along the Polish-Ukrainian border.• Managed the distribution tent at the Przemyśl train station border-crossing that served upwards of 2,000 migrants a day.• Oriented and trained new groups of up to 20 volunteers weekly.

Oregon City, Oregon, United States

• Organized and streamlined strategies to develop and launch over 500 web sites while meeting specific benchmarks and deadlines.• Trained and managed a sales force of 4 employees to follow lean business practices using Kanban boards on the Trello project management service.• Coordinated a team of graphic designers and programmers to manage quality control that achieved attractive and functional products for all clients.