Ralph Robinson Email & Phone Number

Redwood City, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

San Jose, California, United States

• Providing research, writing and editing for several papers submitted for publication on topics including mismeasurement of mobility in walkable neighborhoods and methods for defining walkable neighborhoods in San Francisco and Boston.• Working in tandem with a San Jose State University professor to develop a paper for publication on the use of transportation utility fees to fund improvements to mass transit and active mobility.

•Led, in conjunction with the Community Director, CommUniverCity’s effort to develop a robust assessment of a historically neglected neighborhood in East San Jose. The objective of this assessment was to help guide city staff and elected officials as they consider what community improvements should be pushed for as part of new development.•Conducted interviews with dozens of residents to discover common threads in resident experiences and to highlight areas where there is the greatest need.•Managed project and general CommUniverCity communications, including email newsletters, social media posts, phone banks, and printed promotional materials.•Developed close relationships with community stakeholders to promote the efforts of the students, achieve buy-in and ensure project results reflected the priorities of residents.

• Began as assistant to the CEO, promoted to Associate, Senior Associate, Director and now VP.• Provide briefings, digests and in-person lessons on business and cultural transformation to C-suite executives who need to understand a lot of information in a limited amount of time. • Communicate directly with executives to align on key questions and curiosities, and craft custom research that delivers actionable findings and recommendations. • Produce insightful, digestible daily newsletters for over 5000 subscribers on topics across workplace, tech, consumer and global issues. • Research, write, edit, design and publish ZEITGUIDE’s quarterly almanac that recaps transformative developments to know and predicts what will come next. • Develop and execute goals for business development, including client and subscriber acquisition.• Manage work output of junior associates, freelancers and interns.

Greater New York City Area

•Responsible for enforcing rigorous academic and behavioral standards in a high achieving school.•Worked closely with parents to foster academic, emotional, and social growth in scholars.•Collaborated in the development of the history curriculum for all middle school students.•Extensively used data and targeted feedback to push my practice and scholar achievement.

Greater New York City Area

• Part of founding staff for Manhattan GOCS.• Co-taught in 6th grade social studies classroom.• Planned and ran tutorial groups to reinforce core subject learning in students.• Brought students who had previously failed state testing to passing and proficient levels. • Creatively integrated Social Studies and ELA learning into a weekly packet for all students.• Displayed ability to address unique and unforeseen challenges as they arose in a first year charter school.

• Successfully reached designated campaign goals. • Promoted to manager, and became responsible for organizing calling pools, and supervising and motivating a group of ten callers. • Recruited and trained 10 new employees.• Helped in developing and supporting the creation and marketing of various long and short term giving campaigns.

• Assisted kindergarten teacher in preparation and carrying out of lesson plans. • Worked after school with at-risk students in grades K-4 on academic improvement, and was responsible for creating and implementing lessons and activities to reinforce classroom learning. • Implemented engaging and developmentally appropriate lesson plans in a school that emphasized greater science and technology learning for students.

Brookline, Ma

• Helped implement lesson plans that encouraged and promoted scientific thinking.

Brookline, Ma

• Worked with individual students in grades 6-9 to create and improve learning strategies.• Students saw great improvement in both grades and standardized test scores.

Master Of Urban Planning, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Activities and Societies: Vice-President, Urban Planning Coalition

Advanced Certificate In Transportation & Land Use Planning, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Geography

Education record

Summer Study Abroad in Prague, Czech Republic