Raynell Cooper Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco Bay Area

Managing policy for San Francisco's Residential Parking Permit program, including formulating progammatic reforms, overseeing the RPP area extension process, and creating and implementing neighborhood parking plans.

San Francisco Bay Area

-Assist in the implementation of changes to the city's Residential Parking Permit program

San Francisco, California, United States

Volunteer member of the Board of Directors

Volunteer in my personal capacity on the body that redrew the San Francisco supervisorial boundaries to reflect the results of the 2020 US Census.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Plan logistics, respond to unforeseen problems, host YouTube interviews, and read questions for national championship title matches at one of the nation’s largest high school trivia tournaments, featuring nearly 1,000 competitors.• Direct more than 20 regional tournaments in 11 states, with as many as 120 students competing. • Met with teachers and principals to recruit for tournaments internationally, including more than 25 schools in India.• Trained inexperienced staffers on how to direct our regional events

Baltimore, Maryland Area

JR. PROJECT MANAGER (June 2017-April 2018)• Led an inter-agency team reviewing over 40 grant applications, totaling $16 million in requests.• Interfaced with mayors, town managers, and non-profit executive directors across the state to discuss our grant program.• Assisted in administering our department's award-winning Sustainable Communities program, reviewing applications of new and renewing communities and preparing presentations for subcabinet meetings.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

GRADUATE ASSISTANT INTERN• Traveled to and collaborated with several understaffed Maryland towns to help brainstorm ideas to improve their communities.• Reviewed applications totaling more than $10 million of requests for state funds as part of a four-member team.• Promoted the projects of our Storefront Improvement Program by writing posts for our Department’s website.• Trained several Maryland local governments on the Sustainable Communities designation renewal application via webinar.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Produced more than 50 segments, often from conception to airing, researching, pre-interviewing guests, and writing questions for our host for segments lasting as long as an hour on breaking news, public affairs topics, and local culture. • Fielded emails, tweets, and Facebook comments during live broadcasts of the show, facilitating our host’s interactions with the audience. • Wrote, conducted, recorded, and edited two interviews in the field that were aired, one of which with architect and urban planner Roger Lewis aired as its own 15-minute segment.

- Wrote multiple-choice, short answer, and quizbowl questions for regional and national tournaments.- Coached and chaperoned four high school students who represented the United States at the International Geography Olympiad competitions in Poland, Russia, and China

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Worked alongside noted transportation scholar Dr. Hiroyuki Iseki on a number of tasks• Co-authored a literature review for the Maryland Department of Transportation on typologies of transit-oriented development.• Utilized GIS tools to analyze how transportation impacts firm location decisions

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Knocked on doors, planned events, and advised during meetings for a Rockville City Council candidate, who won two of the three elections I assisted with.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Launched and managed a system to allow hosts to record commercials for their shows, scheduling appointments and editing the final products using Adobe Audition. • Provided play-by-play commentary for more than a dozen college basketball games, researching and analyzing statistics, interviewing coaches, and traveling with the team across the country and internationally.• Managed more than 15 broadcasters as part of the sports department leadership team.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Created a map showing the 800+ sites that participated in their National NeighborWoods Month program. -Scripted and prepared monthly webcasts and Twitter chats for the urban forestry community

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Coordinated with regional site captains to onboard 229 volunteers on Election Day.• Worked with colleagues to implement rehearsed training speeches, streamlining the volunteer training process.• Connected with hundreds of voters in person and over the phone, bolstering support and enthusiasm for our candidate.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided youthful input to a board that makes recommendations to Rockville, Md.'s Mayor & Council on policies ranging from controlled hunting of whitetail deer to candy-throwing at parades.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Led a group of motivated teens to create teen programming and advocate for the rights of youth

Master’S Degree, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Concentration in transportation

Bachelor’S Degree, Geography

Activities and Societies: WRGW District Radio, GW Quiz Team, campus tour guideMajored in Geography Minored in Political Science.