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Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Area

Springfield, Illinois Area

Central Illinois

Implemented VOICE, constituency relationship management software program into five district offices; aid in outreach and scheduling in three senate districts. Trained District Office staff and interns on VOICE; populated their accounts with data and lists.Plan, publicize and implement outreach activities such as targeted round tables, town hall meetings and senior events; work with agencies to hold joint workshops for constituent groups

52Nd State Senate District (Champaign And Vermilion Counties)

Supervised and managed staff of 18 employees to win state senate race with an overwhelming margin. Managed scheduling, print and social media communications, GOTV efforts, campus and labor outreach and questionnaires for incumbent state senator.

36Th Illinois State Senate District (Quad Cities Region)

Organizing outreach opportunities and media communications for campaign which included on-camera interviews on behalf of incumbent state senator.

Southside Of Chicago

Implemented a ward specific field program into four wards on Chicago’s south sideTrained and manage a team of four ward field organizers in assuring aldermanic campaigns’ field operations ran efficiently.

Northwest Side Of Chicago

Supervised and managed a team of three field organizers and six fellows/interns in completing voter contact and volunteer recruitment; ensured weekly voter contact goal of 17,000 attempts were met in region.Conduced outreach with Alderman, ward organizations and attended block party meetings.

Southern Illinois

Operated a field program in the eight counties with a team of 2-3 field organizers averaging a high of 800 voter attempts a day; ran GOTV and Election Day operations for the most Democratic county in the district.Managed candidate scheduling and campaign fundraising; maintained labor-union relations and attended meetings as necessary.Helped organize voter registration drives and a GOTV Program on Southern Illinois University’s campus. Used VoteBuilder as primary tool to target voters and store voter information.Aided with candidate recruitment and primarily research and outreach into senate districts; Conducted opposition research and edited Wikipedia pages as needed.

Chicago, Il

Aided in scheduling for the Executive Director and assisted him in conducting legislative outreach to arts-friendly legislators.Supported the planning and implementation of policy related meetings and events.Assisted with the drafting of content for IAA’s action alerts and IAA’s legislative and arts education web pages. Conducted research to compile a list of all board members from 30 arts organizations in Illinois with the highest budget and then analyze their campaign contributions. Assisted with organizing data, collecting information, preparing materials and letter writing.

Greater Chicago Area

Aided ICPR in completing their goal of promoting transparency in Illinois government.Used the Illinois Board of Elections website to conduct research in reference to coding campaign expenditures by state candidates for office and elected officials. Researched and wrote profiles for campaign contributors’ grounds for aiding specific causes for the ICPR Website.

Greater Chicago Area

Conducted research specific to the Americans Disability Act and evaluated the Chicago City Clerk Website for compliance. Assisted the Communications Coordinator in editing proofs for publications and press releases.Aided in research for press; created and updated media lists.Conducted grant research for City Legislative Archiving Project to archive Chicago Legislative Documents ranging back to the founding of Chicago.