Renee Van Someren Email & Phone Number

Lead project management of multiple public safety redesign initiatives with cross-divisional teamso Created and executed a plan to launch the country's third Public Safety Collaborative (PSC), driven by data-informed community engagement (DICE) as an innovative community-led, non-policing alternative to address risky micro-locations in the City of St. Louiso Provide technical assistance for Year 1 of the PSC including project planning, facilitating tutorials, hosting weekly meetings, drafting fact sheets, creating budgets, editing content, writing talking points for community liaisons and organizing site visits o Strengthen a network of intimate partner violence/domestic violence (IPV/DV) service providers by supporting a working group to identify service gaps and overlaps in wrap-around serviceso Co-facilitate IPV/DV working group sessions to discuss the feasibility and challenges related to implementation of proposed recommendationso Oversaw project plan committed to understanding racial disparities and bias associated with use of force, police response time, and police workloado Organized a technical working group, focused on proposing revisions to the existing Use of Force policyo Supported a service-provider working group, focused on proposing a behavioral and mental health response policy for their communityo Managed the creation and publication of two reports highlighting the St. Louis project's finding through original research related to public safety reform and harm reductiono Identify and innovate process improvement opportunities for organizational leadership and external partners to ensure work is mission-driven and meeting success criteriao Lead with flexibility and problem-solving to address changes of elected leadership

Lead a community-centered public safety redesign project from the scope of work to the final deliverables• Oversaw a data-driven project focused on reimagining public safety and reducing harm, specifically in communities of color, by analyzing disparities in data and recommending ways for that city to improve public safety• Acted as the primary point of contact for 20 staff, 4 consulting companies and numerous external stakeholders • Developed nearly 100 decision sets using the RAPIDs framework to clarify roles and responsibilities• Designed an Asana board to track milestones, understand dependencies and adhere to deadlines• Facilitated weekly external meetings with leaders in city government to discuss progress, address questions and respond to new and emerging public safety needs • Organized a site visit for 8 staff to present findings to government officials including the local Director of Public Safety, the Chief of Police, and the mayor

Collaborate on new program design and implementation• Evaluate resilient building methods to improve post-disaster residential rebuild services to “build back better” in high-risk locations• Implement process improvement to existing COVID vaccination distribution plans with the goal of efficiently reaching the country’s most vulnerable populations • Explore potential barriers for the organization’s first COVID-era international deployment of Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (WASH) services • Collaborate with designers, technical advisors, writers, and volunteers to create data-driven disaster relief programmingCreate training materials for volunteers on disaster relief missions• Support the creation of a wildfire mitigation safety guide for volunteer responders including job aids, supply lists, required personal protective equipment (PPE), etc.• Contribute to the Rebuild Technical Guide, detailing the safety procedures and protections required for volunteers and staff related to residential rebuild projects

Milwaukee, Wi

Oversaw pre-production project management• Created contracts for large-scale residential remodeling projects, $50,000 - $1.2 million• Managed the bidding process of approximately 25 sub-contractors Conducted assessments to evaluate programs/policies for improvements• Continually explored policies for process improvement opportunities • Improved existing take-off formatting to reduce manual errors and improve efficiencyCreated, analyzed, and managed marketing materials to increase reach and impact• Wrote original copy for company website, blog and marketing publications• Analyzed SEO, click-through rate, market differentiation and trend analysis of online platforms• Identified opportunities to improve community engagement through partnerships and sponsorships

Wauwatosa, Wi

Created content and marketing materials to expand target market(s)• Established an online presence using Houzz, Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook and other platforms• Wrote original copy for company website, blog and marketing publications Helped create contracts and budgets• Assisted in creating the budget and contracts for residential remodeling projects

Milwaukee, Wi

• Sought to address why South African children between ages 0-4 were often ineligible for most government nutritional programs and researched what steps were taken to correct this oversight• Conducted research to support an external impact evaluation in the form of a literature review• Focused on nutrition needs of populations surrounding food distribution sites and sought to identify key successes and challenges faced by the organisation in trying to address these needs, along with highlighting recommendations for the future• Edited final report and co-wrote the literature review and policy recommendations chapter

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Researched the potential link between child soldiers in Africa and American youth in gangs • Explored themes pertaining to conflict-affected youth• Identified grant opportunities to fund an international conference on youth in conflicts

• Researched and interpreted aspects of state failure qualitatively and quantitatively, in cooperation the Failed State Index, to better identify and address areas where states are lacking• Identified and map aspects of state failure in Uganda in an effort to understand local level conflict, examine trends and prevent potential conflict escalation • Wrote country profiles to be published on the Fund for Peace website

Master Of Arts, International Peace And Conflict Resolution, 3.83/4.0

• Theoretical concentration: conflict assessment • Geographic focus: Africa

Bachelor Of Arts, International Studies; African Politics

• Concentration in African Politics • Attended lectures primarily in Afrikaans