Robin Koskey Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Served as interim to direct city efforts to increase opportunities for all Seattle residents to live in equitable, permanent affordable homes and mitigate displacement – supervise a team of 8 senior managers and 45.
• Stewarded and managed $190 million budget, including direction of capital investments with local and federal funds to create affordable housing.
• Oversaw portfolio of over 22,000 units of affordable housing to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Oversaw strategy across all portfolios spanning international, federal, state, and regional governmental relations with the City—supervised a team of 6 director-level staff, manage a $3 million budget, and oversee.
• Acted as a policy strategist and trusted advisor to the Mayor and City Council—facilitated briefings, synthesized policy proposals into talking points for intergovernmental meetings, and serve as a liaison on behalf of.
• Led lobbying efforts at state legislature to enact transformational statewide police and housing reform—managed proposal development, engaged state and local elected officials and advocacy groups and employed a racial.
• Coordinated cross-departmental policy and funding proposals, including plans and negotiations for a $160 million major infrastructure project—convened key stakeholders including government officials, researchers, and.

• Established and led government relations strategy, managing relationships with state, regional, business, philanthropic, and community leaders to advance state and legislative priorities.
• Conducted weekly briefings with the Mayor and City Council and advise on legislative strategy.
• Oversaw a team of 7 contract lobbyists and coordinate with staff across 25 city departments.
• Served in an interim.75 FTE on-loan capacity from the Office of Housing.

• Convene a giving coalition of corporate supporters and family foundations to advise on philanthropic priorities, such as an initiative to develop permanently affordable home ownership.
• Designed and executed project plan for a data visualization project to represent affordable housing resources in partnership with the Office of the Mayor within an intensive three-week timeline.
• Project manage the development of a data-driven Affordable Housing Search Tool app in partnership with Zillow as a part of the Innovation Advisory Council, a working group of tech and civic leaders greater Seattle.
• Launch new projects and programs and establish metrics to monitor progress and impact
• Supervise two specialists managing communications and community development projects.

• Led earned media strategy to roll out the largest affordable housing investment in Seattle history with coverage by 20 TV, print, online, and radio news organizations.
• Convened coalition of four government agencies and two philanthropic partners to facilitate program development of a homelessness systems transformation initiative. Directed searches for program’s executive director.
• Crafted talking points and speech content for Mayor and other department senior leadership.
• Maintained all media relationships, oversaw communications budget, and served as agency spokesperson and Public Information Officer.
• Acted as management team member and co-lead for department Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) Change Team, overseeing RSJI budget and developing racial equity toolkits and standards for the department.

• Spearheaded legislative strategy for Office of Housing, passed legislation to increase state investment in affordable housing, and eliminated the sunset of a major source of funding for homelessness programs.
• Developed state legislation for a newly imagined state tax exemption to preserve existing affordable housing and convened coalition of housing, local government, and business advocates for the new policy’s advancement.
• Worked on campaign to double the Seattle Housing Levy, approved by over 70% of voters.
• Analyzed fiscal and policy impacts of proposed bills and budget at the state legislature to the City of Seattle and testified in support of the City’s legislative agenda.

Greater Seattle Area

• Secured $5 million in funding from the state budget for the Washington Youth and Families Fund.
• Acted as primary government relations liaison, partnering with 3 state agencies and the Governor’s Office in efforts that aligned funding, policies, and systems toward research backed practices proven to end.
• Engaged nonprofit, philanthropic, and government partners in trainings to support policy implementation.
• Supervised contract lobbyist, executing and monitoring annual $20k external lobbyist contract.

• Sabbatical spent leading luxury yacht crew on 10 – 14 day passages in remote locations across the South Pacific, Caribbean, and Northeastern US—supervising crew, managing logistics, and overseeing a $400,000 budget.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Led lobbying efforts to increase state investments in affordable housing.
• Partnered with housing advocates to develop legislative housing priorities and worked with state agencies on rent subsidy utilization and other affordable housing issues.
• Acted as liaison to community groups, business associations, social service agency employees, and boards of directors to develop a diverse grassroots network.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Developed diverse grass roots network to support advocacy work

New Britain, CT

• Performed direct lobbying for housing, child support, divorce and custody issues
• Organized grass roots campaigns
• Advocated for state-wide policy changes with state agency officials for income support and housing program issues
• Conducted outreach to social service agencies about public benefit program rules and availability of legal services
• Testified at public hearings on policy issues
• Assisted in class action litigation and associated outreach campaigns

Juris Doctorate

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government