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• Provide strategic messaging and targeting recommendations to political campaigns and advocacy groups• Synthesize results of quantitative survey research into comprehensible presentations and memos, highlighting key demographic and thematic trends, to guide client actions like media buys and constituent engagement• Conducted more than $3.1 million in research for over 20 clients in the 2017-18 election cycle• Draft messages to test in surveys based on analysis of candidate and opposition research• Write 20-25 marketing proposals annually to pitch new clients, assessing prospective clients’ needs and formulating appropriate research plans• Presented on an education policy panel at The Democracy Alliance Fall 2018 conference; fellow panel members included former Governors Terry McAuliffe (VA) and Bob Wise (WV)• Created new standard operating procedures for on-boarding new Associates-team and intern hires• Manage multiple projects at once on tight deadlines• Track public polls and press releases on clients and specific issue areas• Proof baselines, crosstabs, time series and other deliverable documents for clients/campaignsSenior Associate: January 2021 - January 2022Associate: March 2018 - December 2020Junior Associate: June 2017 - February 2018Research Assistant: January 2016 - May 2017Political Polling Intern: September 2015 - December 2015

• Made outreach phone calls to prospective team captains of Skip Lunch Fight Hunger, an annual initiative that raises over $1 million to feed hungry New York City children• Tracked all fundraising outreach and provide weekly updates to the Manager of Corporate and Foundation Relations• Supervised volunteers in assembling 250+ informational packets for team captains of corporate SLFH teams

• Facilitated groups of 8-14 students (aged 18-25) in practicing English speaking, listening and reading skills• Developed 3 weekly lessons plans on topics ranging from cultural differences between France and the United States to the World Cup to current affairs

• Created comprehensive profiles of firm’s prospective clients, candidates for local, state and federal offices• Organized 150+ weekly call sheets of likely contributors, sorted by donation potential, for political campaign clients

• Surveyed hundreds of scholarly articles relating to the global HIV/AIDS crisis, politics, policy and activism for professor’s three-volume book set on the subjects (Praeger Publishers, October 2013)• Consolidated relevant entries into a full bibliographic reference for the book, formatted in APA style• Created a compendium of LGBT resources and LGBT-related information available at Columbia University

• Wrote briefing memos on high-profile prospective donors for BHS clients for use in fundraising meetings• Researched more than 500 political campaign donors across the country, evaluating connection to individual candidates and giving potential• Staffed fundraisers for BHS clients by greeting guests and serving as liaison between the candidate and attendees

• Drafted constituent letters outlining Congressman's position and actions on specific bills and issues• Aided Agriculture Legislative Assistant in planning an agribusiness finance workshop in the district• Acted as an intermediary between the Congressman and his constituents via phone, email, letter and in-person, relaying each party’s concerns and actions to the other

• Conducted political campaign donor research on more than 1,000 past donors, added updated information into NGP VAN and assessed high, medium and low donors for future outreach• Assisted Finance Director in organizing six fundraisers across Montana by compiling the guest list, deciding the contribution amount for each audience and sending out follow-ups• Organized over 30+ volunteers for weekly phonebanking drives, mailings and online data entry• Outlined responses for 8-10 political endorsement questionnaires from labor unions and PACs