Sandra Madera Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

In this role, I will help guide our staff and our leadership in implementing effective and innovative pro bono practices. This position will work closely with Vice President and Chief of Litigation and Legal Programs and Pro Bono Director, to ensure all of our pro bono opportunities, be they existing offerings, or new pro bono endeavors, are supported by the infrastructures and staff skill sets that are essential for success. I will also be developing additional gateway programming designed to activate volunteerism in areas of client need, enhancing our partnerships with law schools to expand the pipelines of student volunteers, shaping internal systems related to pro bono project planning, management, and training, and identifying and addressing barriers to volunteerism within each of our projects.

This position recognized and celebrated the invaluable role I carried forward each and every day in developing, coordinating, and leading Public Counsel's many pro bono programs and efforts. From orchestrating our comprehensive Summer Clerkship Program, to supervising our in-house volunteer program, to organizing and building Public Counsel’s Leadership Council – the list of pro bono projects I have grown over the years at this organization is a testament to my dedication to our mission and work. In this role, I continued to lead the many projects mentioned above and helpfed fulfill the organization's vision of effective volunteerism through new initiatives that I will be spearheading, initiatives like agency-wide best practices trainings, improved pro bono data development models, and enhanced volunteer activation methods.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Public Counsel is the largest pro bono law firm in the nation, serving some of Los Angeles' most vulnerable populations. In my current role, I assist the Communications Director and the Pro Bono Director with outreach and volunteer recruitment projects, as well as writing and social media. I coordinate Public Counsel's summer clerk program, hosting about 40 students for 10 weeks, beginning with recruitment by tabling at law schools, coordinating the hiring process with our nine project teams, planning the calendar of events, and organizing the summer events.In addition, I am responsible for year-round volunteer recruitment, volunteer training, and for picking up the volunteer appreciation donuts. Whenever necessary, I step in to support any of the project teams with their clinics, events or administrative needs.One of Public Counsel's sources of funding is IOLTA, and part of my job is to compile data to create reports on our volunteer hours, and verify with law firms and with our nine projects that they are accurate.

California, United States

Heartfelt Training and Facilitation provides consulting services to develop and implement public education, outreach and training programs for the nonprofit, private and government sectors. Specializing in bilingual culturally responsive and inclusive emergency preparedness, public safety, emotional psychology, parenting, and communication skills.In this role, I have provided many different types of support to the principal, including development and project management of brochures and website, research, attending meetings, taking notes, and translation of many types of collateral such as manuals, contracts, brochures, communiqués, etc.

Long Beach

Pop-up clothing consignment sales in the Long Beach area. Enabling people to give their clothing a second life in someone else's closet and to make some cash at the same time.For each sale, I have to find a location that is suitable for the event, which includes considerations of cost, size, accessibility, visibility, loading zones and permit requirements. I send out emails to my email list and advertise in order to attract both consignors as well as attendees to the sale. For my most recent sale, I was able to get TV coverage and that attracted hundreds of new customers!Turning the space into a boutique requires a lot of effort and hard labor in order to accomplish it in one weekend that also includes meeting with each of the consignors as they bring their items to sell and I go through everything to make sure it's in acceptable condition. The sale days are exciting and exhausting, taking care of registers, customer service, coordinating volunteers, as well as ongoing clean-up and organizing. At the end of the sale, I coordinate with all of the vendors to come pick up the items they have left over and also with a charity to come pick up the items no one took. The racks and dressing rooms are broken down and returned to their storage unit, awaiting the next sale. The event wrap-up also includes looking over the financial totals and sending a check to each vendor for their share of the sales.

Los Angeles, Ca

OneLegacy is the nonprofit organ and tissue recovery organization serving the seven-county greater Los Angeles area.In this position I edited and wrote for OneLegacy's published newsletter, The Bridge, as well as two digital newsletters geared toward different audiences. I was also in charge of editing the approximately 100 bios for all of the stories connected to the annual Donate Life Rose Parade Float. In addition, I created, managed and updated our social media properties.I continued to assist with departmental needs, as well as contribute to the team effort for projects and events. I came to love press conferences and became an ace at helping to plan, organize and execute them. I served on the Donate Life Rose Parade Float committee as well as the Donate Life Float Gala planning committee.

Los Angeles, Ca

I was hired two months before my first Donate Life Rose Parade Float season - talk about a quick way to learn on the job! That first year, I planned three events that would occur the week leading up to the New Year for about 400 guests, most of whom were coming from out of town.As Communications Assistant, I provided administrative support to the Communications Department, as well as other departments when needed, on a day-to-day basis, and for special events. I ordered promotional items, hosted the Donate Life store and info booth at the annual Donate Life Run/Walk, and was on the planning committee of many signature events, including the Donate Life Hollywood Film Festival and Noche de Celebracion.In addition, I served as Latino community coordinator for OneLegacy's Spanish-speaking volunteers. I trained families of donors and transplant recipient volunteers in Spanish and English to speak effectively about organ and tissue donation.I created and coordinated community events such as Day of the Dead craft day, a memorial altar at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery Day of the Dead celebration, as well as staffed volunteers for events held by other organizations, such as the Mexican Consulate and American Red Cross.Part of my duties included planning the Donate Life Rose Parade Float welcome dinner, reception and post-parade parties. Later on, I also helped to administer the Rose Dedication Program.One of my favorite aspects of my position was speaking about organ and tissue donation to students and organizations in the community, including various Department of Motor Vehicle offices. On several occasions, I gave public relations interviews to radio and television media outlets, educating the public about organ donation.

Westwood, Ca

Upon completing my bachelor's degree, I applied for an internship through the Multicultural Advertising Training program, which creates paid internships for outstanding multicultural college students. One of the requirements is that applicants create an advertising portfolio. My campaign was centered around the idea that the MTA had just extended the metro's hours to run all night in Los Angeles.If a student is chosen for an internship, they are matched with an advertising agency. The student must also interview with the advertising agency, and if they are selected, they intern for three months. When my internship at Acento was over, I was hired permanently. I really enjoyed my time at Acento, however, I quickly realized that I was drawn to the nonprofit world.During my time at Acento, I provided account support to clients and supervisors; clients included Jarritos, Cacique, Staples and Wells Fargo.Part of that account support included coordinating events with station reps, clients and the PR department. I also wrote television traffic orders, client estimates and purchase orders.I attended events and tapings in conjunction with or in representation of clients. One time, I got a flat tire on the way back from a 'radio remote' event north of Bakersfield; talk about remote!

Los Angeles, Ca

When I applied to work at Diagnostic Research, later known as Added Value and now known as Kantar, I had never worked in accounting before (though I had done plenty of math as a food server). My boss hired me because I scored the highest on the math test that all applicants had to take.When Diagnostic Research was sold, there was downsizing and I was moved to another department. I left in 2003 to go back to college, to finish up my bachelor's degree.During my tenure at Diagnostic Research, I processed vendor payments and the company payroll. I reconciled vendor invoices with the actual totals from each study. I also trained groups of people to use new internal computer software, which I really enjoyed.Clients included Hasbro, Toyota, Post-It, Colgate Palmolive, Harley Davidson, Kellogg's, Nestle and American Express. I managed and monitored simultaneous on-going research studies, all with varying start and end dates, provided daily progress reports, and ensured accurate data collection for each study. I developed budget spreadsheets for each study, requested data from all involved personnel, and managed the budget for each study.I communicated continuously with supervisors, project directors and up to 100 field sites for each project regarding the status of studies and resolved all issues with study data.

Bachelor Of Arts, English Literature

Activities and Societies: Editorial Board Member, Public Relations Officer and Fundraising Officer: Statement Magazine

Social Media Marketing Certificate Program

Pr For Nonprofits

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Social And Behavioral Sciences

Activities and Societies: Latinos Unidos of Citrus College

Education record

Activities and Societies: Theatre Performing Arts, Key Club