• Lobbying for public health funding and legislation to improve and promote the health of women and newborns and to strengthen the nursing profession.• Recruited member of Congress to introduce HRes1190–Thanking and promoting the professions of perinatal nurses by encouraging participation in National Perinatal Nurses Week. • Recruited and coached 3 volunteers to meet with Senate in-state staffers, draft and submit op-eds in Kentucky and Oklahoma contributing to the passage of the… Show more • Lobbying for public health funding and legislation to improve and promote the health of women and newborns and to strengthen the nursing profession.• Recruited member of Congress to introduce HRes1190–Thanking and promoting the professions of perinatal nurses by encouraging participation in National Perinatal Nurses Week. • Recruited and coached 3 volunteers to meet with Senate in-state staffers, draft and submit op-eds in Kentucky and Oklahoma contributing to the passage of the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act.• Directed organization of a fly-in lobby day including recruitment, scheduling and preparatory briefings for 97 nurses who met with 126 members of Congress or staff resulting in 1 additional cosponsor for HR1185–the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, 17 for HR1897–Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act, 4 for S916–Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act, 11 for HR728–Title VIII Nurse Workforce Development Reauthorization Act and 12 for S1399–Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act.• Organized a fly-in lobby day including recruitment, scheduling and preparatory briefings for 44 participating nurses who met with 68 members of Congress or staff to advocate for 3 House and 3 Senate bills resulting in 10 additional cosponsors for S1112–Maternal Health Accountability Act, 7 for HR1318–Preventing Maternal Deaths Act, 6 for HR3692–Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act, and two for S2317–Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act. Show less

• Trained hundreds of volunteers to canvass to turn out voters at high volume staging location in City of Alexandria that consistently exceeded goals and increased turnout by 4,713 votes or 9% over the previous presidential election.• Trained and organized volunteers to register people to vote at high traffic points in Old Town Alexandria in a citywide effort that resulted in a 16% increase in voter registration in the city over the previous presidential election.

• Initially handled all responsibilities of a three person team and then trained each new staffer as each came on board.• Directed all grassroots advocacy, including managing 2 staff and 525 volunteer leaders in intensive direct outreach throughout 50 states for a membership-based organization representing 170,000+ women nationwide.• Managed affiliate relations on advocacy for 1,000 largely volunteer-based nonprofit organizations; managed all communications strategy, stakeholder… Show more • Initially handled all responsibilities of a three person team and then trained each new staffer as each came on board.• Directed all grassroots advocacy, including managing 2 staff and 525 volunteer leaders in intensive direct outreach throughout 50 states for a membership-based organization representing 170,000+ women nationwide.• Managed affiliate relations on advocacy for 1,000 largely volunteer-based nonprofit organizations; managed all communications strategy, stakeholder collaboration, and messaging for advocacy. • Advised state affiliate leaders on planning state legislative advocacy strategies• Implemented e-advocacy platform for both Congressional and state legislature targeted alerts, including benchmarking and A/B subject line testing• Recruited 5 volunteer advocates who flew to Washington, DC on short notice to meet with staff representing their members of Congress that resulted in 3 of 4 civil rights protections advocated for in the final version of the Every Student Succeeds Act.• Directed production of state and congressional district asset maps. Show less

• Campaigned to improve the quality and access of proven home visiting services for at-risk families of very young children across the country in targeted states to reform and align states’ investments in programs with the strongest research base, to expand funding by millions of dollars.• Managed a team of 2 other stakeholder, relationship-management and communications staff.• Coordinated with 10 partner organizations to send advocacy alerts to their members and supporters and also to… Show more • Campaigned to improve the quality and access of proven home visiting services for at-risk families of very young children across the country in targeted states to reform and align states’ investments in programs with the strongest research base, to expand funding by millions of dollars.• Managed a team of 2 other stakeholder, relationship-management and communications staff.• Coordinated with 10 partner organizations to send advocacy alerts to their members and supporters and also to produce letters from high-ranking third party influencers to members of Congress that resulted in a $400 million, 75% increase and extension of funding for the federal Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, even during a time of budget cuts. • Recruited effective contract lobbyist in Oklahoma and met with 12 members of the Oklahoma House and Senate that resulted in recruitment of original sponsors for home visiting legislation, the Family Support Accountability Act.• Implemented and modified campaign strategy; drafted letters to Kentucky legislators and governor that resulted in $9 million in level funding for Kentucky's home visiting program in a tight state budget.• Drafted, negotiated and supervised implementation of over $1 million in contracts with 17 non-profit partners, consultants and lobbyists. Show less

• Developed and delivered advocacy strategies to meet clients' policy objectives. Drafted client proposals. Handled client relations and coordinated all team members’ contributions throughout each engagement.• Drafted PAC campaign communications that increased client’s fundraising by 27% over the previous year exceeding client’s goal and expectations.• Created curriculum and wrote all course text for multimedia, online advocate-training-course.• Wrote all content for websites… Show more • Developed and delivered advocacy strategies to meet clients' policy objectives. Drafted client proposals. Handled client relations and coordinated all team members’ contributions throughout each engagement.• Drafted PAC campaign communications that increased client’s fundraising by 27% over the previous year exceeding client’s goal and expectations.• Created curriculum and wrote all course text for multimedia, online advocate-training-course.• Wrote all content for websites, annual reports, newsletter content, fact sheets, and talking points for major corporations, trade and professional associations. Show less

• Accomplished director charged with all grassroots advocacy, including managing 3 field staff and 586 volunteer leaders in intensive direct outreach throughout multiple states. • Organized over 600 participants who lobbied 89 Senate and 102 House offices resulting in 50 additional co-sponsors for Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act and 26 more for National Women’s History Museum Act. Supporters participating from home sent over 10,000 messages to their members of… Show more • Accomplished director charged with all grassroots advocacy, including managing 3 field staff and 586 volunteer leaders in intensive direct outreach throughout multiple states. • Organized over 600 participants who lobbied 89 Senate and 102 House offices resulting in 50 additional co-sponsors for Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act and 26 more for National Women’s History Museum Act. Supporters participating from home sent over 10,000 messages to their members of Congress.• Planned It’s My Vote 2012 turnout campaign in 15 states with in-state field organizers resulting in 13,378 newly registered voters, 36,411 direct mail pieces, 143 candidate forums, and 27 ballot issue forums.• Recruited and mentored 46 volunteers to meet with members of Congress on 61 different occasions; results included the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act; Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act; Higher Education Opportunity Act; College Cost Reduction and Access Act; America COMPETES Act; and Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act.• Prepared and administered annual budget of $750,000; Recruited and mentored 4 talented, high-performing advocacy staff.• Organized two new association branches, prevented disbandment of affiliated state organization, and identified four new directors of the board.• Served as public spokesperson at large-scale events; collaborated with media relations staff and recruited individuals to speak with editorial boards and reporters of numerous newspapers.• Provided stewardship and relationship management with high-level major donors. Show less

• Grassroots expert responsible for advocacy, and coordinating national voter education campaign.• Drafted advocacy alerts and weekly bulletins to mobilize and engage activists.• Recruited and supervised 20 interns; represented AAUW to coalitions of advocacy organizations.

• Advocacy administrator hired for expertise in political, legislative, and public relations processes to staff various political campaign programs.• Political and advocacy organization assignments included get-out-the-vote calls, coordinating schedules for Hill visits for a lobby day, and organizing mass mailings.

• Political researcher recruited to perform public opinion research for business and public affairs clients.• Interviewed respondents for political and market research public opinion polls.

• Elections expert serving as point person for public and team members, providing all necessary support and administrative guidance, and identifying and addressing issues and concerns.• Drafted a summary of complex federal legislation, the Help America Vote Act, for a lay audience.• Represented League of Women Voters on Youth Vote Coalition Board of Directors and supervised two Youth Vote voter turnout field sites.• Recruited 37 expert panelists for Emerging… Show more • Elections expert serving as point person for public and team members, providing all necessary support and administrative guidance, and identifying and addressing issues and concerns.• Drafted a summary of complex federal legislation, the Help America Vote Act, for a lay audience.• Represented League of Women Voters on Youth Vote Coalition Board of Directors and supervised two Youth Vote voter turnout field sites.• Recruited 37 expert panelists for Emerging Issues in Election Reform conference.• Answered questions from public on topics including voter registration, absentee ballots, voting from overseas, and trends in voter turnout. Show less

• Reached out to hundreds of local, state and federal level candidates to participate in interactive online voter guide; trained volunteers.• Researched state-by-state ballot access requirements, candidate filing deadlines and primary election dates.