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Menlo Park, CA, US

• Establishing and managing relationships with external partners including intergovernmental organizations, elected officials, government agencies, NGOs, and civic influencers to empower their effective use of Facebook.
• Representing the policy team in XFNs leading up to high-touch international partnership events including United Nations General Assembly, UN Climate Change Conference (COP), Munich Security Conference, Paris Peace.
• Leading XFN collaboration with teams from across the company including Meta Policy, Strategic Response, Comms, Legal, Product, Community Markets, Media Partnerships, Legal on critical escalations with heavy leadership.
• Managing high profile partnership projects in collaboration with partners like State Department, UN, UN Climate Change, UNHCR, NASA, Smithsonian Institutions, Kennedy Center and others.
• Representing Meta in a variety of forums including speaking engagements, trainings and panels in order to advance company initiatives and policy priorities
• Working in close coordination with internal stakeholders (e.g. regional Policy, Policy Programs, Sales, Marketing) on long and short-term partner goals, projects, and engagement.

Menlo Park, CA, US

• Managed over 800 VIP delegation visits to the USA Pavilion including foreign heads of government and state, high-level government officials both U.S. and foreign, C-Level executives, and corporate partner organizations
• Represented the USA Pavilion in interactions with Commissioner Generals, Pavilion Directors, and Protocol Directors of other Expo Pavilions, sponsor organizations, foreign delegations, and Expo Milano 2015.
• Strategized and contributed content to USA Pavilion social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
• Ensured the proper activation and stewardship of corporate sponsorships, which included highlighting and integrating sponsor messaging and branding where appropriate, arranging their visits to other national pavilions.
• Collaborated with internal USA Pavilion departments—specifically Commissioner General, Operations, Security, and Student Ambassador teams—to ensure smooth and organized visits for delegations and advised fellow staff.
• Coordinated and co-authored the Final Commissioner General’s Report on the USA Pavilion for submission to the U.S. Department of State and Congress

San Francisco, California, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Managed donor engagement, cultivation, and stewardship for the Aspen Institute’s $100 million Scholars & Scholarships Campaign, created to support scholarships for promising leaders and expand signature programs and.
• Responsible for managing a portfolio of 100+ major donors ($5,000+), expanding the Institute’s donor base as well as initiating new prospective individual and organizational partnerships for Institute programs
• Prepared proposals and collaborated with Senior Development Team on strategies for solicitation
• Produced Campaign reports for our Board of Trustees and Scholars & Scholarships Campaign Committee
• Staffed the 2014 Aspen Ideas Fest (specifically Secretary Clinton), facilitated leadership meetings in Aspen, Colorado, and executed stewardship events in Washington, D.C. for the Institute’s Society of Fellows donor.
• Implemented a new organizational system accurately reflecting donor commitments, gifts, visits, correspondence, and stewardship

• Facilitated fundraising efforts and communications for Gen44 raisers as part of the finance team responsible for raising $40 million for inaugural activities

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Managed all aspects of Gen44, the under-40 fundraising program of Obama-Biden 2012, from its conception in 2009 to execution, implementation, and expansion
• Handled all communications to the 450 person finance committee while cultivating and managing new donor relationships which expanded Gen44 fundraising presence and membership from seven major cities to 20+ cities
• Coordinated with regional finance directors in executing fundraising goals via 100+ principal and surrogate events around the country, ranging in high-dollar dinners to larger low-dollar receptions and concerts.
• Crafted and maintained all social media platforms of Gen44 including creative of the website and Facebook and Twitter account
• Responsible for strategic planning and logistics for national and regional events including staffing principals and senior campaign surrogates, site advance, budget management, vendor contracting, list management, and.

Washington, DC, US

• Created Gen44 finance constituency group and served as the point of contact for Generation Obama leaders, as well as all new young professional supporters for the DNC
• Executed Gen44 fundraising events, including the first Gen44 National Summit, a two-day conference and concert featuring President Obama, and approximately 15 events around the country

• Directed all political and fundraising activities for Raj Fernando, President

Washington, DC, US

• Served as a liaison between the Candidate Fundraising department and candidates in the DCCC’s Red to Blue program – top priority congressional races – by monitoring campaign budgets, identifying finance needs and.
• Oversaw and executed four major multi-candidate events that each raised between $200,000 - $700,000

• Helped coordinate over 65 fundraising events that raised $15 million for the presidential campaign
• Managed a variety of events from 2,000 person rallies to 30 person intimate dinners. Organized all aspects of these events from setting up host committees, tracking and following up with commitments, and setting up.
• Served as a point of contact and facilitated the relationships between donors and the campaign

• Supervised media production for Hillary for President, the 2006 re-election campaigns of Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY), Gov. John Lynch (NH), Mayor David Cicilline (Providence, RI) as well as the senate campaigns of Sen..
• Coordinated the editing of television and radio spots and media buys in national markets

Washington, DC, US

• Managed campaign account information for Democratic clients and interest groups with direct mail budgets ranging from $400,000 to $500,0000

Los Angeles, CA, US

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New York, NY, US

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B.A., Communications, Political Science, Business

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