Shawn Werner Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver CO

-Developed a state-based political program that invested $9 million to successfully advance LGBT rights and defeat anti-LGBT legislation and lawmakers.- Managed the lobbying teams in state legislatures, including successfully advancing LGBT bills through Republican-dominated legislatures.- Successfully defended Republican lawmakers in Illinois, Minnesota.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Lead organization's work to win marriage equality in states east of the Mississippi River, including public education campaigns, legislative advocacy, and ballot initiatives.
• Served as organizational lead in winning ballot initiative campaigns in Maryland and Maine, in successful legislative campaigns in Delaware and Rhode Island, and ongoing work in New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, and.
• Assessed the next tier of states that with an aggressive campaign could obtain the freedom to marry either legislatively or through a ballot initiative.
• Collaborated with national and local partner on electoral effort to protect vulnerable New Hampshire incumbents after a tough vote that prevented the repeal of the freedom to marry.
• Led the successful campaign by Freedom to Marry to include the first ever pro-gay marriage language in the 2012 Democratic Party Platform, which included enlisting Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Senators and.
• Managed an effort, in conjunction with the Human Rights Campaign and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, to organize a volunteer program incentivizing activists to travel to ballot initiatives states in the final.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Directed all political operations of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund (GLVF), maintaining a win rate of over 65%
• Managed a team of three, including the Deputy Political Director and the Political Associate.
• Reported regularly to the CEO and Deputy Executive Director, and quarterly to the national Board of Directors, presenting financial and political assessments and recommendations for future action.
• Maximized the impact of the organization’s investments by assessing campaigns and determining direct allocation of resources, independent expenditures, and staffing on the ground.
• Directed all independent expenditure campaigns on behalf of GLVF, acting as campaign manager.
• Established fundraising, field, and endorsement benchmarks for candidates to receive further support from GLVF.

Ba, Political Science

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