Stephen Miles Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC

Washington, D.C.

Various consulting projects on an independent basis.

• Managed working groups responsible for examinations of various aspects of the City of New Orleans, including recovery, city services, budget, HR, IT, and boards and commissions
• Assisted Transition co-chair in aspects including personnel interviews, budgetary adjustments, conflict resolution, and finding creative solutions to challenges in various policy areas
• Drafted policy recommendations and process enhancements for both the Transition as well as Mayor-Elect’s incoming Administration

• Coordinated and managed all aspects of campaign including day-to-day operations, media relations, campaign finance, and political strategy

• Coordinated all aspects of campaign including message development, political strategy, fundraising, and oversight of all contracts
• Managed diverse campaign staff with particular emphasis on delegation and prioritization

• Managed field staff and oversaw personnel issues
• Implemented creative mobilizations based on capacity organizational challenges
• Coordinated health care reform campaign including giving policy briefs and liaising with coalition partners
• Coordinated and implemented numerous other campaign areas including communications, logistics, and political operations

• Managed all voter contact operations including canvass, phone banks and Get Out The Vote
• Organized successfully to receive Orleans and Jefferson Parish Democratic Executive Committee endorsements
• Managed day to day operations of campaign office including scheduling and office staffing

• Recruited candidates to run for office
• Developed and maintained local Democratic coalitions focused on strengthening party unity
• Developed and implemented media events designed to counteract political rallies
• Coordinated party-building activities over 14 Parishes
• Assisted in field operations of Democratic campaigns including phone banks, canvassing, and Get-Out-The-Vote

• Development
• Managed membership: coordinated letter writing campaigns, drafted appeals, and targeted donors
• Developed grassroots network to aid fundraising, created local Chapters Community Organizing and Advocacy:
• Developed and maintained relationships with community leaders and other NGOs
• Disseminated campaign information to AHC members and other organizations through diverse media and person communication
• Coordinated Congressional and Administration advocacy

• Targeted young voter outreach as part of the New Voters Project
• Solicited membership renewals and donations for environmental and consumer advocacy groups

• Directed daily operations of radio station including long term planning and all legal compliance
• Managed executive staff of 25 and general air-staff of 125 volunteers
• Planned and supervised relocation of station, including facility planning
• Managed station finances including budget projections

Msc, International Relations

Dissertation: "From Crisis to Intervention: An Analysis of the United States' Decision to Intervene in Somalia in 1992"

Ba, History And Political Science

Honors Thesis: "Earning the Vote: New Orleans Women in Politics in the Gilded Age"

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History And Political Science