Stephanie Somerman Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Henniker, New Hampshire, US

Support with Board Governance and Strategy engagements

Resourcing volunteer humanitarian efforts in the Kherson region of Ukraine.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Partnered with nonprofit organizations nationwide to develop creative fundraising strategies, compelling language, and internal staff resources resulting in more than $100.4 million in grants requested from private and corporate foundations for mission-driven programs and $40.7+ million secured.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Fairfield, Connecticut, US

Lead resource development liaison for domestic advocacy campaigns focused on early childhood education and maternal and child health. I provide technical assistance on advocacy and policy fundraising strategies for unique campaigns at the local, state, and federal levels that drive investments in kids.

Washington, DC, US

Dynamic change agent bringing together the President, COO, senior leadership, and program staff to support policy change at the state and federal levels to ensure kids are healthy, educated, and successful.

Washington, DC, US

Handpicked to support the new Executive Director of a fifty-year-old progressive peace and security organization to be responsible for development, program management, and operations.

Managed a two-person team supporting a trans-partisan coalition of 30+ non-profits in legislative, communications, research, and fundraising activities for an issue advocacy campaign focused on the federal defense budget.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Worked with a local non-governmental organization serving 11,000 people in 22 villages in rural, southern Ukraine to build capacity through strategic planning, project management, and cultural exchange.

Ann Arbor, MI, US

Coordinated projects for a team of 13+ graduate/undergraduate students directed by demographer Dr. William Frey to generate and maintain a network of published and digital census data tools to promote quantitative literacy in the social sciences.

Ann Arbor, MI, US

Taught a course on campaign strategies/tactics for 40 undergraduate students by supporting the professor during lecture, and teaching two one-hour discussion sections per week in which students regularly contributed to a class blog focusing on campaigns and elections.

Reported on weekly field activities, created materials for state affiliates, and provided support on campaigns on health care, the Iraq war and the Invest in America’s Future infrastructure policy plan. Here, I developed skills on writing strategic campaign plans and facilitated brainstorming sessions by initiating a new campaign to forge a partnership.

New York, NY, US

Co-founded the UMichigan Chapter of the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network—nation-wide student progressive policy think tank—to facilitate the innovation of student policy ideas and establish new student activism on campus. I provided strong leadership for two years, organized multiple on-campus awareness events/campaigns, developed three policy.

New York, NY, US

Planned and executed the annual national development retreat for the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network which included 100 student participants from around the country; I designed three days of programming, lodging/meals and entertainment on a $40,000 budget.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Assisted staff on affirmative action grassroots actions for a Michigan ballot initiative, National/State Education Report Cards (statistical analysis) and 2006 Voting Rights Campaign (press outreach), and wrote articles published by civilrights.org blog on immigration, voting rights and education.

Master, Public Policy

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science