Shelby Wiltz Email & Phone Number

Nassau County, New York, United States

Nevada, United States

Nevada, United States

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Hampton Roads, Virginia Metropolitan Area

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Concord, New Hampshire

Greater Philadelphia Area

Des Moines, Iowa

• Managed grassroots, volunteer effort in Central Des Moines to turn out Democratic base in coordinated midterm election
• Shifted ownership of field responsibilities to volunteers by providing training tools and assigning organizational leadership roles
• Recruited and trained 140 active volunteers to execute early vote conversations with sporadic voters
• Organized volunteer team that attempted twenty-four thousand doors between June and October
• Built volunteer leadership team to run Get-Out-The-Vote operation that saw volunteers knock twenty-two thousand doors in four days
• Increased Democratic voter turnout in key precincts by twenty-six percent from 2010 midterm election

• Coordinate the execution and planning of conferences held on JMU’s campus either in conjunction with another GLBTIQA related organizations or hosted by Madison Equality, when applicable
• Aid the President in handling conflict within the Executive Board and any potential conflict that may arise in the general body membership.
• Attend Executive Board meetings and General Body meetings when necessary in order to assist in the planning and implementation of events, referring to appropriate university resources when needed.
• Assist the organization in the periodic assessment of the clubs progress toward the specified goals.

• Facilitated 3 separate curriculums for students using restorative justice practices including courses on Values in Action and reflection groups.
• Initiated student program intake and exit, assessing student growth throughout
• Communicated bi-monthly with over 30 students and mentors per semester
• Wrote bi-monthly newsletter updating the JMU community on upcoming events and developments within the program

• Facilitated nearly 100 educational panels in classrooms and dorms on the LGBT community at James Madison University
• Coordinated campus-wide educational events
• Designed and executed numerous staff and faculty trainings on LGBT issues
• Designed weekly meetings for general body members

Harrisonburg, VA

• Designed and developed one credit undergraduate course on diversity and social justice issues including teaching philosophy, course objectives, syllabus and 16 lesson plans
• Worked extensively with faculty mentor to revise course plans, reflect, develop teaching style and practice self-development
• Teaching 16-week course to class of 20 students independently during 2013-14 school year at James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA

• Led team of seven interns at James Madison University during gubernatorial campaign in which we registered over 2000 new student voters.
• Organized and implemented an intensive 6-week off campus voter registration drive through active volunteer recruitment and constant evaluation of best practices
• Used predictive dialer system to make hundreds of calls to democratic supporters during GOTV
• Uplifted team-based approach and flexibility in organizing by moving canvass efforts from Harrisonburg to Richmond on election day

Harrisonburg, VA

• Founded a community organization in the Shenandoah Valley providing a safe and empowering space for LGBTQ youth ages 14-20.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Attended briefings and drafted memos for Congressional staff on topics such as women’s health, education, immigration, Syria, and youth homelessness
• Wrote short speeches, tweets and multiple press releases including a rapid response release on the 38th attempt of the ACA repeal
• Performed extensive research and assistance on the reauthorization of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act of 2013
• Communicated with constituents of the 4th district by answering phones, writing personal letters of congratulations and condolence, responding to mail and providing tours of the United States Capitol