Oversee constituent services staff (3-4 caseworkers), federal casework portfolios (including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Immigration, Small Business, and Veterans Affairs Casework), and constituent relations• Developed long lasting relationships with community advocates, elected officials, and other stakeholders on Long Island to effectively provide resources and constituent services to the district and region• Helped constituents recover more than $17 million in withheld… Show more Oversee constituent services staff (3-4 caseworkers), federal casework portfolios (including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Immigration, Small Business, and Veterans Affairs Casework), and constituent relations• Developed long lasting relationships with community advocates, elected officials, and other stakeholders on Long Island to effectively provide resources and constituent services to the district and region• Helped constituents recover more than $17 million in withheld benefits from the federal government over 8years• Crafted press releases, talking points, and speeches for in-district events that the principal attended, focusing onsmall business, public health, environmental, senior, and LGBTQ issues• Collaborated with local governments, nonprofits, and religious institutions to bring the district millions of dollarsin federal grant awards• Created, pitched, and implemented a stronger District Engagement plan during the pandemico Created and hosted Small Business Administration Webinars and conference calls to help entrepreneurs navigate new federal initiatives like the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan programo Organized Zoom virtual office hours where staff worked with constituents face to face in Zoom breakout rooms to address their federal casework issueso Prepared virtual town halls and direct to video messaging segments to provide constituents with the most updated public health and pandemic related information available Show less

Assisting constituents with federal issues and departments including the Social Security Administration, United State Postal Service, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development among others. Community Outreach with constituents and local governments.

Constituent assistance, correspondence, reception, and intern coordinator.

Voter outreach and turnout. Grassroots event planning. Intern coordination. Proficient in VAN, NGP, Google applications, and Microsoft applications.

Union organizing, Union politics, Labor relations, Local negotiation.