Thomas Self Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Fl, Us

Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States

Orlando

• Represent and drive federal policy initiatives on behalf of Senator Marco Rubio to central Florida constituents, local government, business community and coalition leaders• Proactively monitor and liaison with local media to disseminate critical policy issues to insure the Senator is proactive on local constituent issues• Expert in providing advice and solutions as the regional representative to the constituency, business community and local government leaders• Responsible for site planning and management of the Senator’s schedule when visiting the region • Collaborate and communicate with state director to insure outreach goals are exceeded and community stakeholders are well served• Represent Senator Rubio and present on his behalf at high profile community events• Meet face to face with local constituents and share their casework issue with constituent services staff • Liaison with Federal, State, and Local government agencies• Primary expert in state and central Florida public policy issues• Manage central Florida office internship program• Manage central Florida regional office operations, facilities and provide budget oversight and control

Orlando, Florida Area

• Insure fluid day to day operations of Senator Rubio’s Florida Headquarters• Provided critical information and assistance to central Florida constituents• Organized and supported mobile office hours in the Central Florida Region and brief the Director of Constituent Services, the State Director and the Senator on each event• Organized and managed mobile offices in the central Florida region and supported the Director of Constituent Services, State Director and Senator during visits to rural constituents• Assist State Director and Central Florida Regional Director on high profile projects• Primary state Correspondence Manager and coordinate letter responses for Senator Rubio• Identified and delivered important key media messages to communications staff and Senator Rubio• Developed standards and protocols for the Service Academy Nominations process

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Worked closely with members of the Florida House of Representatives and their staff on a daily basisDraft briefs and memos for daily legislative updates and compiled daily news articles for staff and their membersCreated a compilation of critical bill votes from floor votes, committee and regional council meetingsResearched the house standing rules for Florida Republican Party members in order to revise the rules, per leadership requestAssisted the Staff Director with daily updates regarding the Florida Legislature.Was published for efforts on compiling the Critical Votes from Legislative Session 2010; Florida House of Representatives 2010 Critical Votes Volume 1 and Volume 2Received strong performance reviews from management