Thomas Bell, Iii Email & Phone Number

Montgomery, Alabama Area

Support daily activities of the Probate Judge including responding to constituent correspondence, managing calendar, establishing and maintaining social media accounts for Probate Court, controlling corresponding with stakeholders and partners and facilitating staff meetings.CONTRIBUTIONS:•Coordinate community town hall meetings for as many as 100 constituents and network with community leaders, bank presidents, local political leaders, and clerks to discuss plans to address issues, goals and objectives at city and state levels.•Contributed to Elder Justice Task Force meeting for Judge to share vision to attack the issues of Elder Abuse•Designed presentations to provide information on the basics of the Probate Court, strategic planning for supervisors, current and pop culture for college students at Troy University, and to solidify agenda for Wills and Estate Conference.

Selma, Al

• Directed the daily responsibilities of an assistant, student liaison, and various student led organizations and activities such as student forums, debate teams/programs and Greek organization activities. • Coordinated activities of the Woman’s center which involved setting up mentors for the female population on campus, planning community activities, and organizing fund raising activities.• Chartered a student liaison program to develop and cultivate relationships between administration and students.• Reduced disciplinary issues by 25% by adhering to student disciplinary procedures and rejuvenating bond between student and administration.• Developed survey to gauge students’ food preferences and implemented healthier food items, which increased positive interactions among students and staff while improving food quality and standards in Student Health Services.

Montgomery, Alabama Area

Supported partnership specialist in reaching the goals of the 2010 census to increase the overall response rate by 75%, reduce the undercount of Hard-to-Count (HTC) populations by 40%, and communicate consistent Census message.CONTRIBUTIONS:•Caucused with community leaders and Partnership Specialist to conduct city council/county commission meetings in addition to meetings with local governmental offices.•Accumulated data necessary for weekly written report and researched data on specific counties to construct detailed reports for supervisors and community groups.•Led presentations for community groups and attended seminars on various HTC areas.

Montgomery, Alabama Area

Provided resources to clients such as strategic planning, state legislative lobbying, media relations, stockholder relations, and grassroots development.CONTRIBUTIONS:•Planned activities to achieve desired client outcomes including facilitating client retreats, setting client goals, objectives, and strategies, as well as directing research proposals and projects on behalf of the firm.•Registered legislative lobbyist in the Alabama state legislature to advocate for clients, apply of rules of the legislature and established personal relationships with legislative and executive branches of Alabama state government.•Collaborated with staff on production of newsletters, position papers, and public affairs material.

Montgomery, Alabama Area

•Assisted Program Director in managing grants, planning for funds procurement, and implementing selected programs.•Managed database, processed contributions and acknowledgements and published newsletter.

Master'S Degree, Judicial Administration-Public Safety, A

Activities and Societies: Paralegal Honor Society

Master'S Degree, Political Science And Government, B

All course work completed Comps need to be completed

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Political Science And Government, B

Activities and Societies: Marching Crimson Piper Band