Todd Brogan Email & Phone Number

Brussels, BE

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed a staff of 14 full-time senior, junior, and lost-time organizers dispersed across two countries.
• Oversaw contract campaigns in more than 55 states and provinces, crafting strategy, building rank-and-file committees, lobbying local elected officials, managing media relations, overseeing strike action, and securing.
• Designed curriculum and facilitated participatory trainings to help local union leaders more effectively execute their goals internally and externally.
• Designed and managed dozens of electoral, disability justice, and racial justice campaigns that raised the wages of thousands of transit workers, won increases in transit funding, and advanced equity in public transit.
• Modernized department infrastructure and reporting regimen and introduced the union's first-ever staff development program.
• Developed the union's COVID-19 Command and Response program, including report/request management, staffing, staff training, case tracking, public messaging, and the union's first-ever national employer demands.

Washington, DC

• Elected June 19, 2018, to represent Ward 4 Democratic voters to the DC Democratic State Committee
• Publish the bimonthly Ward 4 Action Update
• Serve as Outreach Chair for the Ward 4 Democrats

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Serve as department deputy, overseeing contract campaigns in more than 40 states and provinces, crafting bargaining strategy, building rank-and-file committees, lobbying local elected officials, managing media.
• Design curriculum and facilitate participatory trainings to help local union leaders more effectively execute their goals internally and externally.
• Charged with coalition building in cities across the U.S. and Canada, connecting local union leaders with community allies and building reliable and sustained relationships.
• Design and manage dozens of electoral, disability justice, and racial justice campaigns that raised the wages of thousands of transit workers, won increases in transit funding, and advanced equity in public transit.
• Supervise a staff of five full-time organizers based at ATU HQ.

New York, New York

• Created the campaign’s messaging, branding, and PR strategy.
• Secured coverage in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, New York Magazine, NY Daily News, NY Post, Village Voice, MSNBC, FOX5, NBC4, etc.
• Served as a strategist, speechwriter, and policy advisor, drafting policy papers on transportation, education, affordable housing, and public safety.

New York, NY

• Managed media relations for the annual Runyon 5K at Yankee Stadium, generating $162,000 in publicity value and reaching a broadcast-only audience of 1.1 million.
• Led the development and writing of Foundation’s Annual Reports and brand guide.
• Oversaw the filming and editing of more than 20 videos profiling our scientists.

• Supervised all communications activities following the department Director’s departure.
• Successfully created and launched the organization’s first eNewsletter, now with a circulation of more than 30,000.
• Developed the organization’s Google Grants campaign, first general brochure, first brand guide, and its internship program.

Brooklyn, NY

• Crafted the campaign’s messaging, media, and rapid response strategies.
• Managed media relations throughout the campaign, including relationship-building, press release drafting and distribution, and drafting issue statements.
• Coordinated the campaign’s brief relief efforts for Hurricane Sandy victims.

• Succeeded in establishing Foundation’s presence on social networking and fundraising websites.
• Initiated new relationships with industry media outlets.

• Contributed substantively to conference planning meetings
• Redeveloped web content and implemented proactive outreach initiatives to increase organization’s legitimacy

• Responsibly and respectfully maintained confidential casework in a U.S. Senator’s office while working closely with constituents and staff

Ba, Communications

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Associated Students of Madison, Peace Day at UW Committee, Baha'i Campus.

Education record

Attended as a high school student in the Post-Secondary Enrollment Option.