Dan Gordon Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Develop broad short- and long-term communications strategies. Develop messaging and facilitate message testing and research. Coordinate and ensure execution of a proactive earned media plan nationally and in target markets in order to increase the Forum’s media output, reach and effectiveness. Serve as the Forum's "editor in chief" and guide colleagues on.

Write clean, readable copy and make good writing better as writer, copy editor, and proofreader for Greenleaf Book Group, The Dana Foundation, Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, and other organizations. Wrote monthly column for 10,000-circulation Washington Jewish Week, 2009-2011.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Advocated for stronger refugee policy in meetings with Obama Administration, members of Congress, congressional staff. Trained on U.S. Resettlement Program and broad range of refugee and immigrant issues during HIAS Advocacy Mission. Tutored immigrants preparing for citizenship exams.

• Helped guide organization during period of rapid expansion, including groundwork for opening of Baltimore office.
• Spearheaded JUFJ campaign to reach out to 100 new potential leaders and volunteers. Initiated base-building effort in Northern Virginia.
• Worked with coalition partners on successful campaign for a progressive D.C. budget. Turned out 60 members for house meeting with their D.C. councilmember, who opposed our proposals but later introduced and passed.
• Recruited, prepared volunteers for community meeting such that staff were able to play a supporting role. Oversaw logistics, set meeting agenda, spearheaded turnout efforts that brought out 70 attendees.
• Organized members to protest Secure Communities at hearing in Arlington, Va., and to meet with members of Virginia Legislature to advocate against anti-immigrant bills.
• Developed leadership and organizing skills, built network of local activists, planned local fundraiser as part of inaugural selective fellowship program for aspiring social-justice leaders.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Edited and managed all aspects of books, print and online periodicals, and special publications about the brain, immunology, and arts education for private philanthropic organization that supports research and.
• Hired, supervised, evaluated editor-writer, associate editors, interns. Developed positive working relationships, loyalty to organization.
• Set annual budgets in the tens of thousands of dollars for each publication for which I was responsible. Consistently met or came in under budget; addressed budget challenges in timely, upfront manner.

Wrote headlines, composed cutlines, and edited copy for Metro, Features, Nation/World, and Business sections of 340,000-circulation daily newspaper in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Greater Denver Area

Edited local, wire, and business copy, wrote headlines, and composed photo captions on tight deadlines as Dow Jones Newspaper Fund editing intern at 375,000-circulation daily newspaper.

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