William Needleman, M.A. Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

• The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is a federally-funded job training program for older, unemployed, limited-resource jobseekers. SCSEP provides job search support and pays participants to.
• Consistently exceeded administration-dictated goals, which included transforming low program enrollment into over-enrollment within several months (from 140 to 160+ participants).
• Designed and executed an outreach plan; built relationships with 30+ nonprofit agencies.
• Transformed job search support; 2.5x more participants hired in 2023 than in 2022.
• Manage a $1,100,000+ program budget (federal grant from The Department of Labor).
• Supervise 8 - 12 office personnel who manage payroll, job coaching, and enrollment.

• ARC is a nonprofit that supports Ohioans with developmental disabilities.
• Assisted with developing a recruitment strategy, marketing materials, and marketing budget.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Village is a nonprofit program that provides support for older adults to remain in their homes.
• Transformed a volunteer deficit into a surplus by recruiting 50+ volunteers in 4 months
• Pioneered a successful volunteer training, and rewards program
• Coordinated dozens of events for members and volunteers by partnering with 20+ organizations
• Mobilized dozens of middle school students to collect over $1,000-worth of gifts for Village members
• Researched foundations likely to fund Village; updated grant materials (research on successful aging)

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• BSB is a nonprofit that provides limited-resource families with children’s books at no cost to them.
• Generated $90,000-worth of book donations from organizations in Greater Akron in less than 4 months
• Spearheaded a project that gave stocked bookshelves (500+ books) to 11 nonprofits in Greater Akron
• Authored 2 grants; awarded $3,945 by Believe in Reading and The Portage Foundation
• Launched Facebook fundraiser that collected $854; outraised BSB’s largest fundraiser by triple
• Boosted BSB’s Facebook page followers from 500 to 650, a nearly 25% increase

Tutored, graded papers for, and taught classes of 100+ undergraduates

• BREAD is a nonprofit that organizes political advocacy initiatives around socio-economic issues.
• Assisted with developing and evaluating a comprehensive recruitment strategyParticipated in strategic meetings with politicians and business leaders
• Assisted with event planning, management, and record keeping

• Developed safety curriculum, participated in disaster safety presentations, recruited dozens of volunteers, and assisted with volunteer database management and the preparation of fundraising events.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Communication, Survey Research

Activities and Societies: Grading Assistant-tutored students and graded papers

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Major: Sociology, Communication

Cum Laude with honors