Will Petrik Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Manage multiple projects, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to advancepolicy solutions that provide for stability, security, and dignity for all Ohioans• Highlight how the expanded child tax credit provides stability, economic security, and dignity for children and families and expands opportunity for Black and brown families• Mobilized a coalition to defend against budget cuts that would have harmed children and families; most of the priorities we called for ended up in the final 2022-23 Ohio budget• Advocate to make child care affordable to all who need it. Ultimately, lawmakers expanded access to an estimated 6,000 children, providing more families with economic security• Develop policy recommendations to stabilize families, ensure Ohioans can continue to put food on the table, and maintain our child care infrastructure in response to COVID-19 and the economic crisis• Represent Policy Matters Ohio with allied organizations, coalitions, journalists, state lawmakers, and the DeWine administration to advance our agenda • Shape the media narrative around state and federal programs that provide stability and security for people with low wages; over 210 total press hits• Advise partners on messaging, campaign opportunities and threats, and media and advocacy strategies• Helped raise over $600,000 to support our work for stability, security, and dignity for all Ohioans• Organize and facilitate virtual meetings to engage internal and external stakeholders in advancing our shared goals• Implement systems to build alignment around project goals and timelines and projectmanagement systems to communicate, coordinate, and clarify roles, such as MOCHAs

• Secured $316,150 in 2016, $319,750 in 2017, and $329,500 in 2018 from foundations• Cultivated donors and foundation funders by highlighting the impact of our work through grant reports and partner reports• Created and maintained databases to evaluate program outcomes for grant reports by analyzing participant data (pre- and post-tests) in Excel• Planned and implemented programming around storytelling and grassroots fundraising• Managed grant proposals, grant reporting, small-dollar individual donor campaign, in coordination and consultation with management, development, communications, and program teams

• Revised annual strategic plan with input from Board Members• Developed website for the Ohio Juvenile Justice Alliance • Enhanced the coalition's communications and advocacy capacity by integrating new online advocacy tools

Columbus, Ohio

I ran for Columbus City Council in 2015 and 2017. I ran, because I believe all of us deserve safety, security, and the opportunity to contribute to our neighborhood. Columbus can be a city where we all make a decent wage, pay for the basics, and have the opportunity to spend time with the people we love.We don't all currently have that opportunity. Columbus is a tale of two cities. While many have access to good jobs and opportunities, many neighborhoods are excluded from basic opportunities like access to a grocery store. We have one of the highest infant mortality rates in the country, and our schools and neighborhoods are segregated by race and income.We can do better. We have to better.Cities are where innovation is happening. Cities are making concrete changes to improve people’s quality of life. Dozens of cities have increased the minimum wage in the past few years. Some are making Pre-K accessible to all children. Here are a few highlights of what I accomplished in running for City Council:- Raised over $48,000 from over 450 donations in 2017 and $16,500 during the primary in 2015- Persuaded 8,628 voters in the Primary and 26,313 voters in the General Election in Columbus to vote for Will Petrik in 2017 and over 6,500 voters in the 2015 Primary election- Recruited and coordinated over 100 volunteers in 2015 primary election- Coordinated dozens of volunteers to collect over 2,000 signatures to secure ballot access in 2015 and 2017

Will Petrik joined Advocates for Ohio’s Future (AOF) in October 2010 as the first Outreach Director. In the most challenging budget environment in state history, the coalition secured an additional $101 million for services that strengthen families and communities in the FY2012-13 budget. After Will became State Director of the coalition, he helped lead the statewide effort to pass Medicaid expansion in Ohio. Over 500,000 Ohioans now have health care coverage as a result of health care expansion. Will worked to build a coalition of over 475 state and local organizations and spoke at dozens of community events, lobby days, and conferences. He also organized statewide webinars, involving 100s of stakeholders in state budget advocacy.

Researched, identified and conducted outreach to speakers via email and phone for nonprofit leadership speaker series

• Managed four campaigns, an internship seminar, 9 interns, and was responsible for building relationships with faculty, administrators and student groups• Got results: 294 items of food and clothing donated, 8 community leaders recruited to be on the Panel for a Sustainable Community with 75 people in attendance, collected over 675 signatures and built a coalition of 8 student groups to institute a Ban the Bottle referendum, 1513 (28%) students voted on referendum with 1234 (81.5%) students voting yes, 7 media hits on campus paper• Directed a WashPIRG internship seminar, which covered trainings on recruitment, leadership development, organizational visibility, coalition building, framing campaigns, and working with the media

• Recruited, trained, and oversaw over 25 Campus Coordinators across the country, who established the Resolve to Fight Poverty Campaign and marketed the conference on their campuses. • Coordinated national outreach for the Resolve 2009 national conference, which resulted in 250 participants from 22 different states • Worked with student volunteers and organizations at Loyola University to manage the logistics for the conference, including reserving space, coordinating meals, securing free housing

Developed relationships with leaders from labor, small business and faith based communities through through one-on-one interviews and house meetings and encouraged them to take action in the health care reform debate and Employee Free Choice Act

Researched, edited, and wrote articles and press releases regarding US foreign relations with Central and South America in topics such as trade, immigration, energy, and indigenous affairs.

Researched policy and institutional impacts resulting from "21st Century Town Meetings" and summarized findings for a marketing document.

Ba, Major: Social Justice, Minor: Political Science

Activities and Societies: President of Amnesty International (St. Scholastica chapter), Student Trade Justice Campaign, Earth Action.

Education record

Activities and Societies: International Environment and Development, Washington Semester, Spring 2009 Transforming Communities, Washington.