Whitney Andersen Email & Phone Number

• Consult on, plan and execute events for individuals and small corporate entities. • Support clients’ personnel searches by leveraging personal network and connecting entities with qualified job seekers.

Alexandria, Va, Us

• Manage administrative needs of team of two attorneys and three support staff using Asana, AirTable, Dropbox, and Zoom.• Coordinate HR needs of staff, including recruitment, hiring, onboarding and payroll. Maintain payroll compliance in two states through Gusto.• Reconcile internal bank and credit card accounts using QuickBooks Online; track, bill, collect and appropriately document Accounts Receivable from over 200 clients monthly.• Support client compliance needs, regularly updating data entry and filing routine campaign finance reports using CMDI Crimson, Aristotle Campaign Manager, FECFile, VA COMET and ISP.

• Promoted into role during convention cycle to oversee and synchronize between COA Production, Official Proceedings and Program teams.• Regularly communicated with RNC Counsel and Member Services Offices to ensure convention program reconstitutes the Republican Party and re-nominates the president within parliamentary procedures.• Liaison between Republican National Committee and Donald J. Trump for President campaign officials and COA Production and Official Proceedings staff members to coordinate on-stage operations and participant logistics.

• Primary logistical point of contact for ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, NBC, PBS, CSPAN and the four Congressional Press Galleries. Managed preliminary logistical walkthroughs with above entities and supported media conversations with Freeman Company, Charlotte Convention Center and Spectrum Center.• Staff lead for the COA’s Fall Media Walkthrough, a two-day tour of the convention venues and logistical briefings for over 500 media attendees from local, national and international news outlets. Managed logistics and event operations with support of COA staff and the Charlotte 2020 Host Committee.• Coordinated with COA, RNC and Donald J. Trump for President communication teams, as well as COA Operations, External Affairs, Administration, Legal, Production and Executive Offices to support media needs.

• Managed multiple special projects for the Director of Management & Administration, including an assessment of complex office space use and review of workflow between the Office of Administration Facilities Division and the White House Management Office.• Wrote and maintained database of all communications to EOP staff during 2018-2019 Federal government shutdown.• Traveled for White House Presidential Advance Office as site and press site during 2018 mid-term elections.

• Managed team of eleven staff responsible for all logistical and financial operations within the White House Office component, including complex parking, access control, office space allocation, staff-wide communications, West Wing tours and Truman Bowling Alley reservations.• Coordinated major White House campus projects, including asbestos abatement and cyclical updates, with Office of Administration, General Services Administration, US Secret Service, National Park Service and White House Military Office. • Provided senior staff with regular financial status tracking and updates for $55 million White House Office budget appropriation.

• Supported the 2017 renovation of the West Wing, a multi-million dollar renovation project led by the General Services Administration, White House Management & Administration and the Office of Administration. • Moved West Wing staff from their offices to temporary spaces in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across the street and back again after completion of the Summer 2017 renovation project.• Wrote and managed all senior staff briefing materials for the West Wing renovation, and communicated information to the White House Press Office to respond to press inquiries.

• Member of team responsible for distributing tickets and credential underlays associated with Inaugural public and special events.

Alexandria, Us

• Researched and wrote copy for over 80 direct mail pieces for clients in Colorado, Maine, New Mexico and Virginia.• Managed life cycle of each piece from creative conception to mailing by working with clients, designers, printers and mail shop firms across the country.• Designed and managed mail plans for candidates running for Town Council, State House, State Senate and US Congress.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Developer and project manager of Freedom Plaza, a first-of-its-kind outdoor venue within the convention complex. Managed $650,000 project budget and all associated entities, including Gateway Economic Development Corporation, Freeman XP, Freeman, Harbinger Outreach, Facebook, two local caterers, and seven entertainment groups.• Lead point of contact for all convention activities at Progressive Field, including events for GOP Convention Strategies, RNC, NRCC, as well as coordinated logistical needs of 25 local and national vendors in Freedom Marketplace with COA staff.• Managed internal and US Secret Service credentialing of all convention venues, hospitality vendors, and other support entities.• Together with team of 25 staff and interns, managed six convention venues throughout unprecedented four-week build-out.

• Managed multi-million dollar budget of political startup that conducts analytical field testing for conservative clients.• Liaised with contractors and clients, including RNC, NRCC, RSLC, and RGA; monitored and managed contracts and billing.• Wrote and updated all company marketing collateral, including business plans, brochures, and fundraising pieces.• Organized and coordinated monthly political field test research seminars targeted to Republican campaign operatives.• Hired and managed three field staffers for extensive grassroots experiment in AR, CO and IA, Aug. – Nov. 2014.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Managed all RNC/Romney for President Victory event collateral, including contracts, certificates of insurance and vendor W-9s.• Tracked invoices and multi-million dollar Victory event budget to ensure events fell within budgetary and contractual parameters.• Monitored event expenditures, such as venue costs, entertainment, state party payables and event turnout calls and mailers.• Coordinated with RNC and Romney teams to compile and organize photographic documentation for each event.

• Ordered, organized and distributed convention credentials for approximately 15,000 media attendees.• Compiled, edited and managed publication of the convention media guide as well as handbooks for Media Walk-Throughs.• Facilitated logistical needs of Congressional Press Gallery staff, including travel, transportation and lodging.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Managed office of four attorneys, three law clerks and two interns.• Responsible for multi-million dollar office budget including annual budget proposal to senior staff as well as month-to-month bookkeeping.• Drafted scripts, agendas and other meeting collateral for RNC Winter, State Chairmen’s and Summer Meetings.• Organized three Legal Compliance Seminars annually to educate state party officials and other Republican political operatives.

• Relayed schedule and logistical information to NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox News, CNN and White House Correspondents Association for all presidential trips. • Managed publication of over 75 domestic and international schedules for White House press corps, compiling and summarizing logistical information relayed by advance teams staffing presidential trips outside Washington, DC. • Recruited and managed over 50 press advance volunteers in 10 states and the District of Columbia. • Accompanied presidential delegation and White House press corps on 7 international trips to 23 countries.

Vienna, Va, Us

• Logistics coordinator for Global Young Leaders Conference• Facilitated safety and security of over 700 international high school students between two major metropolitan areas. • Coordinated logistics of 12-day conference with vendors such as Sheraton National Hotel and Martz Bus Company. • Managed team of four staffers tasked with all advance, bus movement and medical needs of scholars and staff.

• Compiled, edited and published over 30 domestic and international schedules for White House Press Corps.• Credentialed and managed press as member of Press Advance team on 3 local trips.• Communicated trip staffing information among press advance office, travel office, and media affairs office.

• Aided logistics team in chaperoning educational trips around Washington, DC for over 400 students simultaneously. • Researched and compiled political science studies and news articles for organization’s annual publication, Outlook.

Silver Spring, Md, Us