Whitman College

Democratic District Leader, 65th Assembly District

New York, New York, United States

Write, edit, and distribute press releases and other mass communications for prominent civil rights law firm. Work with senior partner and associate attorneys to synchronize communications with legal strategies. Prepare the firm’s clients for successful press interactions.

The Kurland Group

Communications Director

Elected representative of the Democrats of Lower Manhattan to the New York Democratic Party. Participate in vetting and nomination of candidates for Civil, Supreme, and Surrogate's Courts in New York County. Leading efforts to reform the New York County Democratic Committee, including banning lobbyists from party leadership. Hire and oversee staff for district’s election poll sites. Maintain communication about community and political issues door-to-door and via an email list of over 20,000 subscribers. Elected with 67% of vote in 2009; reelected in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017

NY County Democratic Committee

Advise campaigns and political clubs on ballot access strategy, including the printing, filing, and defense of designating petitions. Act as campaign treasurer for various campaigns, including handling all compliance and official filings with the Board of Elections. Write and edit communications, including press materials, annual reports and newsletters for campaigns and non-profit organizations.

Freelance

Political Consultant

Fact-checker for weekly national magazine with a circulation of two million. Worked with writers and editors to prevent publishing errors. Alerted legal department and editors to potential legal liabilities, including passages that might invite libel charges.

Wenner Media

Researcher

Obama for America

Leader, Downtown East for Obama

I am running for New York State Assembly to restore representation to the people of Lower Manhattan.  For over 30 years, we have been failed and failed again by the broken system in Albany.  The party machines and the developers and special interests who support them will only surrender their power at the ballot box.  Please join us at <a href="http://www.NewellNYC.org">http://www.NewellNYC.org</a>

Friends of Paul Newell

Democrat for Assembly

- Conceived, planned and executed grassroots fundraising strategies. Raised over $2 million with thousands of participants.•	Devised and implemented on-site program evaluations in impoverished African community.•	Planned and coordinated over 20 fundraising events, including gala dinner with Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu.•	Presented to dozens of groups in schools, churches, businesses, etc.•	Managed donor contact with hundreds of donors.•	Recruited, conducted and reported on stakeholder and client focus groups.•	Kept books and tracked income in $2M/year organization with incorporations in 3 countries (US, UK & South Africa), thousands of donors, hundreds of vendors and 53 employees.•	Coordinated conversion of 13 school computer centers to Linux thin-client model.•	Wrote, edited and compiled publications such as newsletters, Annual Reports, brochures.•	Wrote and edited dozens of successful funding proposals.•	Maintained IT network for small office of 9 workstations.

Ubuntu Education Fund

Grassroots Director

Crafted and implemented field outreach strategy in competitive Congressional election.

Barney Brannen for Congress

Deputy Field Director

Managed over 80 volunteers and interns and liaised with dozens of local activists to promote candidate in the N.H. and other presidential primary elections

Bill Bradley for President

Field Organizer

YIVO

Archivist

Identified, organized, and catalogued historical documents and archival materials in numerous languages. Flagged documents of unique importance for special preservation.