St. Cloud State University

BerlinRosen Public Affairs

The BerlinRosen team has nearly five decades of combined experience working on political and public affairs campaigns, and we’re driven by the campaign manager’s ethos: think big, act fast and win every day.

We specialize in bringing field and media strategy together to help our clients engage, organize, and mobilize key constituencies through four integrated areas of practice: Public Affairs, Strategic Communications, Campaign Consulting and Creative Services.

Berlin Rosen Public Affairs

Senior Vice President

Managed multiple clients in Minnesota, Missouri, and New York, including legislative caucuses, local candidates and institutions

Managed entire mail process including planning, copywriting, design, and production

Guided strategic and creative process for client direct mail

Blue Strategies

President

Managed communication strategy for multiple clients in Maryland, Virginia, Alabama, Minnesota, and New York, including congressional, legislative, and local candidates and institutions

Managed all phases of the mail process including planning and copywriting

Guided strategic and creative process for client direct mail

Supervised account staff

TruBlu Politics

Executive Vice President

Managed clients in Arizona, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania, including statewide, congressional, and legislative candidates and institutions

Produced over 100 pieces of direct mail in a five-week span

Managed all phases of the mail process

Guided strategic and creative process for client direct mail

Supervised account staff

MSHC Partners

Senior Account Executive

Managed the campaign of an insurgent candidate who forced the establishment favorite into a runoff and came within 714 votes of winning

Managed earned media strategy that resulted in a favorability ratio of over 3-1

Managed budget, resulting in highest communications budget and lowest overhead among candidates

Managed all local and DC-based consultants

Mary Norwood for Mayor

Campaign Manager

Oversaw campaign strategy

Engineered unopposed primary for major statewide office

Overhauled fundraising to raise nearly as much in four months as had been raised the previous year

Held down spending, resulting in lowest burn rate among all statewide campaigns

Oversaw opposition and self-research

Steve Shannon for Attorney General

Responsible for coordination of joint projects between the Washington and regional offices

Managed day-to-day operations of Development Department during AIPAC’s most successful development campaign

Coordinated Development Department’s joint efforts with other departments at AIPAC such as Communications

Implemented AIPAC’s largest fundraising event of the year involving over three dozen simultaneous fundraisers

Designed and implemented an electronic billing program responsible for collecting millions in unpaid pledges

Managed department budget of over $3.5 million

Coordinated staff responsible for processing gifts, billing, departmental IT, and event publicity

AIPAC

Deputy Director of Development

Oversaw earned media strategy for campaign and congressional offices

Responsible for initial setup, day-to-day operations, strategy, and rapid response for Congressman Barrow

Managed a staff of 21, including legislative and remote staff spread between four locations, to further the Congressman’s agenda

Worked with Democratic allies to advance the Congressman’s priorities

Successfully planned and implemented a strategy designed to overcome a mid-decade redistricting plan

U.S. House of Representatives

Chief of Staff

Responsible for day-to-day operations of targeted campaigns as well as other political efforts

Served on Democratic Party redistricting team responsible for maps, resulting in no losses in the state Senate, a one-seat gain in the state House, and, ultimately, a three-seat gain in Congress

Recruited candidates for state house and senate races

Roman Levit