Who Am I?

Yesterday, I had lunch with a Lehigh County Democratic Committeewoman. It was a good time, but in the process of the conversation, she wanted to know my story- how did I end up here? What's my political history. It dawned on me that so much of my history is spread out all over the country now, politically speaking, that maybe most of the people around me don't know my story. So- I decided to post my resume today.

Campaign Experience

Principle, 78 Strategies           9/2015-Present

• General consultant for several state house candidates and members in Luzerne County, oversaw petition drives for Congressional nominee Dwight Evans in PA-2 and John Morganelli’s Attorney General race, and consulted several write-in efforts in the 2016 primary. Oversaw a paid GOTV effort for a labor union and worked with clients across northeast PA.

Field Director, Lynne Abraham for Mayor of Philadelphia 2/2015-6/2015

• Oversaw a successful petition drive that got over 3,600 signatures to get on the ballot, without institutional or labor help. Oversaw volunteer recruitment and management, day-to-day. Assisted the manager on various tasks, including on finance, messaging, and scheduling.

Field Director, New Jersey Democratic Party- 12th Congressional District           8/2014-11/2014

• Oversaw a field staff of nine, across three offices and four counties. Worked with scoring to create targeted universes. Oversaw a GOTV Canvass from the Booker for Senate campaign of over $50,000. Oversaw a paid canvass, pre-GOTV of around $50,000. Elected New Jersey’s first African-American woman, Bonnie Watson Coleman, to Congress with 61% of the vote (DPI-62%).

GOTV Director, Anesa for Congress- Iowa’s 1st District 4/2014-6/2014

• Oversaw a fully volunteer GOTV effort in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. Facilitated a Bosnian canvass operation to help Anesa carry Black Hawk County with a majority, the state’s 5th largest county. Oversaw volunteer operations in Marshalltown, Cedar Rapids, Waverly, Grinnell, and Waterloo. Also worked on debate prep, environmental policy, and speech preparation.

Spring Training Director, Organizing for Action New Jersey 1/2014-4/2014

• Oversaw a fellowship program locally, and oversaw the statewide press fellowship. Helped the push to get ACA information out to consumers in North Jersey. Worked with coalition partners on the “Newtown Riders” event in Morristown, NJ.

GOTV/Field Director, David Fried for Rockland County Executive           8/2013-11/2013

• Oversaw a GOTV effort that defeated a 20 year incumbent county legislator for the nomination by targeting our base communities with a $10,000 paid canvass and targeted our base age demographic in other areas with a volunteer phone bank. Oversaw a field operation in the general election of six staffers, a volunteer phone operation, and $40,000 of paid canvass. Created bilingual canvasses for the Haitian and Dominican communities. Received the highest vote total for any Democratic nominee in the history of the office.

Regional Field Director, New Jersey Democratic Party- 5th and 12th CD’s           7/2012-11/2012

• Oversaw a staff of eight staffers, across three offices and five counties. Oversaw an internship program of a couple dozen students from Rutgers, Princeton, and others. Ran a GOTV operation across five counties despite Hurricane Sandy, helping Senator Menendez to the largest Senate victory in NJ since 1984.

Market Data Coordinator, FFE Washington, DC               5/2011-10/2011

Campaign Manager, State Representative Todd Eachus             4/2010-11/2010

Field Director, Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee             8/2008-11/2008

Early & Absentee Vote Director, Hillary Clinton for President in Ohio     2/2008-3/2008

GOTV Organizer, Hillary Clinton for President in South Carolina   1/2008

Regional Field Director, Chris Dodd for President in Iowa     3/2007-1/2008

Elected and Party Experience

President, Lehigh Valley Young Democrats                       5/2016

• Helping to raise money for the Hillary for America campaign as a young professional. Served on host committee for several events.

Hillstarter, For45 Committee                 6/2015

• Helping to raise money for the Hillary for America campaign as a young professional. Served on host committee for several events.

Successful Write-In Candidate, Palmer Township Auditor             5/19/2015

• Was nominated by write-in for a part-time local office. Unopposed in November.

Pennsylvania State Democratic Committeeman     6/2014-Present

• Elected by the Democrats of Northampton County with over 6,000 votes to serve on state committee.

Northampton County Democrats, Area 4 Chairman     6/2013-6/2014

• Re-started a defunct local Democratic committee within Northampton County and lead it for it’s first year.

Northampton County Democratic Committeeman   11/2002-Present

Education-

Moravian College- bachelors degree in political science; Bethlehem, PA— 2006

• Served as Junior and Senior Class Vice-President and News Section editor for the Comenian Newspaper.

Penn State University- Graduate course work in public administration; Harrisburg, PA