Experience

Break Blue Strategies

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Owner and founder of Break Blue Strategies, a political and nonprofit consulting firm that offers integrated strategic plans to help our clients raise make positive change. We’ve raised over $2,000,000 our first year for our clients, written award-winning TV and digital ads, and built integrated communications strategies to reach constituents where they're at.To learn more, go to www.breakbluestrategies.com



PAF

• Czechia
• Animation and Post-production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Advisor

  • Aug 2020 - Nov 2020

  - Responsible for providing strategic insight, communications, development, and defining the organizational mission.- Created the organization's strategic plan, 2021 and 2022 mission, budget, fundraising plan, as well as overseeing all donor communications, email fundraising, and outward-facing communications.- Responsible for overseeing the recruiting and retaining of major donors, bundlers, council members, and events.- Raised $250,000 in a week and $500,000 in the first three months.- Managed staff, consultants, volunteers, and interns.



Washington State Democrats

• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Coordinator

  • Oct 2019 - Jun 2020

  Managed Recurring Donor Program (Rise & Organize), including all donor communications for one of the largest state-level monthly donor programs in the nation. Developed a Raiser program with state legislators and local party organizations - the first in State Party history.Worked with vendors to update WA Dems online store, introducing new designs, updating UI, and marketing tools to increase ROI.Managed relationships with fundraising consultants to plan and execute major donor events.Closely managed relationships with stakeholders ranging from elected officials to major party donors to ensure communications clarity.Charged with developing and executing the transition to a virtual events fundraising strategy for 2020 campaign cycle due to COVID-19.



Northwest Progressive Institute

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Director

  • Mar 2019 - Oct 2019

  - Organized and executed work-plans for multiple events throughout the year, with hundreds of attendees.- Researched potential venues, vendors, and contracts.- Managed outreach to speakers, sponsors, and databases of event registration.- Created new institutional giving program and improved individual giving programs.



Friends of Drew Hansen

• Deputy Finance Director

  • Aug 2019 - Sep 2019

  - Prospected donors, organized high-dollar events, located untapped outreach potential, rolodexing raiser contacting info.- Managed campaign database, coordinated other finance staff/volunteers use and trained them on best practices and utilization.- Worked with consultants, treasurers, and other staff to achieve fundraising benchmarks.- Led effort to raise $180,000 in six weeks.



Mario Christoph Brown & Associates

• Associate Consultant

  • Mar 2019 - Aug 2019

  - Managed communications, field, and media strategy for multiple political campaigns. - Fundraised, prospected donors, organized high-dollar events, located untapped outreach potential, created generations of raisers and raised over $450,000 in 3 months for a half dozen candidates.- Identified emerging and current trends in local, state, and national politics. - Public Policy analysis and legislative tracking for campaigns.



Iron Horse Associates

• Founding Partner

  • Feb 2018 - Mar 2019

  Iron Horse Associates offers full-service campaign management and strategic communications services to Democratic and progressive campaigns and organizations throughout Washington State.



Jenn Goulet for the 9th LD

• United States
• Political Organizations

• Campaign Manager

  • Nov 2017 - Jun 2018

  Campaign Manager for the Democratic candidate for the Washington State House of Representatives in the 9th Legislative District. Creating, updating, and executing a complex strategy including communications, field organization, and fundraising.



Washington State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Founder and Executive Director of Student Defense Initiative

  • Sep 2016 - May 2017

  Student Defense Initiative is a group of students who have come together to create a realistic crisis management and national security situation simulations group. Heavily focused on resolving large scale, real-world issues, this sort of experience is lacking outside of military academies and yet is vital to those who wish to go into the security fields. SDI is going to change that.

• Contract Support Clerical Assistant

  • Aug 2016 - May 2017

  Managed REZ database for the WSU Contracts Office.Processed business and administrative contracts for the University, including urban campuses.Reviewed and edited previous contracts to match current contract requirements.Worked closely with department chairs and contacts to assist with contract issues.Provided support to the VP of Finance and Administration, Contracts Managers and Specialists.



Ritchie for Congress

• Political Organizations

• Field Intern

  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2014

  • Managed and planned meet and greets with the candidate,• Managed a team of interns and volunteers.• Supervised volunteer doorbelling and phone-banking. • Cold-called over 10,000 voters using an autodialing system