Ames Kessler

Legislative Strategist at Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Portland, Oregon, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Public Policy Offices
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Legislative Strategist
      • Mar 2021 - Present

    • United States
    • Political Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Campaigns Director
      • Oct 2019 - Feb 2021

    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chief of Staff to Representative Courtney Neron
      • Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

    • United States
    • Political Organizations
    • Regional Field Director
      • Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

    • United States
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Communications and Development Director
      • Feb 2018 - Apr 2018

    • Leadership Development Director
      • Mar 2015 - Feb 2018

    • Lead Field Organizer
      • Dec 2014 - Mar 2015

    • Leadership Development Fellow
      • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

      • Built and executed a ten-week curriculum of two-hour classroom sessions for 6 interns• Trained interns on the VAN, Google Docs and Google Sheets, and how to utilize time in the field• Organized press conferences to bring awareness to the rising student debt problem• Wrote op-ed for The Missoulian newspaper regarding student debt

    • Field Fellow
      • Aug 2014 - Nov 2014

      • Recruited volunteers to phone bank and canvass for U.S. Senate and U.S. House candidates • Participated in direct voter contact activities, including canvassing and phone-banking • Contacted 554 community members via phone-banking and 655 via canvassing • Made call lists using Votebuilder for myself and volunteers • Recruited volunteers to phone bank and canvass for U.S. Senate and U.S. House candidates • Participated in direct voter contact activities, including canvassing and phone-banking • Contacted 554 community members via phone-banking and 655 via canvassing • Made call lists using Votebuilder for myself and volunteers

    • United States
    • Political Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Democracy Fellow
      • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

      • Registered over 100 voters in the Denver area and made over 500 voter contacts in regards to student debt • Collected over 100 comment cards on the EPA regulations and gave testimony at EPA hearing • Planned and led a field campaign on the city level • Executed over a dozen voter registration events in Denver, including Denver Pride, Black Arts Festival, and Warped Tour • Registered over 100 voters in the Denver area and made over 500 voter contacts in regards to student debt • Collected over 100 comment cards on the EPA regulations and gave testimony at EPA hearing • Planned and led a field campaign on the city level • Executed over a dozen voter registration events in Denver, including Denver Pride, Black Arts Festival, and Warped Tour

  • Forward Montana
    • Bozeman, MT
    • Intern
      • Feb 2014 - May 2014

      • Encouraged young people to be active in local government and politics • Connected with local religious leaders and business owners to gain support for the creation of a Non- Discrimination Ordinance • Cut turf using the VAN for 50 volunteers to canvass the Bozeman area and collect Non-Discrimination Ordinance comment cards • Encouraged young people to be active in local government and politics • Connected with local religious leaders and business owners to gain support for the creation of a Non- Discrimination Ordinance • Cut turf using the VAN for 50 volunteers to canvass the Bozeman area and collect Non-Discrimination Ordinance comment cards

    • Intern
      • Jan 2012 - May 2012

Education

  • Montana State University-Bozeman
    Bachelor’s Degree, Political Science and International Relations
    2010 - 2014
  • The American University of Rome
    International Relations and Affairs
    2013 -

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