Preston VanAlstine

Digital Advocacy Specialist at Friends of the Earth U.S.
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Digital Advocacy Specialist
      • Apr 2023 - Present

    • Digital Advocacy Associate
      • Apr 2022 - May 2023

      As Digital Advocacy Associate, I create digital content to drive actions that make real-world impacts on the issues that are important to our membership.

    • United States
    • Political Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Climate Organizer
      • Mar 2021 - Apr 2022

      I managed the daily digital activities of the Council - updating the website, creating and scheduling social media content, drafting email copy, maintaining audience database, targeting mass emails, planning virtual events, and more. Additionally, I serve as assistant to the Council's Chair through scheduling support, editorial skills, and campaign strategy development. I managed the daily digital activities of the Council - updating the website, creating and scheduling social media content, drafting email copy, maintaining audience database, targeting mass emails, planning virtual events, and more. Additionally, I serve as assistant to the Council's Chair through scheduling support, editorial skills, and campaign strategy development.

    • United States
    • Think Tanks
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Statewide Organizer
      • Jan 2021 - Mar 2021

      As Statewide Organizer, I scripted and led monthly organizing calls, managed the 3000+ follower social media accounts, and organized volunteers to donate, make calls, and take additional action. As Statewide Organizer, I scripted and led monthly organizing calls, managed the 3000+ follower social media accounts, and organized volunteers to donate, make calls, and take additional action.

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Lake Erie Harmful Algal Blooms Intern
      • May 2020 - Aug 2020

      With the National Wildlife Federation, I researched existing water management structures at a multi-jurisdictional level to create recommendations for a management system that aims to reduce agricultural runoff and protect our freshwater resources. In doing so, I developed a deep understanding of the causes and effects of harmful algal blooms in the Lake Erie region. With the National Wildlife Federation, I researched existing water management structures at a multi-jurisdictional level to create recommendations for a management system that aims to reduce agricultural runoff and protect our freshwater resources. In doing so, I developed a deep understanding of the causes and effects of harmful algal blooms in the Lake Erie region.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Research Assistant
      • Feb 2020 - May 2020

      I researched the feasibility of a University-wide transition to net-zero transit through research peer institution efforts, electric vehicle charging infrastructure implementation costs, and local regulations and ordinances. The team's final report (attached) synthesized my findings and made recommendations to the University's Commission on Carbon Neutrality.

    • Research Assistant
      • Jan 2018 - May 2020

      Working part-time during the school year and full-time in the summer, I assisted research for the Tibbetts Lab in the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department at the University of Michigan. Activities included:• Conducting various experiments both in the field and lab studying the evolution of social intelligence ecology of Polistes wasps in the Tibbetts Lab• Constructing an outdoor enclosure to study wasp social group formation in a natural environment• Independently performing daily wasp tracking and regular assays to measure intelligence and aggression• Reviewing relevant scientific literature and summarizing key takeaways • Recording and analyzing data from various experimental trials Show less

Education

  • University of Michigan
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Environmental Studies (Policy Concentration) and Ecology, Evolution & Biodiversity

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