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Co-Founder – Colorado Community Research
2022 – Present
● Co-founded an issue polling start-up that performs simple and cost-effective SMS-based polling
● Wrote a data pipeline that processes county-level voter data to create voter populations for survey
● Identified key polling demographics around age, voter history, and party affiliation to successfully poll a local issue
● Developed and tested political messaging, integrating results into messaging and field plan for a local issue campaign
● Wrote a data pipeline that processes county-level voter data to create voter populations for survey
● Identified key polling demographics around age, voter history, and party affiliation to successfully poll a local issue
● Developed and tested political messaging, integrating results into messaging and field plan for a local issue campaign
Campaign Co-Director – Boulder Progressives
2023
● Endorsed and supported two progressive candidates, electing one, in Boulder’s first ever direct election of mayor using Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) / Instant Runoff Voting (IRV)
● Endorsed and elected two candidates for city council who are strong advocates on housing, social justice, and climate change
● Built coalitions with Sierra Club and Better Boulder to work for universal support of progressive candidate endorsements
● Endorsed and campaigned for school board candidates, electing two progressive candidates to BVSD
● Worked with Boulder Issue Polling to develop and run a statistically valid poll on 2023 measure 302 Safe Zones and Boulder issues
● Extensive post-election analysis determining levels of support, election maps, and analysis of Cast Vote Record (CVR) of instant runoff voting and other election outcomes
● Endorsed and elected two candidates for city council who are strong advocates on housing, social justice, and climate change
● Built coalitions with Sierra Club and Better Boulder to work for universal support of progressive candidate endorsements
● Endorsed and campaigned for school board candidates, electing two progressive candidates to BVSD
● Worked with Boulder Issue Polling to develop and run a statistically valid poll on 2023 measure 302 Safe Zones and Boulder issues
● Extensive post-election analysis determining levels of support, election maps, and analysis of Cast Vote Record (CVR) of instant runoff voting and other election outcomes
Skills: Ranked Choice Voting · Text Message Campaigns · Campaign Management · Political Polling
Campaign Co-Director – People for Voter Turnout
2022
● Created, managed, and ran successful campaign to move off-cycle municipal elections to November of even years
● Researched and analyzed local election performance in Boulder, comparing to published studies on age, voter history, and racial data in local elections
● Collaborated across several local campaigns to develop models and data sharing plan to coordinate text-messaging and lit-drop field plans for maximum impact
● Developed presentations to win endorsements from 15+ organizations and a broad coalition of community leaders such as Colorado Working Families Party, NAACP Boulder County, ACLU Colorado, Showing Up for Racial Justice, Sierra Club, and New Era
● Researched and analyzed local election performance in Boulder, comparing to published studies on age, voter history, and racial data in local elections
● Collaborated across several local campaigns to develop models and data sharing plan to coordinate text-messaging and lit-drop field plans for maximum impact
● Developed presentations to win endorsements from 15+ organizations and a broad coalition of community leaders such as Colorado Working Families Party, NAACP Boulder County, ACLU Colorado, Showing Up for Racial Justice, Sierra Club, and New Era
Skills: Political Communication · Political Strategy · Strategic Analysis · Local Elections · Campaign Management
Campaign Co-Director – Bedrooms Are For People
2020 to 2021
● Created, managed, and ran campaign to reform Boulder’s discriminatory housing occupancy laws
● Served as campaign tech lead for the first municipal measure in the country to get on the ballot using an online, digital petition system, collecting over 3,500 signatures
● Developed software for data intake, APIs, voter database matching, and text-messaging to create an end-to-end petition signing process with data collection
● Produced live-updating analytics and graphics to update our team on petition progress
● Served as campaign tech lead for the first municipal measure in the country to get on the ballot using an online, digital petition system, collecting over 3,500 signatures
● Developed software for data intake, APIs, voter database matching, and text-messaging to create an end-to-end petition signing process with data collection
● Produced live-updating analytics and graphics to update our team on petition progress
Skills: Political Communication · Political Strategy · Strategic Analysis · Local Elections · Campaign Management
Campaign Organizer – Boulder Progressives
2019
● Co-founded organization to endorse and campaign for progressive Democratic candidates in city council races
● Built coalitions with pro-housing and environmental groups
● Elected a majority of our endorsed candidates
● Developed messaging and strategies on social justice issues centered on housing, homelessness, and policing
● Built coalitions with pro-housing and environmental groups
● Elected a majority of our endorsed candidates
● Developed messaging and strategies on social justice issues centered on housing, homelessness, and policing
City Council Candidate
2017
● Ran the most tech-forward campaign in Boulder City Council history
● Developed and implemented direct voter outreach through social media, texting, field
campaign with a 20k budget and 40 volunteers
● Developed and implemented direct voter outreach through social media, texting, field
campaign with a 20k budget and 40 volunteers
Skills: Political Communication · Political Strategy · Strategic Analysis · Local Elections · Campaign Management
Campaign Project Manager – Elect Angelique Espinoza
2016
● Managed a core team of eight volunteers to plan and execute a Colorado House of Representatives Democratic Primary campaign
● Analyzed voting precincts to create a strategy for direct mail, phone calling, and field campaign
● Researched and implemented social media communications and online marketing strategy
● Developed field organizing strategy and worked with field director for implementation
● Organized plans for local caucus, county convention, and primary election
● Analyzed voting precincts to create a strategy for direct mail, phone calling, and field campaign
● Researched and implemented social media communications and online marketing strategy
● Developed field organizing strategy and worked with field director for implementation
● Organized plans for local caucus, county convention, and primary election
Skills: Political Communication · Political Strategy · Strategic Analysis · Local Elections · Campaign Management
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