Washington, District of Columbia, United States
• Develop and direct strategy for Young Farmers’ climate policy portfolio and Farm Bill advocacy by monitoring and analyzing policy and legislative developments relating to climate change and agriculture, providing recommendations to the organization, and engaging with stakeholders, including farmers, corporate partners, and partner organizations. • Collaborated with US Congressional lawmakers and their staff to introduce 7 bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate by drafting legislative text, soliciting stakeholder feedback, and securing Congressional and grassroots support for the bills. • Conducted research for, drafted, and edited 25+ advocacy publications, including policy briefs, memos, rulemaking comments, letters for the Congressional Record, action toolkits, and press releases. • Work closely with farmers and partner organizations to advocate for Young Farmers’ priorities on Capitol Hill by helping coordinate fly-ins, in-district meetings with Members of Congress, and drafting legislative testimony. • Represented Young Farmers at 11 conferences, panels, roundtables, and other public events.
• Managed all climate change campaigns for Generation Progress (GP), CAP’s youth policy and advocacy arm, by empowering GP’s audience to engage directly with policymakers and by creating blog posts, video content, campaign messages, emails, and other written materials. • Oversaw the process of recruiting and interviewing young people experiencing the climate crisis firsthand, and documented their stories via op-eds and social media posts to call for climate action and environmental justice. • Served as the liaison between GP and CAP’s Energy and Environment War Room by coordinating closely to produce and distribute policy and advocacy messages tailored to our audience. • Monitored policy developments relating to energy, climate, and the environment and provided strategy recommendations to supervisors and colleagues.
• Managed LISC DC’s portfolio of government- and privately-funded capacity building grants distributed to nonprofit partners by working closely with grantees to ensure compliance with federal regulations and providing tailored technical assistance to ensure program effectiveness. • Managed the development and launch of the inaugural Oramenta Newsome Community Development Fellowship program, which provided career support and professional development for early-career community development professionals. • Managed the complete redesign of LISC DC’s website, including strategy, content creation, and publication, and provided regular website management. • Designed compelling publications to explain LISC DC’s work, including annual reports, one-pagers, and other reports as needed.