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Vice President, Policy and Advocacy
Company NameKnowledgeWorks Foundation
Dates EmployedJun 2012 – Present Employment Duration5 yrs 11 mos
LocationCincinnati, Ohio Area
• Promote the mission, vision and practices of the KnowledgeWorks and its subsidiaries through strategic direction with a focus on growth and sustainability of subsidiaries, connecting KnowledgeWorks’ work to national movements and trends including state and federal legislation, and assisting in the creation of high density, scaled states per the KnowledgeWorks strategic plan.
• Provide leadership and strategic direction for federal and state governmental relations on behalf of the KnowledgeWorks. Charged with developing relationships with key members of Congress, the executive branch, and key state leaders in strategic states for KnowledgeWorks. Manage a Washington, DC based staff member focused on federal advocacy and policy.
• Develop state level strategies on behalf of the various units of KnowledgeWorks with key states, state leaders, and partners including state departments of education, Governor’s offices and key partners providing connections and alignment between key state initiatives and the work of KnowledgeWorks and subsidiaries.
• Develop federal policy and state policy agendas to expand the thought leadership of KnowledgeWorks but also increase the visibility, growth, and sustainability of KnowledgeWorks and subsidiaries
• Create a federal and state advocacy strategy and tactics to move KnowledgeWorks’ policy agendas and position KnowledgeWorks and subsidiaries as leaders in the education field.
• Develop and manage relationships with new and potential partners (state agencies, associations, corporations, foundations, etc) to create demand for KnowledgeWorks and its subsidiaries and internal KnowledgeWorks divisions.
• Develop an overall relationship management strategy and an cultivation as well as the accompanying technology to track relationship and partnership work in real time. |