Community Organizing - 4 years

League of Conservation Voters (’84-’86) - Seattle, Washington - Organizational Founder, Administrator: As one of a team of four, founded the Seattle League of Conservation Voters, a Political Action Committee of 25 paid staff, 200 active volunteers, and an annual budget grossing a half million self-produced dollars. Responsible for demographics, targeting and outreach, precinct organizing, voter mobilization and GOTV strategies, special event fundraising, accounting, payroll, and election commission reporting, management and supervision of paid and volunteer staff, organizational development and capacity building.

Community Action Network (’82-’84) - North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York - Canvasser, Field Manager, Regional Trainer: Fundraising and canvassing as a field manager and later regional management consulting in the campaign offices of Community Action Network organizations in nine major cities of five east coast states. Performed staff development and training activities, and assisted with administrative capacity building.

Regional Staff Trainer for these U.S. NGO's:
North Carolina Public Interest Research Group (NCPIRG): Environmental monitoring of public waterways, public utility regulation
Brown Lung Association: Worker's rights and fair compensation for cotton mill workers
Virginia Action (VA): Reform of racial discrimination in voter registration laws, public utility regulation and reform
Pennsylvania Public Interest Campaign (PennPIC): Electoral organizing and support of Philadelphia's first black mayor.
Ohio Public Interest Campaign (OPIC): Public utility regulation and reform
New York Community Action Network (NYCAN): Public utility regulation and reform, consumer advocacy
League of Conservation Voters (LCV): Major electoral organizing, environmental education, legislative education