Christopher Wierzbowski: Deputy Director, Government Relations in collegeville, PA

-Write and prepare proposals, reports, and other documents for state and local allocation requests -Creation of mailings in support of state and local allocation requests -Conduct meetings for state/county lobbying efforts with state office teams and lobbyists -Research and pursue funding opportunities in states with and without a Best Buddies office -Managed organization-wide social media campaign to support the United States ratification of the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other government related posts. The UN Convention social media initiative resulted in 661,533 feed appearances and 4425 user engagements (likes, comments, re-tweets, replies, etc.).