Jack Levy: District Manager for State Senator Sean McCann in Portage, MI

Serving as the in-district representative for Senator McCann by building diverse networks with leaders in the business and non-profit sectors, while collaborating with sustainability leaders: Industry experts, advocacy groups, environmental non-profits, and state departments to discuss and interpret environmental metrics. Additionally, I serve as our lead for casework, which involves handling confidential constituent inquiries while working directly with state/federal liaisons to resolve their matters Building and managing District Office operations by heading the field organizing efforts for our Constituent Outreach Program by using VoteBuilder and MiniVan. Additionally, I conduct operations to ensure a safe and positive work environment by uniting and motivating staff to work collaboratively to achieve goals. Some goals consist of scheduling and coordinating events such as Office Hours, Coffee Hours, Town Halls or creating efficient and sustainable structures for tracking constituent inquiries and Constitution Outreach Programs. Managing and mentoring 6 interns by creating their canvassing schedules as well as assigning them individual tasks tailored to help them grow personally and professionally. Tasks consist will bill research and analysis, constituent responses, casework, or various projects with quick deadlines. Ability to deliver results in a highly matrixed and constantly changing environment by providing a system thinkers approach when conducting comprehensive environmental and sustainable policy research reports for the Senator's committees: Natural Resources Committee and Energy and Technology Committee. Additionally, I deliver legislative advice and bill draft revision under long-term and short term deadlines.

Leader of sales for men’s and women’s lifestyle, recreational, and winter sport coats by creating compelling cases for customers to invest in the products and brands we sold. Assisted buyers with purchasing and merchandising, blending retail and consumer and strong intuition to forecast trends and sustainable movements, which best promoted environmental responsibility and outdoor recreation. I enjoyed taking part in the development of environmental stewards that are now a part of the Lee's family. Handled complex situations that arose while being quick-witted to find a solution that satisfies the customer and reassures our companies dedication and trust to them. These solutions resulted in creating and maintain long-term customer relations that enabled the business and outdoor industry to grow. Strong familiarity and expertise of apparel industry sustainability efforts with companies such as Fjallraven, Patagonia, Arc’teryx, Black diamond, Petzel, Grand Trunk, Big Agnes, Osprey, Gregory, MSR, Burton, Salomon, Fischer, The North Face, Smartwool, Keen, Vasque, Prana, Oakley, Marmot, Hestra, and many more.

I served as the Program Coordinator of Election-Day Voter Protection for Kalamazoo County, where I recruited, trained, and managed about 20-25 volunteers at over 10 priority precincts on Election-Day. During this role, I exercised my willingness to become familiar with voter protection and election laws in under 2 weeks, while creating presentations and templates about voter protection laws and procedures for volunteers. Furthermore, I developed fast-paced coordination, management, and communication skills while remaining calm under pressure, which resulted in clear and precise communication between the Michigan Democratic Party, volunteers, and staff.

Placed with candidate Sean McCann for Michigan's 20th State Senate seat where I began as a Financial and Fundraising Assistant. My job was to organize our database, research prospective donors, create facebook events and draft social media reports. Additionally, I developed exceptional communication and people skills by phone banking and canvassing.

Provided high organizational and collaborative skills to streamline call time to win the State Senate race to an incumbent by over 12,000 votes – Total donations raised ~ $350,000.00. Responsible for identifying and managing portfolios for donor engagement, proper asks to qualified prospective donors, and fundraising events to surpass monthly and quarterly fundraising goals. Supervised interns over topic issues and donor research to increase supporter/contribution turnout and retention rate while creating a positive work environment. Demonstrated a keen ability to adapt to new learning curves with finesse by having exquisite attention to detail while performing advanced data entry & organization with NPG Van, VoteBuilder, ActBlue, and Excel. Maintained an enthusiastic attitude while establishing long-lasting relationships with political officials and volunteers by articulating and maintaining the campaign’s message when talking to donors and recruiting volunteers. Applied strong communication skills in both written and verbal layouts to enhance the ability when troubleshooting while under pressure.

Selected through the Captial Internship Program through Western Michigan University and placed at the Michigan Environmental Council. At the MEC I formulated policy reports on Michigan's Water Use Program by conducting legislative research and quantitative analysis on water use data from the Department of Environmental Quality. The research I completed allowed me to develop aspiring communication skills as well as the ability to translate legal/legislative language. Furthermore, I created meaningful relationships with political officials and directors of various organizations.

Immersed in different cultures to gain new and innovative perspectives on how sustainable practices can be applied in low economic settings. Instruction on sustainability: Our group built a permaculture plot for a remote village that was in need of a sustainable food source and constructed a second school out of pre-used materials such as plastic water bottles to reduce waste and promote best sustainable practices. Sustainable education: Our group worked closely with a diverse group of volunteers, guides, and locals to teach English to enhance their economy with ecotourism.

Conducted independent research for Dr. Heasley in her book, "The origin and rise of the salt industry along the bi-national Huron-Erie corridor with a special focus on nineteenth-century Algonac, Michigan". While analyzing my research, I found that I had a strong motivation to meet deadlines and excelled at using creativity to utilize available resources to achieve our goals.

The creation of the Environmental Club was to educate the importance of environmental sustainability by showing students that they each have a choice to be sustainable. To do so, the Environmental Club focused on reducing the amount of bottled water being used and to reinforce sustainable behaviors such as using reusable water bottles. Completed project: Installed updated water fountains (promote the use of reusable water bottles