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ASHLEY CALDWELL

Memphis,TN

Summary

High-achieving senior executive bringing expertise in campaign field strategy, client and staff management, and skills training. Offers 11 years of campaign leadership and 16 years of management experience with a forward-thinking mindset and demonstrated track record of accomplishment.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Vice President of Campaigns

The Outreach Team
07.2020 - 12.2024

The Outreach Team is a national field vendor owned by 360 Campaign Consulting

  • Managed voter registration and voter contact projects, clients, national directors, budgets, and created strategic campaign plans to recruit new business for political field and organizing campaigns.
  • In 2024, oversaw 15 large-scale campaigns registering voters in Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania and voter contact campaigns in Michigan and North Carolina. In North Carolina alone we knocked on over 1.25 million doors.
  • In 2022, oversaw 18 campaigns for the midterm election cycle registering 14,810 new voters, restoring voting rights of 125 people, knocked 1,442,520 doors, and contacted 312,771 voters in Arizona, California, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington D.C., & Wisconsin.
  • In 2021, managed multiple voter contact campaigns and clients in Arizona to protect voting rights, in the Virginia state elections, and tested door-to-door polling in Virginia for the DNC. Hired and trained new Project Directors.
  • In 2020, oversaw all of the campus voter registration programs in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, & Pennsylvania as well as large voter contact campaigns in Michigan and North Carolina General Elections.

Organizing Director

360 Campaign Consulting
05.2019 - 07.2020
  • Organizer for the Restore Your Vote campaign for Campaign Legal Center focusing on voter rights restoration in West Tennessee May - Aug 2019.
  • Deputy Director for Planned Parenthood Virginia PAC working to flip the State Senate and Retain the House of Delegates; managed a team of 45 canvassers Aug - Nov 2019
  • Lead Organizer for Restore Your Vote with Campaign Legal Center to create automatic restoration for people with previous convictions in Iowa; managed 2 Organizers Nov - Jan 2020
  • Statewide Organizer for MoveOn Reject The Cover-Up organizing campaign mobilizing Arizonans around the Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump and urging Martha McSally to listen to constituents; managed 1 Organizer Jan - Feb 2020
  • Organizing Director for a campaign to register and activate college voters in Arizona, Michigan, & Pennsylvania for Everytown for Gun Safety; managed 6 Organizers Feb - July 2020

Field Organizer

International Brotherhood Of Teamsters
10.2018 - 02.2019
  • Canvassing and house visits of local warehouse employees
  • Out-of-state digital and physical recon, mapping political landscape, etc.

Field Organizer

Katrina Robinson for State Senate of District 33 Campaign
06.2018 - 08.2018
  • Canvassed to inform district 33 community of the upcoming State Senate race and Katrina Robinson
  • Assisted with training new canvassers and turf planning
  • Informed the campaign manager of voter responses to messaging which informed the candidate's messaging.

Operations Director & Training Coordinator

Mid-South Peace & Justice Center
05.2016 - 11.2018
  • Non-profit administration and operations
  • Created curriculum and facilitated public and private anti-oppression and community organizing skills trainings and workshops.
  • Assisted with the founding and operations of the Memphis Community Bail Fund as a board member representing the Mid-South Peace & Justice Center.

Head Assistant Manager, Event Coordinator

Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill
10.2008 - 04.2014
  • Managed 20 staff and was acting General Manager for 7 months.
  • Handled payroll, reports, deposits, inventory, logistics, recruitment, filing, and invoicing for the theatre.
  • Coordinated quarterly marketing events, wrote press releases, and created marketing portfolios for each event.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science, Minor: French

UNIVERSITY of MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS, TN
05.2015

Professional Experience

Harris Homeownership Foundation, Memphis, TN

Board Member, July 2022 - Present

  • Founding board member to create a pathway for Memphians to purchase homes reasonably priced through the non-profit foundation
  • This foundation aims to limit investors from buying up inner city properties and reselling them at costs too high for the people of those communities to purchase

Official Black Lives Matter Memphis, Memphis, TN

Steering Committee Member, Dec 2015 – Dec 2018

  • Community Organizer and head of the Outreach Committee on the End Money Bail campaign
  • Facilitate trainings for new members in Community Organizing, Outreach, etc.
  • Media point person doing interviews with local and international print and television news mediums.

Mid-South Peace & Justice Center, Memphis, TN

Community Organizer, June 2014 – May 2016

  • Community outreach, create presentations, research, and assisted in passing local legislation
  • Communications: media (print, television, radio), facilitate town halls, panelist, advocate on behalf of Criminal Justice reform
  • Design and facilitate Know Your Rights trainings for Memphis area youth

International Experience

Study Abroad, Fall Semester 2014, Paris, ÎLE-DE-FRANCE

CEA: Study Abroad, Aug 2014 – Dec 2014

  • Courses: Political Science, Global Communications, French, etc.
  • Published paper on the impact of living outside of my cultural context in CEA's "Handbook to Peers"

Externship, Fall Semester 2014, Paris, ÎLE-DE-FRANCE

Commission Nationale Consultative Des Droits De L'Hommes, Aug 2014 – Dec 2014

  • Humanitarian organization founded and overseen by the United Nations

International Conference Speaker, Fall Semester 2014, Paris, ÎLE-DE-FRANCE

CEA Reflections Abroad Conference, Dec 2014 – Dec 2014

  • Spoke on published work centering my previous experience as a tourist versus my experience living in France as a student

People to People Student Ambassadors, Summer 2006

Student Ambassador for the United States , May 2006 – Jul 2006

  • Traveled to 7 countries representing the United States and learning of their cultures

Travel Abroad: France, England, Wales, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, and Indonesia

Languages: English Native, Advanced French, Beginning Spanish, Latin Studies

Professional References

Steve King

Senior Vice President of Campaigns, The Outreach Team

Email: steve@theoutreachteam.net

Phone: 860-575-0941


Michelle Slaughter

Former Senior Vice President of Equity & Justice, The Outreach Team

Email: MichelleRSlaughter@gmail.com

Phone: 202-374-7777


Bradley Watkins

Former Executive Director, Mid-South Peace & Justice Center

Email: bradwat@gmail.com

Phone: 901-725-4990





Timeline

Vice President of Campaigns

The Outreach Team
07.2020 - 12.2024

Organizing Director

360 Campaign Consulting
05.2019 - 07.2020

Field Organizer

International Brotherhood Of Teamsters
10.2018 - 02.2019

Field Organizer

Katrina Robinson for State Senate of District 33 Campaign
06.2018 - 08.2018

Operations Director & Training Coordinator

Mid-South Peace & Justice Center
05.2016 - 11.2018

Head Assistant Manager, Event Coordinator

Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill
10.2008 - 04.2014

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science, Minor: French

UNIVERSITY of MEMPHIS
ASHLEY CALDWELL