Chad Brand
Washington,DC
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Government Relations Officer
Syrian American Council-Washington, DC
Washington
01.2014 - Current
- Engage in political advocacy on issues addressing U.S.-Syria policy in Congress, the Department of State, and the White House
- Provide briefings to congressional committees and members of Congress on developments in Syria
- Plan and execute a yearly congressional advocacy day for Syrian-Americans to meet with their representative and senators
- Former Writer and co-editor of the Syria Digest, providing the latest developments on U.S.-Syria policy in Congress, the White House, and Syria-related issues at the UN and around the world.
Congressional Research Temp
LegiStorm-Washington, DC
Washington
02.2013 - 05.2013
- Assisted in maintaining a comprehensive database of over 16,000 staff members working on Capitol Hill
- Performed comprehensive research that provided subscribers staffer information that included social media links, salary and employment history, educational history and privately funded travel disclosures
- Visited and cold-called member offices and committees that provided LegiStorm users up-to-date staff.
Government Relations Fellow
Syrian American Council-Washington, DC
Washington
10.2012 - 02.2013
- Worked with the Director of Government of Relations to initiate, manage, and coordinate outreach to Capitol Hill
- Assisted in providing briefings to members of Congress and their staff regarding developments in Syria and U.S.-Syrian policy
- Monitored legislation, statements on U.S.-Syrian policy from lawmakers, U.S
- And international policy developments towards Syria, and developments regarding the Syrian opposition to the Assad regime
- Attended and covered DC-based think tank events that assessed views and attitudes regarding Syria and U.S
- Policy in the region.
Deputy Editor, CQ Executive Briefing Series
CQ Roll Call Group-Washington, DC
Washington
03.2012 - 07.2012
- Provided research assistance to editors of CQ's Executive Briefings by monitoring political trends on Capitol Hill and Economist and other relevant news publications that identified subject matter for future articles
- Prepared for editors a daily compilation of news stories and documents addressing a myriad of issues focusing on: energy, environment, finance, transportation and technology
- Received recognition as a contributing writer from several Executive Briefings editors
- Wrote biographical updates of members of Congress for CQ.com member profile page
- Updated legislative activities that enabled subscribers to have a broad knowledge of issues lawmakers had focused on during the most recent session of Congress.
Staff Writer, CQ Homeland Security
CQ Roll Call Group-Washington, DC
Washington
01.2010 - 07.2012
- Prepared Internet-based daily briefs that highlighted issues dealing with and related to homeland security and foreign policy on Capitol Hill
- The briefs provided a forward-looking perspective that provided a heads-up perspective on future developments in the crafting and management of policies in the United States and Europe
- Emphasized timely and useful documents and additional materials through the use of hyperlinks that provided a deep and broad spectrum of sources that are available to subscribers of CQ, Roll Call and The Economist Group publications
- Assisted in the preparation of daily condensed listing of transcripts of hearings and interviews that addressed Homeland Security issues and posted and highlighted key Executive and Congressional documents for subscribers.
Co-Editor, CQ Energy & Climate
CQ Roll Call Group-Washington, DC
Washington
01.2010 - 03.2012
- Wrote daily briefing that summarized pending issues in Congress and the Executive Branch in relation to U.S
- Energy and environmental policies
- Briefings highlighted stories, documents and additional materials from CQ.com and other energy and environmental publications that provided subscribers focused and in-depth information and analysis
- Drafted a weekly review that included addressing bilateral issues among the United States, Europe, Asia and the United Nations that provided subscribers an analytical breakdown of energy and environmental policies on a global level.
Researcher and Staff Writer, Roll Call's Briefing Room
RollCall/Gallerywatch-Washington, DC
Washington
10.2007 - 01.2010
- Prepared daily analysis for the Defense, Homeland Security and Foreign Policy and Trade Briefing Rooms
- Briefings highlighted reports from Roll Call and the Economist Group, documents from Gallerywatch and additional materials from other credible sources
- Provided synthesis of information collected from a wide range of sources that provided subscribers a one-stop shop for information and analysis
- Created and updated Briefing Room subtopics that allowed subscribers to focus on topics suited to their interest
- Wrote news updates in-between morning publications to provide subscribers policy developments of trending issues in real time
- Continued development and refinement of the Briefing Room format that was suited to subscriber preferences regarding to the presentation and distribution of information they were provided.
Congressional Operations Manager
Gallerywatch-Washington, DC
Washington
08.2004 - 10.2007
- Conducted oversight and maintenance of committees schedule for the House of Representatives and the U.S
- Senate
- Collected and posted hearing testimony, bill and amendment texts from committee markups and additional documents requested by clients or Gallerywatch staff
- Cultivated Congressional and executive branch sources that served to obtain information requested by clients
- Established a compendium database scanning streams of news information and documents prepared by National Journal, Federal Register, Thomas, congressional committees, members of Congress, NGOs and interest groups to consolidate and organize potential sources of key information to be provided to subscribers
- Trained and managed interns to assist in administrative duties to Manager of House Operations and Manager of Senate Operations.
Manager of House Operations
Gallerywatch-Washington, DC
Washington
09.2002 - 08.2004
- Conducted oversight and maintenance of committees schedule for the House of Representatives
- Managed and provided supervision of administrative duties to House Assistant
- Drafted articles on committee hearings and markups
- Handled specific information requests from established Congressional and executive branch sources that led to winning or retaining subscribers
- Reorganization of document research priorities to focus on subscriber and potential subscribers' needs.
Assistant Manager of House Operations
Gallerywatch-Washington, DC
Washington
08.2001 - 09.2002
- Assisted House Manager in maintenance of House of Representatives committees' schedule
- Collected witness statements for committee hearings & legislative documents from markups
- Established contacts within assigned Congressional committees tasked to cover
- Contacts served to produce information requested by subscribers
- Organizational management of time and duties to collect information in House office buildings and from online sources to fulfill duties of House Manager when needed.
Education
Master of Arts - International Relations
American University
Washington, DC 1997 - 2000
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Hartwick College
Oneonta, NY 1992 - 1996
Summary
Dedicated and seasoned Government Relations Officer and Legislative Researcher with a capacious level of experience in political advocacy, legislative analysis and journalism. Engaged in advocacy on U.S.-Syria policy with members of Congress and congressional committee staff, on behalf of the Syrian-American community. Covered and tracked political trends in Congress that addressed issues involving defense, homeland security and U.S. foreign policy. Highly motivated, results oriented professional that led and conducted operations to provide clients the latest developments in Congress and critical legislative and governmental information to keep and stay abreast of pending issues before lawmakers in real time.
Skills
Government Relations
Political Research & Analysis
Legislative Tracking
Advocacy
Journalism
Editing
Congressional Operations
Communications Development
Legislative forecasting
Web-based content management
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
On-SiteTimeline
Government Relations Officer
Syrian American Council-Washington, DC
01.2014 - Current
Congressional Research Temp
LegiStorm-Washington, DC
02.2013 - 05.2013
Government Relations Fellow
Syrian American Council-Washington, DC
10.2012 - 02.2013
Deputy Editor, CQ Executive Briefing Series
CQ Roll Call Group-Washington, DC
03.2012 - 07.2012
Staff Writer, CQ Homeland Security
CQ Roll Call Group-Washington, DC
01.2010 - 07.2012
Co-Editor, CQ Energy & Climate
CQ Roll Call Group-Washington, DC
01.2010 - 03.2012
Researcher and Staff Writer, Roll Call's Briefing Room
RollCall/Gallerywatch-Washington, DC
10.2007 - 01.2010
Congressional Operations Manager
Gallerywatch-Washington, DC
08.2004 - 10.2007
Manager of House Operations
Gallerywatch-Washington, DC
09.2002 - 08.2004
Assistant Manager of House Operations
Gallerywatch-Washington, DC
08.2001 - 09.2002
Master of Arts - International Relations
American University
1997 - 2000
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Hartwick College
1992 - 1996
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