Cortney Bouse
Pittsburgh,PA
Summary
Strategic Campaign Director with over 8 years of experience developing and implementing campaign plans. First-rate leadership, communication and organizational skills. Managing 6 staff field organizers and interns. Specialties include partnership development, drafting campaign strategies and campaign data management.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
State Field Director
Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates
03.2021 - 05.2023
- Managed 6 field organizers and 2 regional field directors
- Planned and executed electoral, educational, accountability and civic engagement campaigns.
- Developed and maintained partnerships with local, state and national partner organizations and funders.
- Created and implemented work plans, processes and accountability procedures for organizing team in order to achieve goals.
- Managed constituency programs to achieve goals in line statewide campaigns and priorities
- Developed and facilitated curriculum to train organizers, volunteers and interns in storyteller development, abortion stigma, and data management practices.
Regional Field Director
Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates
07.2019 - 03.2021
- Managed 3 staff field organizers in Western Pennsylvania.
- Developed and deepened regional and state partnerships with aligned organizations.
- Developed and trained volunteer leaders to share their story and lead on campaign activities
- Collaborated across departments to find opportunities to support other departments and uplift work my team accomplished
- Developed and facilitated abortion messaging curriculum to endorsed candidates and campaign staff to keep them in line with our talking points.
- Managed and troubleshot team issues with NGP VAN and maintained a clean and functional database.
- Lead on developing and maintaining digital organizing assets and tools for organizing team.
Organizer
Planned Parenthood Great Plains
09.2016 - 07.2019
- Managed interns and volunteers in mid Missouri to achieve campaign goals.
- Established and maintained key regional and state partnerships to work towards aligned goals.
- Organized rapid response organizing and advocacy events for supporters to engage in breaking legislative news.
- Established and maintained college student chapter at local university.
- Revived Patient Advocacy Program engaging patients in advocacy and civic engagement work.
Education
Master of Science - Public Health Education
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI05.2015
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI05.2012
Skills
- Campaign Management
- Program Management
- Organizational Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Data driven work plan and metric creation
- Program and Process improvement
- Strategic Partnership development
- Public Speaking and Presentations
- Crisis and rapid response management
- Vendor and consultant management
- Team Management and Accountability
- Curriculum development and facilitation
- Electoral and Issue advocacy campaigns
- Digital Organizing and engagement
- Every Action/ NGP VAN
- Training Volunteers
- Public Speaking Skills
- Professional Relationships
- Crisis Management
- Field Operations
- Process Improvement Initiatives
- Knowledge of Campaign Strategies
- Providing Feedback
- Presentation Skills
- Conflict Resolution
- Personnel Recruitment
- Grassroots Organization
- Effective Public Awareness
- Volunteer Needs Assessments
- Employee Management
- Curricula Selection
- Vocational Programs Development
- Multicultural Leadership
- Curriculum Planning
- Meeting Facilitation
- Data Entry
- Union Organizing
- Time Management
- Community Engagement
- Stakeholder Communications
- Staff Management
- Outreach Management
- Planning and Coordinating
- Strategic Event Planning
- Voter Registration
- Analytical Thinking
- Retention Strategies
- Project Presentations
- Negotiation and Persuasion
- Database Management
- Strategic Outreach
- Policy Initiatives
- Volunteer Coordination
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Team Leadership
- Interdepartmental Collaboration
- Capacity-Building
- Mobilization
- Managing Student Data
- Data Resource Management
- Data Collections
- PowerPoint Presentations
- Google Drive
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Campaign Management
- Database Modification
- Data Conversion and Migration
- User Management
- Troubleshooting
- Reporting Tools
- Data Quality Assurance Processes
- Attention to Detail
- Report Preparation
- Data Visualization and Presentations
- Data Collection Management
- SWOT Analysis
- Data and Analytics
- Present Findings
- Work Organizing and Prioritizing
- Executive-Level Presentations
- Trend Data Analysis
- Budget Coordination
- Program Leadership
- Policy and Procedure Improvement
- Strategic Direction
- Budgeting and Resource Management
- Change Management
- Critical Thinking
- Vendor Management
- Volunteer Management
- Good Judgment
- Risk Management
- Organizational Performance
- Recruitment and Hiring
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Team Training
- Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
- Training and Development
- Work Delegation
- Interpersonal Skills
- Resource Allocation
- Employee Scheduling
- Effective Negotiations
- Performance Monitoring
- Performance Tracking and Evaluations
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Live Event Management
- Community Outreach
- Partnerships and Resource Mobilization
- Data Privacy
- Program Reviews
- Remote Team Management
- Team Meetings
- Employee Coaching and Mentoring
- Plan Projects
- Youth Outreach
- Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
- Social Skills Instruction
- Managing Program Activities
- Technical Proficiency
- Administration and Reporting
- Program Development and Management
- Scheduling and Coordinating
- Opinion Polls
- Campaign Coordination
- Policy Development
- Campaign Creation
- Media Relations
- Improvement Plans
- Volunteer Engagement
- Coalition Building
- Active Listening
- Community Partnerships
- Outreach Planning
- Social Perceptiveness
- Learning Strategies
- Schedule Management
- Interpersonal Relations
- Women's Health
- Regional Campaign Management
- Training Team Members
- Policy Research
- Messaging Strategy
- Motivational Leadership
- Persuasive Communication Style
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Message Campaigns
- Polling
- Compliance
- Volunteer Organization
- Campaign Pitching
- Grassroots Organizational Structures
- Results Reporting
- Social Media Skills
Accomplishments
- Supervised team 8 staff members.
- Developed and implemented extensive organizer work plans, training procedures and accountability protocols in line with strategic goals to keep organization on track to achieve mission.
- Lead 2022 IE campaign for Planned Parenthood Votes in Pennsylvania with a budget of over $2million reached over 400,000 voters across PA.
Affiliations
- Unitarian Universalist OWL ( Our Whole Lives) certified comprehensive sexual education teacher
- Training for Change Curriculum and Facilitation design trainee
- 2022 Arena Academy 201 graduate
- 2023 Arena Academy graduate
- 2023 Lead PA Institute graduate
- Western PA Fund for Choice Board Member
- PPFA Patient Advocacy Advisory Task Force
- PPFA Affiliate Data Manager curriculum lead
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
Maya Angelou
Timeline
State Field Director
Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates
03.2021 - 05.2023
Regional Field Director
Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates
07.2019 - 03.2021
Organizer
Planned Parenthood Great Plains
09.2016 - 07.2019
Master of Science - Public Health Education
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
Michigan State University
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