Molly Page
Hailey,ID
Summary
Veteran community organizer well-versed in conducting outreach, planning events, and promoting important social, economic and environmental issues. Specializes in engaging the community to help those in need, and leads grassroots activities to recruit, coordinate and engage mobilizations toward effective action. Self-motivated and disciplined in planning and tracking priorities to continue to make a positive impact in the community.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Managing Director & Owner
Idaho Strategies, LLC
06.2022 - Current
- Provide campaign management for candidates running for local and state offices
- Oversee and direct fundraising efforts
- Manage campaign budgets
- Develop communications and messaging for each campaign
- Conduct voter targeting and data analysis
- Manage volunteer team and field organizing
- File campaign finance reports
Board Chair
Conservation Voters For Idaho Education Fund
02.2021 - 11.2024
- Chair board meetings, disseminated information and fielded questions.
- Led comprehensive and successful search for the new Executive Director.
- Facilitated decision-making by building consensus and developing solutions.
- Advised Executive Director weekly on possible paths for budgetary and strategic decisions.
- Helped lead strategic visioning sessions to re-evaluated organization's strategic plan.
- Worked with committee chairs on organizational priorities.
- Recruited new board members, conducted major donor outreach, regularly in communicated with state legislators regarding conservation issues.
Founder and Director
Indivisible Blaine County
01.2017 - 11.2024
- Develop and manage successful volunteer program to call, text and write postcards for state legislative candidates and other elections.
- Organize public marches for social issues.
- Disseminate information for members wishing to contact elected officials.
- Lead groups of interested members to meet with elected officials. Prepare members to effectively communicate their goals and values in meetings.
- Organize and facilitate meetings of up to 150 members, including six committee groups.
- Continue to do voter outreach on issues that are important to our community.
Board Treasurer and Secretary
Conservation Voters For Idaho
12.2018 - 02.2021
- Prepared fiscal and business plans to help strategically direct business operations.
- Mitigated risk by implementing internal controls and safeguards for revenues and expenditures, particularly during Covid-19.
- Worked with organization's leadership team to create the annual budget and track actual expenses against projected expenses.
- Created and distributed reports on internal and external finances, audits, and budgets.
Campaign Advisor & Treasurer
Sam Linnet For Hailey
08.2019 - 12.2019
- Ran successful campaign for Hailey City Council candidate, Sam Linnet, achieving 75% of the vote.
- Supervised and trained group of 25 volunteers to conduct door-knocking, phone and text banking and direct voter outreach.
- Facilitated meetings with the candidate and community leaders to build winning coalition.
- Managed donations, expenses and filed campaign finance reports.
Community Organizer
Medicaid Expansion, Prop 2 Campaign
07.2017 - 11.2018
- Helped run successful campaign, earning 61% of the vote statewide.
- Served on Advisory Board for statewide bi-partisan coalition to develop and execute winning strategy.
- Recruited and managed volunteer teams that collected nearly 4000 signatures across four counties.
- Recruited allies to help with Medicaid Expansion effort, targeting community leaders, including state and local elected officials.
- Worked extensively with county clerks to track petitions and valid signatures.
Board Secretary
Sun Valley Community School
05.2017 - 01.2018
- Maintained board files containing governing documents, policies and written consents.
- Recorded discussions, all motions and decisions of meetings.
- Member of the Board Executive Committee and Governance Committee.
- Worked with Board Chair on the performance evaluation of the Head of School (HoS). Gathered comprehensive feedback on HoS, and wrote an Executive Summary for the Board and HoS.
- Board Member from 2015-2018.
Executive Assistant to the President and C.O.O.
Vail Resorts
08.2001 - 01.2007
- Functioned as Chief of Staff to President and Chief Operating Officer.
- Assisted in the operations of all departments of the resort.
- Worked with senior management on pressing operations issues and budget matters.
- Managed annual budget of $1 million; processed all department invoices and expense reports.
- Organized several annual employee appreciation events.
- Implemented "Plus One" employee recognition and appreciation program.
- In charge of high-level guest service matters.
Investor Relations Coordinator
Vail Resorts
08.1998 - 08.2000
- Distributed corporate press releases to Wall Street & national media outlets.
- Organized all details of the annual investor field trip and other investor meetings.
- Daily interaction with institutional and individual investors and Vail Resorts' specialist on the New York Stock Exchange.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics And Government
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME05.1993
Skills
- Leadership and people development
- Strategic planning and execution
- Relationships and team-building
- Complex problem solving
- Volunteer management
- Advocacy experience
- Partnership development
- Goal and mission-driven
Other Community Volunteering
- Executive Committee Member, Idaho Investor Network (progressive donor network) (August 2022-present)
- Board Member, Advisory Board of the Idaho Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (Oct 2020 - present)
- Founder, Blaine County Covid-19 Community Support Facebook Page with over 1000 members (March 2020-Dec 2022)
- Board Member, Advisory Board of the 'Idahoans for Healthcare' Campaign (June 2018- Nov 2018)
- Papoose Club (Hailey, Idaho). Lifetime member (14 years); Club Secretary (two years); Organizing Chair, Holiday Bazaar (two years)
- Member of the Blaine County 2020 Census Complete Count Committee
- Substitute State Representative for State Rep. Muffy Davis (April 1-5, 2019)
- Alumni Interviewer, Bowdoin College (conduct interviews for undergraduate candidates/applicants)
- Featured in "The Economist" for work on Medicaid Expansion, Oct. 27, 2018
- President, Parent's Association, Sun Valley Community School, 2013-2015
- Annual Fund Co-Chair, Sun Valley Community School, 2014-2015 & 2015-2016
- Rocky Mountain School of Photography, Summer Intensive Program, 2003
Personal Information
Married for 22 years with two teenage children. Hobbies include hiking, running, biking, fishing, nordic skiing and photography.
Timeline
Managing Director & Owner
Idaho Strategies, LLC
06.2022 - Current
Board Chair
Conservation Voters For Idaho Education Fund
02.2021 - 11.2024
Campaign Advisor & Treasurer
Sam Linnet For Hailey
08.2019 - 12.2019
Board Treasurer and Secretary
Conservation Voters For Idaho
12.2018 - 02.2021
Community Organizer
Medicaid Expansion, Prop 2 Campaign
07.2017 - 11.2018
Board Secretary
Sun Valley Community School
05.2017 - 01.2018
Founder and Director
Indivisible Blaine County
01.2017 - 11.2024
Executive Assistant to the President and C.O.O.
Vail Resorts
08.2001 - 01.2007
Investor Relations Coordinator
Vail Resorts
08.1998 - 08.2000
Bachelor of Arts - Economics And Government
Bowdoin College