Morgan M. Schafer
Minneapolis,MN
Summary
Results-focused Campaign Manager successful at transforming underdog campaigns into winning enterprises. High-performing problem solver and decision maker.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Organizer
Clean Water Action Minnesota
05.2024 - Current
- Lead outreach to schools, restaurants, and community institutions to transition from single-use plastics to reusable foodware, directly preventing over 45,000 lbs. of plastic pollution.
- Manage implementation of reusable systems: procurement, training, troubleshooting, and coordination with funders to minimize costs for participants.
- Develop and deliver educational materials and presentations to community members, reaching over 500 attendees through public workshops.
- Create and manage organizational social media presence (Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, blog), producing weekly content and expanding coalition engagement.
- Support legislative campaigns through lobbying, testimony drafting, and stakeholder coordination; currently advancing a statewide ban on heavy metals in cosmetics.
- Partner with government agencies and local organizations to design waste-reduction policies; contributed to the passage of Roseville’s “Green-to-Go” ordinance mandating recyclable, compostable, or reusable food packaging.
- Prospecting for and writing grant applications leading to over $600,000 in grant funding for the organization
Environmental Toxicology Research Intern
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
04.2023 - 05.2024
- Assessed environmental impact of Wisconsin facilities through aquatic and sediment toxicological testing and data collection
- Maintained various organism cultures to be used in testing in accordance with lab protocols
- Conducted chronic and acute aquatic and sediment toxicological testing and collected survival, reproduction, and biomass data
- Performed quality assurance and quality control tasks aligned with lab and government guidelines
- Assisted in final report formulation through data synthesis and explanation of quantitative and qualitative findings.
Veterinary Assistant
WisCARES
04.2022 - 05.2023
- Assisted veterinarians and technicians during daily tasks; restrained patients, administered of vaccinations and medication, collected samples, conducted lab tests
- Performed reception duties; interacted with clients, scheduling, explained care, took payments.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Environmental Science
University of Wisconsin Madison
Madison, WI05.2024
Skills
- Recruitment, strategic planning, education, data analysis, social media, community presentations, legislative campaigns, analytical research, aquatic and sediment toxicological testing, data collection, organism cultures, quality assurance and quality control, Participant interviews, research analysis, Veterinary assistance, lab tests, reception duties, waste reduction, environmental science, extended producer reasonability legislation
Campaign Experience
Outreach Director - Avonna Starck, Nikki Auna, Sara Schreiner, and Pajar Yang for 2025 Fridley School Board Election
- All candidates on slate were elected with more than 25% of votes
- Coordinated voter outreach for the slate including lawn signs, text, phone, and door-to-door canvassing, and volunteer management
- Determined outreach targets and coordinated messaging
- Usage of election tools including VAN, NGP, and Action Network
Lawn Sign Manager - Mandy Meisner for Anoka County Commissioner District 6 - 2024 Election
- Candidate won with ~75% of votes
- Coordinated lawn sign hosts, distribution, and recollection
- Over 100 hours of door-to-door canvassing
- Over 100 signs placed in district
AWARDS & HONORS
- Kiwanis Outstanding Service Scholarship
- Employee of the Month
- Clean Water Ambassador Award
PUBLICATIONS
- “Fear and anxiety is what I recall the best.”: A phenomenological examination of mothers’ pregnancy experiences during COVID-19 in the United States. Published in the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, April 2023
- A Comprehensive Scoping Review of the Circle of Security Programs. Submitted for publication to Infant Mental Health Journal, November 2023
- Discussions of Qualitative Findings from Circle of Security Intervention Enhanced with Mindful Self-Compassion, University of Wisconsin Madison Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2021
INVOLVEMENT
- Sourcing Director, Slow Food UW
- President, UW Madison Circle K International
Timeline
Program Organizer
Clean Water Action Minnesota
05.2024 - Current
Environmental Toxicology Research Intern
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
04.2023 - 05.2024
Veterinary Assistant
WisCARES
04.2022 - 05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Environmental Science
University of Wisconsin Madison