Rik Horoky
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Innovative professional passionate about sustainability and climate solutions currently serving the California Climate Action Corps. M.P.A graduate with extensive experience as a community organizer, having conducted research and developed strategic frameworks for a number of organizations. Lifelong learner always pursuing new knowledge and technologies, currently taking courses in Climate Stewardship and Sustainable Urban Design.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
Work History
California Climate Action Corps Fellow
Los Angeles County Public Works
Los Angeles, CA
09.2021 - Current
- Lead County’s Environmental Sustainability Project for Local Education Agencies
- Develop and complete assessments and outreach plans for as many as 300+ local education agencies within Los Angeles County
- Establish and conduct in-person school site visits to provide waste assessments, educate and provide materials to schools, and implement on-site composting and share tables for food recovery
- Conduct advanced data analysis functions in Excel to determine needs of food recovery organizations based on 400+ survey responses
Lead Organizer, Founder
The People’s Budget Of Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI
05.2020 - 06.2021
- Led Zoom organizing meetings for 30-50 attendants
- Engaged with local and national media and press
- Conducted qualitative research of City budget and operations, reported findings to public
- Led community engagement efforts and helped develop diverse coalition of community leaders, grassroots organizations, and the ACLU still active today
- Collaborated with members to develop organization's mission and vision statements
Deep Canvassing County Leader
We The People Of Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
08.2020 - 01.2021
- Managed, recruited, and trained volunteers in remote deep canvassing strategies utilizing ladder of engagement
- Engaged with public and community leaders to establish issues of importance and create public-supported action initiatives
- Developed content for peer-to-peer texting and scripts
- Trained on and led scripts on Racial Equity and the Race Class Narrative
- Led state-wide Zoom organizing meetings, trainings, and phone banks with 20-30 regular attendees
Client Advocate, Strategic Planner
Transcend The Binary
Detroit, MI
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Led strategic planning initiative including developing organization-wide mission, vision, value statements, SWOT analyses, program implementation and evaluations
- Provided insights to organization’s co-founder regarding governmental research and policy / action proposals
- Communicated with and scheduled roughly 10-20 clients daily with appointments, provided resources to LGBT community
Training Team Leader
The Climate Mobilization
Remote
01.2020 - 08.2020
- Recruited and onboarded volunteers interested in the training team and ensured they had all necessary information and documents regarding The Climate Mobilization and the role
- Designed and facilitated weekly trainings for new and returning volunteers regularly attended by 20-30 members
- Provided broad overview and insight into current state of climate change, The Climate Mobilization’s overall work, and coached volunteers on facilitating their own training sessions both one-on-one and in weekly trainings
Precinct Leader, Urban Studies Research Tech
AmeriCorps Urban Safety Project
Detroit, MI
02.2018 - 01.2019
- Led team of 10 young organizers in precinct 12 of Detroit
- Engaged with communities directly through field canvassing and public presentations, community hall events
- Tracked weekly inputs, outputs, and established and monitored weekly, monthly, yearly goals
- Communicated with roughly 40-50 clients per day and provided urban safety services to 4-6 clients per day
Communications Assistant
Grand Rapids Art Museum
Grand Rapids, MI
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Assisted Lead Graphic Designer and Communications Director with creation of museum materials such as mail-outs, posters, booklets, etc.
- Managed museum’s Instagram and Facebook accounts with focus on user engagement and content creation, reported statistics
- Covered for Lead Photographer shooting weekly events, edited photos for digital use and print
- Coordinated media and press outreach, handled external requests
Education
Master of Public Administration - Policy Analysis And Advocacy
Grand Valley State University
Grand Rapids, MI04.2021
Bachelor of Public Policy - Urban Policy And Planning
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI04.2019
Climate Stewardship -
University of California
CA07.2022
Skills
- Climate Risk and Mitigation, ESG Analysis
- Environmental Impact Statement Design
- State and Federal Environmental Policies and Laws
- Excel: Advanced Data Analysis
- Renewable Energy Systems and Technologies
- Policy Development, Design, and Analysis
- Strategic Planning, Management, and Execution
- Legislative tracking techniques
- Computational Social Sciences: Agent-Based Modeling, NetLogo
- Adobe Suite, Microsoft Suite
- Public speaking
Certification
Green Building Concepts and Foundations / Drawdown Learn
Issued March 2022
Clean Power Professional Certificate / Imperial College London
Issued May 2020
Responsible Conduct of Research / Grand Valley State University
Issued October 2020
Digital Organizing During COVID-19 / Movement School
Issued June 2020
Human Research Subjects / Wayne State University
Issued February 2018
HIPAA Associate / Americorps
Issued January 2017
In Progress:
Foundations of Project Management / Google’s Professional Certificate Program
Computational Social Science / UC Davis
Volunteership
Founding Climate Fellow 2022 / ClimateBase
One of ~100 fellows chosen out of ~2,000 applicants
Save California Solar Outreach / The Outreach Team
Strategic Planner / Grand Rapids Climate Action
Strategic Thinking Board Member / The FREED Peoples’ PAC
Office Manager / Campaign for Bernie Sanders 2020
Hub Leader, Organizer / The Sunrise Movement
References
Brayden Asher Misiolek
Transcend the Binary / Co-Founder
248.933.9513
Brayden@transcendthebinary.org
Dr. Salvatore Alaimo
Grand Valley State University / Associate Graduate Professor of Nonprofit Management
616.331.6582
alaimos@gvsu.edu
Carina Freeman
FREED Peoples PAC / Founder
freedpeoplepac@gmail.com
616.422.3269
Timeline
California Climate Action Corps Fellow
Los Angeles County Public Works
09.2021 - Current
Deep Canvassing County Leader
We The People Of Michigan
08.2020 - 01.2021
Lead Organizer, Founder
The People’s Budget Of Grand Rapids
05.2020 - 06.2021
Training Team Leader
The Climate Mobilization
01.2020 - 08.2020
Client Advocate, Strategic Planner
Transcend The Binary
01.2019 - 01.2021
Precinct Leader, Urban Studies Research Tech
AmeriCorps Urban Safety Project
02.2018 - 01.2019
Communications Assistant
Grand Rapids Art Museum
01.2016 - 01.2017
Master of Public Administration - Policy Analysis And Advocacy
Grand Valley State University
Bachelor of Public Policy - Urban Policy And Planning
Wayne State University
Climate Stewardship -
University of California