Tiffany Eason-Genard

• Teach undergraduate courses in special events, public relations writing, communications, and management.

• Instruct students in event planning and execution, including logistics, media coverage, audience engagement, brand alignment, promotional strategy, and post-event evaluation.

• Teach professional public relations writing, including press releases, newsletters, media pitches, social media content, speeches, and crisis communications.

Incorporate real-world case studies involving community engagement, stakeholder relations, leadership, organizational communications, and project management.

• Guide students in developing strategic communications campaigns and event proposals designed to achieve measurable organizational goals.

• Evaluate student presentations and written work while providing detailed feedback on strategy, clarity, creativity, professionalism, and audience impact.

• Led the planning, promotion, and execution of community events and special initiatives serving Council District 28 and Southeast Queens.

• Represented the Council Speaker and district office at community meetings, agency briefings, public and stakeholder meetings.

• Managed projects from concept through completion, overseeing timelines, logistics, partner outreach, marketing, staffing, on-site operations, and post-event evaluation.

• Produced job and resource fairs, small-business programs, community workshops, constituent-service initiatives, holiday distributions, and other high-visibility events.

• Built partnerships with city agencies, nonprofit organizations, schools, faith-based institutions, businesses, sponsors, and community leaders to expand services and secure resources.

• Developed multichannel communications campaigns using newsletters, flyers, email, social media, presentations, and community networks to increase awareness and participation.

• Identified community success stories, program achievements, and resident needs for public-facing and organizational communications.

• Co-led two participatory budgeting cycles, facilitated more than six public meetings, and helped collect over 1,200 ballots to allocate $2 million in capital funding to community-selected projects.

• Coordinated cross-functional initiatives involving internal staff, government agencies, external partners, and community stakeholders.

• Conducted targeted outreach to African American, Caribbean, Southeast Asian, South Asian, immigrant, and other diverse communities throughout Southeast Queens.

• Recruited and coordinated community volunteers for Ty's first Council District 28 campaign.

• Engaged residents throughout Southeast Queens and communicated volunteer opportunities, campaign priorities, outreach goals, and community events.

• Matched volunteers with canvassing, phone banking, voter outreach, event support, and other campaign assignments based on campaign needs and individual availability.

• Maintained communication with volunteers to confirm attendance, assignments, answer questions, encourage participation, and strengthen ongoing engagement.

• Assisted with volunteer deployment and event-day coordination to ensure that campaign activities were organized and appropriately staffed.

• Spearheaded over a dozen community-centered events, convening city agencies, nonprofits, and advocacy organizations, and engaging over 1,000 residents in city services, career pathways, and equity-focused initiatives.
• Crafted 10+ speeches and talking points, amplifying community voices and advancing policy priorities.
• Functioned as a key connector between government offices, nonprofits, agency partners, and community organizations to resolve district concerns and coordinate service delivery.
• Oversaw logistics and post-event debriefings for events ranging from 50 to 150 attendees, supporting targeted outreach efforts that increased community participation and visibility.

• Directed the planning and execution of community-centered special events for the Queens Borough President’s Office.

• Managed event strategy, timelines, logistics, outreach, staffing, speaker coordination, partner participation, on-site operations, and post-event evaluation.

• Represented the Borough President’s Office at public events, stakeholder meetings, community programs, and interagency initiatives.

• Prepared speeches, talking points, public remarks, and briefing materials communicating policy priorities and community impact.

• Produced more than a dozen public events in partnership with city agencies, nonprofit organizations, advocacy groups, employers, and community stakeholders, connecting Queens residents with government services, employment opportunities, public resources, and equity-focused initiatives.

• Served as a liaison among government agencies, nonprofit organizations, community groups, and residents to coordinate services and address community concerns.

• Managed constituent cases involving housing, public benefits, public safety, quality-of-life concerns, and access to government services.

• Maintained case-tracking systems for intake, documentation, escalation, follow-up, and resident communication.

• Coordinated with city agencies, nonprofit providers, and community organizations to resolve constituent concerns and connect residents with resources.

• Coordinated and participated in budget meetings, agency briefings, and stakeholder discussions, translating action items into constituent-service and outreach plans.

• Supported office operations, scheduling, staff workflows, and cross-team projects to keep district priorities on track.

• Represented the office at community meetings, public forums, neighborhood events, and interagency discussions.

• Planned community events and district initiatives throughout Southeast Queens and Far Rockaway, aligning programming with community needs, district priorities, and agency resources.

• Built partnerships with nonprofit organizations, faith leaders, schools, civic associations, and small businesses to strengthen community trust and expand access to services.