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Tracy Pease

Hazel Park,Michigan

Summary

I have spent 20+years organizing and training individuals in profit and non-profit organizations. I believe that it is time to pass the torch to the next generation. My goal is to give these individuals the benefit of my experience, and to train a team of political warriors. Passionate Field Director with 20 years of experience in local and national politics. Proficient in effective campaign strategies and the political process. Trustworthy and determined with the ability to work independently or as a part of a team. Progressive Organizer well-versed in organizational and representational issues to lead progressive campaigns. Specializes in woman's rights and assists in woman empowerment activities to recruit, coordinate and engage large mobilizations toward action. Self-motivated and disciplined in planning and tracking priorities and works flexible hours, including evenings and weekends to accomplish goals. Practiced at enhancing community support with forward-thinking strategies and skilled leadership over teams and resources. Well-organized, industrious and dedicated to boosting support to meet expanding requirements. Well-qualified Engagement Manager with demonstrated understanding of data analytics, risk mitigation and utilization improvements. Skills include project, team and implementation management. Ready to bring 20 years of related experience to a challenging new role.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Integrated Voter Engagement Director

Rising Voices
08.2024 - Current
  • Developed and implemented dynamic communication strategies.
  • Summarized complicated topics into simple formats for better understanding.
  • Evaluated project performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement in future engagements.
  • Cut and Distributed Turf
  • Hired and Managed 20+ Canvassers
  • Took the lead in Election Protection
  • Cultivated and Maintained relationships with, elected officials, city and county clerks.
  • Created and maintained physical and electronic personnel records.
  • Presented project updates and findings to senior management and clients in a clear, concise manner.
  • Ensured adherence to industry best practices throughout the engagement lifecycle, maintaining high standards of quality control.
  • Provided mentorship and guidance to junior staff members, fostering professional growth and development.
  • Negotiated contracts with vendors, securing optimal terms for the benefit of both parties involved in the engagement process.
  • Met with clients to understand needs and develop proactive solutions.
  • Managed budgets for staff operations to keep costs low and maximize profits.
  • Built and maintained relationships with community organizations.

Senior Organizer

For Our Future Action Fund
06.2023 - 09.2024
  • Demonstrated exceptional time management skills while working on multiple projects simultaneously without compromising quality or deadlines.
  • Leveraged social media tools effectively to create buzz around events, driving increased registrations and engagement.
  • Maintained clear communication channels between all parties involved in the event planning process, ensuring timely updates and issue resolution.
  • Adapted swiftly to unforeseen circumstances during events, implementing contingency plans that minimized disruptions to attendees'' experience.
  • Scheduled and organized catering, transportation and staffing to manage event logistics.
  • Managed 8 Community Organizers

Community Organizer

Supermajority
07.2022 - 01.2023
  • Spoke at public events, evangelizing for organizational goals and interests.
  • Participated in strategy development and planning to grow organizing program and advance campaigns.
  • Fostered collaborative efforts to schedule, host and facilitate events and identify further opportunities to reach members of community.
  • Wrote e-mails, promoted events via social media and drafted phone scripts to recruit volunteers.
  • Transcribed data and organized spreadsheets to record pledges, phone calls and canvassing.
  • Trained effective social change leaders to run strategic campaigns by organizing news conferences, building strong coalitions and generating grassroots support.
  • Coordinated and implemented numerous meetings, forums and community events.
  • Collaborated with local government leaders to promote city and state-level legislative changes.
  • Interviewed members of specific populations to understand and document issues.
  • Canvassed areas to increase support and raise funds.
  • Collaborated with community organizations in other regions to support state-wide and national outreach initiatives.
  • Conducted ongoing meetings with clergy, community leaders and organizational ally leadership.
  • Liaised with political organizations and initiatives to confirm consideration of community best interests within campaigns and political agendas.
  • Maintained strong bonds to BIPOC communities, consistently working to benefit underserved cultures and groups.
  • Recruited and managed volunteer teams.
  • Trained team leaders to oversee volunteers and organization members during GOTV.
  • Built strong bonds with local cultural organizations by respecting unique differences and specific societal norms.

State Organizer

Voteriders
01.2022 - 12.2022
  • Participated in strategy development and planning to grow organizing program and advance campaigns.
  • Identified community organizations and leaders to establish and nurture relationships to help build awareness and win reforms for public.
  • Fostered collaborative efforts to schedule, host and facilitate events and identify further opportunities to reach members of community.
  • Discovered opportunities to gain deeper insight into creating efficient and streamlined processes.
  • Engaged with larger movement to build transformational and deeply collaborative partnerships.
  • Wrote e-mails, promoted events via social media and drafted phone scripts to recruit volunteers.
  • Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
  • Coordinated 25+ volunteers
  • Obtained 20+ birth certificates, 10 Picture ID's, Successfully obtained 6 name changes for transgendered individuals.

Field Director

One Fair Wage
06.2021 - 07.2022
  • Tracked and analyzed campaign performance.
  • Attended multiple political events and spoke publicly about candidate.
  • Recruited, trained and managed 20 campaign volunteers and staff members.
  • Staged a number of petition signing events on a weekly basis.
  • Launched a Statewide ballot initiative.
  • Cut turf, managed phone banks, recruited volunteers, managed the volunteer program for One Fair Wage.
  • Spoke on panels about workers rights.
  • Planned and implemented staff development and in-service training programs to enhance knowledge and skills.
  • Recruited, trained and managed 35 campaign volunteers and staff members.
  • Made phone calls, door-to-door visits and yard sign placements.
  • Directed day-to-day operations of education program and supervised support staff to delegate assignments and evaluate performance.

Community Outreach Organizer

Community Outreach Group/Planned Parenthood
07.2020 - 12.2021
  • Wrote e-mails, promoted events via social media and drafted phone scripts to recruit volunteers.
  • Collaborated with community organizations in other regions to support state-wide and national outreach initiatives.
  • Built strong bonds with local cultural organizations by respecting unique differences and specific societal norms.
  • Identified community organizations and leaders to establish and nurture relationships to help build awareness and win reforms for public.
  • Liaised with political organizations and initiatives to confirm consideration of community best interests within campaigns and political agendas.
  • Spoke at public events, evangelizing for organizational goals and interests.
  • Managed and Hired 15 canvassers

Community Organizer

AFL-CIO
04.2020 - 07.2020
  • Direct Voter Contact using Thru Talk and Thru Text. Made calls and texts to constituents in Montana during their Gubernatorial primary election . Managed phone banks as well as trained other organizers virtually.
  • Built strong bonds with local cultural organizations by respecting unique differences and specific societal norms.
  • Collaborated with community organizations in other regions to support state-wide and national outreach initiatives.
  • Coordinated and implemented numerous meetings, forums and community events.
  • Wrote and distributed informational papers, gave out representative contact information and educated community members about specific issues.
  • Recruited and managed volunteer teams.
  • Wrote e-mails, promoted events via social media and drafted phone scripts to recruit volunteers.
  • Liaised with political organizations and initiatives to confirm consideration of community best interests within campaigns and political agendas.
  • Trained team leaders to oversee volunteers and organization members during special events.

Community Organizer

Community Organizer for Tom Steyer
10.2019 - 03.2020
  • Organized multiple events.
  • Identified precinct leaders as well as precinct captains.
  • Spoke before multiple organizations such as AFL-CIO, UFCW, and Alliance of Retired Americans.
  • Met daily and weekly metrics.
  • Organized caucus voters
  • Participated in strategy development and planning to grow organizing program and advance campaigns.
  • Built strong bonds with local cultural organizations by respecting unique differences and specific societal norms.
  • Identified community organizations and leaders to establish and nurture relationships to help build awareness and win reforms for public.
  • Coordinated schedules and assignments for volunteer staff, maximizing team efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Spoke at public events, evangelizing for organizational goals and interests.
  • Fostered collaborative efforts to schedule, host and facilitate events and identify further opportunities to reach members of community.
  • Led staff development meetings to organize volunteers and members toward unified goals.
  • Coordinated and implemented numerous meetings, forums and community events.
  • Wrote e-mails, promoted events via social media and drafted phone scripts to recruit volunteers.
  • Empowered residents to address neighborhood issues by providing resources and guidance on advocacy strategies.
  • Collaborated with community organizations in other regions to support state-wide and national outreach initiatives.

Field Director

Progressive Canvassing
08.2019 - 10.2019
  • Managed a team of 35 Canvassers.
  • Sent turf through VAN, trained canvassers on Minivan.
  • Monitored VAN and collected data on a daily basis.
  • Met daily metrics.
  • Conducted regular performance evaluations for team members, offering constructive feedback to promote ongoing professional growth.
  • Mentored junior staff members, providing guidance and support to enhance their professional growth and development.
  • Developed and executed comprehensive field operations plans to achieve organizational goals and objectives.
  • Oversaw the recruitment, hiring, training, and onboarding processes for new employees within the department.
  • Attended multiple political events and spoke publicly about candidate.

CANVASSING MANAGER

For Our Future
08.2018 - 12.2018
  • Implemented a performance-based incentive program to motivate canvassers, resulting in increased productivity and satisfaction within the team.
  • Reviewed daily reports from each team member focused on key metrics like doors knocked, conversations held, and voter registrations secured.
  • Increased voter outreach by managing daily operations, assigning tasks, and monitoring progress of canvassers.
  • Improved canvassing efficiency by developing and implementing strategic plans for assigned territories.
  • Built strong relationships with local organizations by participating in partnerships that benefited both parties involved.
  • Ensured compliance with all legal requirements related to political campaigning, including reporting protocols and confidentiality agreements.
  • Assessed team performance regularly, identifying areas for improvement and implementing necessary changes to increase effectiveness.
  • Developed rapport with community members by attending local events and representing the campaign in a professional manner.
  • Managed 10 organizers as well as 5 different coalitions.

FIELD DIRECTOR

Progressive Turnout Project
05.2018 - 08.2018
  • Hiring and training of individuals in the methodology of "deep canvassing".
  • Recruit, interview, and hire or sign up volunteers.
  • Establish and oversee administrative procedures to meet objectives set by boards of directors or senior management.
  • Direct activities of professional and technical staff members and volunteers.
  • Plan and administer budgets for programs, equipment and support services.
  • Prepare and maintain records and reports, such as budgets, personnel records, or training manuals.
  • Research and analyze member or community needs to determine program directions and goals.
  • Speak to community groups to explain and interpret agency purposes, programs, and policies.
  • Create or update databases.
  • VAN proficient.
  • Write and send letters of thanks to registered voters.
  • Develop and maintain media contact lists.
  • Recruited, trained and managed 20 campaign volunteers and staff members.

TEAM LEADER

QUALITY CONTROL-, Fieldworks
02.2018 - 06.2018
  • Input registered voters information into the VAN.
  • Examined petitions signed by the registered voter for possible fraud.
  • Was 1 of 3 Team Leaders who helped manage and train 40 data entry clerks.
  • Reported directly to the Quality Control Director.
  • Create, maintain, and enter information into databases.
  • Set up and manage paper or electronic filing systems, recording information, updating paperwork, or maintaining documents, such as signed petitions.
  • Operate office equipment, such as fax machines, copiers, or phone systems and arrange for repairs when equipment malfunctions.
  • Complete forms in accordance with company procedures.
  • Locate and attach appropriate files to incoming correspondence requiring replies.
  • Operate electronic mail systems and coordinate the flow of information, internally or with other organizations.

FIELD MANAGER

Fight For Change
09.2017 - 12.2017
  • Transported canvassers to turf Monitored data through VAN Committed data to VAN Sent nightly reports to DC Cut and sent turf Trained canvassers on VAN.
  • Trained 10 canvassers on a dialer as well as a phone bank.
  • Worked alongside the SEIU

Field Manager

Working America
10.2013 - 11.2014
  • Door to Door canvassing for the Gubernatorial and Senate Race.
  • Trained 50 Canvassers
  • Gave daily field reports to Senior Management.
  • Read and Committed Data in the Voters Access Network (VAN)

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology And Anthropology

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
12.2015

Skills

  • Organizational Skills
  • Team Leadership
  • Active Listening
  • Multitasking
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Adaptability and Flexibility
  • Relationship Building

Timeline

Integrated Voter Engagement Director

Rising Voices
08.2024 - Current

Senior Organizer

For Our Future Action Fund
06.2023 - 09.2024

Community Organizer

Supermajority
07.2022 - 01.2023

State Organizer

Voteriders
01.2022 - 12.2022

Field Director

One Fair Wage
06.2021 - 07.2022

Community Outreach Organizer

Community Outreach Group/Planned Parenthood
07.2020 - 12.2021

Community Organizer

AFL-CIO
04.2020 - 07.2020

Community Organizer

Community Organizer for Tom Steyer
10.2019 - 03.2020

Field Director

Progressive Canvassing
08.2019 - 10.2019

CANVASSING MANAGER

For Our Future
08.2018 - 12.2018

FIELD DIRECTOR

Progressive Turnout Project
05.2018 - 08.2018

TEAM LEADER

QUALITY CONTROL-, Fieldworks
02.2018 - 06.2018

FIELD MANAGER

Fight For Change
09.2017 - 12.2017

Field Manager

Working America
10.2013 - 11.2014

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology And Anthropology

Wayne State University

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