Carolyn

Gray

510-***-****

adhhfv@r.postjobfree.com

Education

University of California,

Berkeley

• 08/2015—05/2018

• B.A. in Political Science

• Minor in Education

• Minor in Public Policy

Leadership

UC Berkeley Education

Minor Committee

• 08/2016—05/2018

• Undergraduate Student

Representative

Creative Residencies for

Emerging Artists

Teaching Empowerment

• 01/2016—12/2017

• Internal Coordinator

• Arts Teacher

Berkeley Political Review

• 01/2016—05/2017

• Design Director

• Staff Writer

Additional

Information

Languages

• Native/Bilingual Mandarin

• Limited Working Spanish

• Elementary Greek

Skills

• Adobe Creative Suite

• Microsoft Office365

• Google Drive

• HTML/CSS

• Wordpress

• Social Media

Awards

• Travers Undergraduate

Scholarship in Ethics and

Politics (2017)

• Cal-in-Sacramento

Fellowship (2018)

Work Experience

Carolyn S. Gray Consulting

Strategy Consultant Sacramento, CA 04/2020—Present

• Provides strategy consulting in graphic design, publications design, web design, and communications for non-profits, associations, public entities, and advocacy groups in areas such as education policy, civic engagement, and government services.

• Manages projects and coordinates with vendors/stakeholders on deliverables.

• Produces print and web materials from creative concept to final publishing. California County Superintendents Educational Services Association Project Coordinator Sacramento, CA 08/2018—03/2020

• Analyzed and tracked legislative proposals and policy implementation to prepare policy briefs, agendas, legislative letters, research report summaries, and written and visual communications in support of advocacy projects.

• Liaised with executive leadership and conducted outreach to county superintendents, steering committees, and stakeholder cohorts in 58 counties.

• Coordinated twice-yearly federal advocacy trips, including recruitment, communications, materials, logistics, and strategy; increased superintendent engagement, tripling the size of committee cohort after one year.

• Attended, summarized, and developed recommendations on intergovernmental policy meetings relating to student mental health, federal issues, early education, legislative implementation (AB 2083), higher education, and disaster relief. California Department of Education, Superintendent’s Initiatives Office Intern Sacramento, CA 06/2018—07/2018

• Researched current policy, history, and proposed legislation to develop advocacy materials in building new statewide Mental Health Coalition.

• Evaluated alignment of department grants to LCFF equity guidance.

• Independently assessed and developed criteria for LCAP Federal Addendum Rubric to analyze and evaluate statewide LEA submissions for the Local Agency Systems Support Office (LASSO).

San Jose Unified School District, Leland High School Program Manager, Speech and Debate San Jose, CA 06/2013—06/2018

• Administered yearly elementary summer programs to provide over $11k yearly revenue for high school team.

• Developed an additional program for first- and second-grade students through creation and implementation of curriculum, oversight, and consultation with head coach, while training over 50 high school volunteers.

• Expanded capacity of middle school student program by redeveloping curriculum, policies, and system of accountability after reviewing trends, determining compliance criteria, and addressing gaps in services.

• Taught two cohorts of 160 students each and facilitated multilingual communication to over 500 parents.

Oakland Unified School District

Intern to the School Board Oakland, CA 08/2017—05/2018

• Implemented “Advocate” project to provide technical assistance and policy summaries for community members to engage in advocacy efforts targeting local, state, and national political representatives to support the school district.

• Drafted communications to reach and engage over 37,000 Oakland families in community organizing events.

National Education Association

Communications Intern Washington, D.C. 06/2017—08/2017

• Aggregated communications strategy updates for the New Educators campaign.

• Audited and analyzed data for NEA member engagement campaigns on Action Network and Frakture.

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