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SHELDON ZEMEN

PROFILE A community organizer, entrepreneur, strategist, consultant, and advocate, he has worked for positive change in the relationship between city government and his constituents. For more than 10 years, he has sought opportunities to engage the community and local businesses in creating a successful society that works for all.

EXPERIENCE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 6, AND DISTRICT 7, CITY OF SAN DIEGO, JUN 2014-Present

• Develop relationships with community members, stakeholders, business owners, volunteers, and others active in assigned neighborhoods.

• Develop relationships with the Mayor’s Office, City operations, Council offices, and State and Federal elected offices

• Communicate and updates and opportunities at community group meetings and events

• Track and monitor neighborhood issues, trends, and priorities

• Staff Councilmember at events and meetings including evenings and weekends

• Prepare advance briefings for events and meetings

• Help in preparing Proclamations and Commendations

• Identify opportunities for the Councilmember to spearhead and support • Address and support concerns identified by community members

• Provide weekly regular follow-up to constituents with outstanding issues

• Manage constituent casework, averaging 30 conclusions each month

• Represented the Councilmember throughout the community, including public speaking events and forums

• Maintained quick turnaround for constituent casework REGIONAL POLITICAL DIRECTOR, for Kevin Faulconer Campaign for San Diego City Mayor, for Chris Cate Campaign for San Diego City Council. and Kent Lee Campaign for San Diego City Council.

• Identify and recruit staff for political campaigns for the Municipal Congress.

• Work closely with local stakeholders and party leadership on all aspects of the campaign

• Interact directly with constituents, heads of social groups, unions, etc.

• Provide strategic and operational support to field staff in selected candidacies throughout the cycle.

• Establish objectives and execute fundraising, campaign, policy, political, press and research plans for each assigned campaign.

• Ensure selected campaigns in the geographic region achieve key benchmarks set by senior political staff and resolve performance issues as they arise.

LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER, State of California, 1985 - Present State of California Loan Broker, VA Home Loan Centers 2009 – 2013 Sales Associate, Home Builders Marketing, Inc. 2005 – 2009 Realtor, Coldwell Banker 2003 – 2005 Partner, Zemen Family Partnership Negotiated real estate transactions, financing and real property title and zoning issues. Drafted commercial and residential purchase and sales contracts and leases. Real estate closings. Formed limited liability companies.

ACHIEVEMENTS HIGHLIGHTS

My job was to solve the daily problems of the municipality, and many times they were problems that had been dragging on since previous administrations (parks in bad condition, dangerous streets, etc). My job was to skillfully manage all the instances of the municipal government so that they were properly connected, and the work was done. As a result, I received almost daily congratulations from the citizens, who were the ones I was working for.

EDUCATION BACHELOR’S IN ARTS

AA degree, Grossmont College

SKILLS & INTERESTS Community work • Problem solving• Negotiation • Conflict resolution• Tennis • Travel • Opera