Undergraduate Research Scholar: Mayors' Partnership for Progress

Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service

August 2020 - Present

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About:

Primarily, my position involved working with the Mayors' Partnership for Progress (MPP), which is a bipartisan coalition of mayors from 18 southeast Ohio counties, representing a population of nearly 785,000 people.

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I work on projects relating to communication, policy research, and data analysis. On a monthly basis, we plan a meeting for mayors, city managers, state regional representatives, and local development districts to connect with one another and learn more about how to approach the largest challenges to their communities.

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Contributions:

• Launched social channels on Twitter and Facebook

  • Twitter: @mayorsprogress​

  • Facebook: @MayorsPartnership

• Created communication pieces on pandemic relief fund spending (CARES, ARPA) by highlighting municipalities

• Designed and wrote annual reports​

• Website development and design (www.mayorspartnership.com)

• Wrote federal/state legislative advocacy letters

• Strategic revision of annual policy positions

• ​Research on policy related to U.S. broadband infrastructure, funding, and legislation

• Created a database for municipal fee schedules within MPP website

• Executed Appalachia Forward Conference for city officials, state representatives, and local development districts 

• Prepare meeting materials and take minutes

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Examples:

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