Kimberly C. Chatman

Experience

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  City of Birmingham

  Dec 2003 - Jan 2008

  Community Affairs Coordinator

  Liaison between Mayors' office and Birmingham City Council. Represented City of Birmingham Mayors' Office at public appearances and meetings. Facilitated partnership with UAB Minority Health and Research Department titled "Get Healthy Birmingham." Collaborated media implementation of 311 Non-Emergency Call Center. Coordinated and implemented brand marketing strategies for various City of Birmingham events and projects. Prepared official documents, proclamations and commendations.

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  Obama for America

  Feb 2007 - Feb 2009

  State Field Director

  Coordinated strategies action plan (GOTV) and press communications for the state of Alabama.Oversaw action plan throughout the state of Alabama to ensure statewide Get Out the Vote systems were effectively implemented in 10 staging locations resulting in a historic win.

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  Government Affairs Strategies, LLC

  Mar 2009 - Jan 2011

  State Field Director

  Managed 500K budget. Created outreach strategies and grassroots branding. Coordinated headquarter setup and closure. Recruited and managed staff throughout the state.

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  Alabama League of Elected Officials

  Feb 2011 - Feb 2016

  Director Of Membership Services

  • Established, maintained, and coordinated opportunities for direct dialogue between bi-partisan membership, communicated constituent concerns, and created strategic plans of action,• Managed membership database, official documentation, and coordinated promotional events.

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  Terra Strategies Public Affairs and Political Consulting Firm

  Nov 2017 - May 2018

  Field/ Business Organizer

  • Recruited, interviewed, and performed Skills Assessment training for over 1,000 potential new hires.• Provided daily contact direction, tuff, distributed, and monitored digital technology. • Promoted and led teams of business outreach organizers to effectively engage the small business communities to join a coalition for the purpose of their interest.• Led to a historic Senate win in the State of Alabama.

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  CADC-LLC

  Jul 2018 - Jun 2023

  Regional Field Director WI, NH, AZ, GA

  • Traveled and operated as the company “Fixer" to analyze and create strategic plans to tackle urgent issues facing day-to-day grassroots operations in offices pertaining to causes, ideologies, humanitarian and political efforts. • Reported to executive leaders, senior management, stakeholders, and clients.• Set expectations to hold staff accountable for scalable digital data-driven results, voter file management, mobilization, capacity building and increase visibility.• Trained teams to speak on progressive issues with traditionally underserved and disenfranchised communities and cross-cultural engagement regarding diversity and inclusion.• Managed various offices of high-profile clients regarding climate advocacy, outcomes yielding over 2 million contacts by tracking relevant success metrics, knocks per second (KPS).• Oversaw ten offices in the correction, mentoring, and professional development of (2) Project Managers, (15) Regional Field Organizers, and over (500) Field Organizers in real-time in various battleground states.• Successful outcomes in WI, NH, AZ, and GA. Other positions held:Human Resources Hiring Assistant (Remote)Project Manager (National Remote Call Team) - MI, AZ, WI, GARegional Field Director - TN, IL, MA, VA Show less

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  Greater Birmingham Ministries

  May 2020 - now

  On-Line Class Coordinator / Community Engagement and Special Projects

  • Serve as Online Class Coordinator to ensure community service credit hours are achieved before court date appearance for Birmingham Municipal Court collaboration.• Assist with coordinating several community service projects for underserved communities in response to poverty, social injustice, voter rights restoration, voter education, economic community needs such as food/clothing distribution, COVID-19 vaccines, advocacy, and fundraising efforts.