Brian Williams, MPA

Experience

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  City and County of Denver

  Oct 2015 - May 2018

  Judicial Assistant

  Deputy clerk responsible for assisting members of the public with complex judicial forms and procedures.● Leveraged Lean Six Sigma training to collaborate on a project that resulted in a 5% increase in defendants attending their court date.● Awarded Denver County Court’s Extra Mile Award for assisting in the testing and development of the court’s new electronic filing system.● Completed a study which identified optimal contact methods to assist judgment debtors to avoid defaulting, quintupling the rate of compliance. Show less

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  Mesa County, CO

  Aug 2018 - Apr 2019

  Elections Coordinator

  Managed all Voter Service & Polling Centers and drafted communications on behalf of the Elections Division. ● Managed a staff of 44 election judges distributed over six Voter Service & Polling Centers throughout the 2018 general election.● Chaired Mesa County’s Safety Committee. Set committee agenda, took minutes, and was responsible for evacuation in case of an emergency.

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  Western Colorado Alliance

  Apr 2020 - now

  Promotion from role as Regional Community Organizer. Responsible for driving growth in membership, fundraising, and curating membership data.● Implemented a system for tracking interactions with staff and contacting new and lapsing members, resulting in a 32% increase in retention.● Lead the silent auction component for the nonprofit’s 2023 film festival, resulting in a 247% increase in revenue from the previous year.● Host a quarterly series of meet and greet events for membership to facilitate connections and introduce new members to our organization. Show less Organized residents across Western Colorado to take political action against oil and gas pollution.● Succeeded alongside our coalition partners in securing an increase of the state’s minimum distance of new wells from homes from 500’ to 2,000’.● Improved state financial assurance requirements for operators to ensure enough is set aside in bonds to plug and reclaim wells post-production.● Secured the most protective methane pollution rules in the nation, increasing leak inspections near homes and vulnerable communities.● Defeated the installation of a dangerous injection well near Battlement Mesa’s water source, low-income homes, and the Colorado River. Show less

  • Membership Administrator

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Regional Community Organizer

    Apr 2020 - Sept 2022