Keiko Budech

Experience

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  IslandWood

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Summer Intern (Outdoor Educator)

  Outdoor educator for K-8 students. Day and overnight programs.

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  Lideres Campesinas

  Sept 2013 - May 2014

  Intern and Researcher

  501C3 nonprofit. Advocated for female farmworkers rights through organizing and outreach. Conducted research for Lideres Campesinas.

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  The Mountaineers

  Sept 2014 - Mar 2015

  Program Instructor

  Educational programming and curriculum development to make the outdoors more accessible for all youth.

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  Sightline Institute

  Oct 2014 - Jan 2018

  Senior Communications Associate

  Sightline Institute is committed to making the Northwest a global model of sustainability, with strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment. We work to promote smart policy ideas and monitor the region's progress towards sustainability.Managed website, social media, and email newsletters. Worked on narrative, messaging, and outreach strategy for policy program areas. Communications lead for House and Urbanism research program, including Seattle Neighbors project. Served two years as chair of Diversity and Equity Committee. Show less

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  Transportation Choices Coalition

  Feb 2018 - Mar 2021

  Senior Communications Manager

  Transportation Choices Coalition is a policy and advocacy nonprofit dedicated to creating more opportunities to take transit, walk, or bike across Washington State. TCC has led successful campaigns securing over $76B for more transportation choices, including Sound Transit 3, Move Seattle Levy, Yes for Transit, No on I-976 and more. TCC works on the local, regional, and state levels of policy development. Managed Transportation Choices Coalition's strategic communications department and budget. Built narrative, messaging, outreach strategy, and storytelling for policy and advocacy programs. Increased visibility and promoted TCC's work to a diverse audience. Managed website, email, media relations, event planning, speech writing. Worked on organizational Racial Equity Action Plan. Co-management with Advocacy and Policy Directors.Strategic communications support for the statewide No on I-976 campaign, and Yes for Transit Seattle campaign.Served as interim Advocacy Director 3/20-8/20.Communications support for TCC’s C4 Transportation for Washington, which endorses political candidates that are committed to transportation justice. Show less

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  Freelance

  Jun 2019 - now

  Strategic Communications Consultant

  Strategic communications research, messaging, and project management. Projects include:-Qualitative research, report, and presentation on sustainable transportation messaging in the Pacific Northwest.-Supported the development of a new nonprofit the Ohio River Valley Institute. Project managed the creation of logo and website, developed content, and set up a communications system and administration system for the new nonprofit. ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org-Develop political campaign messaging, talking points, one pagers, and media. Show less

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  King County Metro Transit

  Mar 2021 - now

  • Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Manager

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Program Manager

    Mar 2021 - Apr 2023