Lenny Markh

Experience

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  Hunter College

  Jan 2005 - Jul 2006

  Director of Student Resource Center

  Management, scheduling and payroll for 8 employees. Customer service for the 20,000 students of CUNY-Hunter and the 4,000 daily visitors of the SRC, space scheduling, supply maintenance. Network and System Administration: Maintenance of a 60 mixed mac/windows network, printers, copiers. Manually implemented a 40 computer 1000BaseT Network and developed a system restoration process which could restore any computer to working order in 4-12 minutes. Successful SRC operation included two high capacity printers and eight high capacity copiers printing over 600K pages monthly. Show less

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  Trader Joe's

  Aug 2008 - Apr 2009

  Food Demo/Cashier/Various

  Prepare hot food for high-paced sampling to marquee store's 3,000 daily customers, order supplies, maintain stock and health code compliance, and working with management to prepare menus. Exceeded the health code at every inspection.

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  Safetrust Financial

  Apr 2009 - Nov 2009

  Sales Manager

  Managed a team of sales associates, evaluated credit reports and verified enrollment eligibility. Maintained 30 user predictive dialer as well as CRM system. Top producer in the months of July and August, and lead team to be top producers.

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  Political Consultant

  Jan 2012 - now

  Consultant

  Consultant in broad range of roles and scope of responsibility (e.g., data and demographic analysis, volunteer and paid staff operations) including total complete campaign management, from ballot access to post-election day operations, for numerous winning campaigns in southern Brooklyn including Alan Maisel for City Council (2013), Kalman Yeger for City Council (2017, 2023) and NYS Assembly (2024) Farah Louis for City Council (2019), and Steven Cymbrowitz for NYS Assembly (2014 – 2022 biennially) highlighted by a career record number of votes in 2020 for Steven Cymbrowitz. Show less

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  New York State Assembly

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2022

  Chief of Staff - NYS Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz

  • Supervised eight staff members and oversaw office operations of confidential constituent services, communications, and scheduling.• Advised 22-year incumbent on matters of local, NYS and NYC policy.• Represented Assemblyman in meetings, drafted correspondence to government agencies and constituents.• Drafted legislation and legislative memos. Oversaw millions of dollars in capital and expense funding for district organizations and initiatives.• Served as lead liaison to NYS & NYC agencies and face of the Assemblyman’s office to the diverse communities and community stakeholders of the 132,000-constituent district.• Organized community-wide public events, public hearings, and spearheaded local COVID response efforts Show less

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  Law Office of A. Joshua Ehrlich, Esq

  Jan 2014 - Nov 2022

  Paralegal

  Assisted with the drafting of highly technical legal documents, and the commencement and answer of matters before the Board of Elections and the Election Law Part of the NYS Kings County Supreme Court in accordance with the Civil Practice Law and Rules.

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  New York State Senate

  Jan 2023 - now

  Deputy Chief of Staff - Senator Iwen Chu

  • Senior policy advisor to newly elected Senator.• Established office protocols and operational workflows for two Senateoffices, including assisting in the hiring and training of staff, and thecoordinating of NYS Senate resources to ensure both offices were open,operating effectively, and serving the community immediately upon takingoffice.• Lead coordinator between in-district staff and Albany-based staff.• Drafted legislation in response to district needs, and provided analysis andrecommendations related to legislative co-sponsorship and budgetinitiatives. Show less