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- EDWARD M. AUGUSTUS JR.
- "EXPERIENCE &
- QUALIFICATIONS
- " Effective leader, skilled team-builder and motivator with more than 20 years in Public Service
- "Extensive managerial and supervisory experience
- Substantial expertise with economic development initiatives"
- Gateway Park City Square – Federal funding
- Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts Blackstone Valley Visitor Center
- Significant labor relations and mediation roles
- Labor Relations Chairman, Department of Education
- School Committee, Union Negotiating Coordinator
- Chief of Staff, Congressman James P. McGovern
- Successfully mediated strike negotiations (St. Vincent Nurses; WRTA)
- Experienced in specialized areas of:
- Strategic Thinking Program Development & Implementation
- Staff Training & Development Community Outreach
- Budget Administration Advising on and Developing Policy
- Media Relations
- "Strong organizational, research/analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proven communication/presentation abilities in front of large audiences"
- History of completing projects on time and within budget
- CITY OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
- City Manager, Population 180,000
- "Chief administrative and executive officer of the city, responsible to the 11 member City Council for proper administration and supervision of all city affairs
- Act as chief conservator of the peace within the city
- Ensures that city laws and ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the City Council are faithfully executed
- Makes recommendations and reports to the City Council concerning the affairs of the city
- Prepares and submits annual $500 million budget and financial reports to the City Council
- Appoints and removes department heads, officers, employees to be reported to the City Council
- Appoints boards and commissions classified as executive, regulatory or advisory, subject to the approval by the City Council
- Emergency Operations Response – Respond to various weather related emergencies to include winter storms, flooding and the 2014 tornado
- "
- COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Worcester, MA
- Director of Government & Community Relations
- "Fostered solid working partnerships to improve relations with community
- Served on college President’s Cabinet"
- "Liaison on all government matters, federal, state and local
- Established and implemented short and long-range goals, objectives, policies and operating procedures
- Coordinated, developed and managed annual budgets for government relations support
- Planned, implemented, administered and evaluated programs, activities and daily operations related to governmental affairs"
- CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND: CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA
- Executive Director - Statewide advocacy organization for the children of California
- Ensured that the work of CDF-CA remained consistent with the mission, goals and objectives of the National Children’s Defense Fund policy agenda
- Provided creative vision and strong leadership in developing and implementing innovative programs and strategies
- Oversaw day-to-day operations and activities, including:
- Building first-rate management team Pro-active media opportunities
- Budget development & management Community outreach
- Partnered with CDF national management team and state directors
- Acted as liaison with key community leaders, public officials and media
- COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
- State Senator, 2nd Worcester District
- Senate Chair: Bills and Third Reading and Election Laws Committee
- Vice Chair - Joint Committees: Education, Veterans and Federal Affairs and Public Service
- Drafted, advanced, and passed numerous pieces of legislation, including:
- "That provision be made to establish a special commission on police training
- For legislation to control youth access to tobacco
- For legislation to reestablish a regional office of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination in the city of Worcester
- Extensive dealings with the media
- Negotiated with various interest groups and other branches of government
- "
- SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY, EMMANUEL COLLEGE & CLARK UNIVERSITY, Boston, Cambridge, Worcester, MA
- Adjunct Professor
- Teach graduate and undergraduate level courses in Public Administration and Public Policy
- CONGRESSMAN JAMES P. McGOVERN, Washington, D.C. & Worcester, MA
- Chief of Staff
- Acted as Chief Policy Advisor
- Developed and implemented all policy objectives, strategies and operating plans
- Managed and directed activities and staff of Wash., D.C. office and three district offices
- Coordinated activities with Leadership and Committee offices, including:
- House Minority Leader House Minority Whip
- Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Transportation Committee
- "Developed / managed Member office budget
- "
- COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN JAMES P. McGOVERN, Worcester, MA
- "Campaign Manager
- Developed and implemented campaign strategy that resulted in a 15-point victory for the freshman congressman"
- CITY OF WORCESTER, SCHOOL COMMITTEE
- Vice Chairman – School Committee
- Elected 1989 & elected in 1991 (youngest person ever elected, city-wide)
- Monitored budget of $100 million
- Chairman – Standing committees on Legislative Affairs & Standing Committee on Business
- Served on standing committees on School Plant, as well as Employee Relations and Rules and the Federal Relations Network of National School Boards Association (which lobbies for education legislation)
- BOARDS & Chairman, Massachusetts State Library Board of Trustees
- COMMISSIONS Commission to End Homelessness in the Commonwealth
- (partial list) Special Commission to Study Middle Education
- State Workforce Investment Board
- City of Worcester Human Rights Commission
- "United Way of Central Massachusetts Executive Board
- Worcester Public Library Foundation Board of Directors
- Dean College Board of Trustees
- Latino Educational Institute
- Nativity School Board of Advisors
- Worcester Educational Development Board
- "
- EDUCATION JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C.
- Masters of Government (1998)
- SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY, Boston, Massachusetts
- Bachelors of Science in Government; History Minor (1987)
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