Cooper Warner

Cooper Warner Relevant Experience Disability Rights Iowa intern October 2017-present -Create web content, write newsletters and board updates, manage social media -Assist the Executive Director in creating advocacy material and monthly updates for constituents -Assisted staff attorneys and lobbyist in creating advocacy summaries National Alliance on Mental Illness Iowa intern November 2016-June 2017 -Lobbied as part of a team to legislators at the Iowa State Capitol to successfully pass a bill increasing the tax levy for mental health resources -Created advocacy content for lobbying and community outreach -Conducted a research project on peer mentoring in the jail system and created suggestions for how Iowa could implement the program Jim Mowrer for U.S. Congress intern May 2016- November 2016 -Collected press clips, wrote weekly newsletters, coordinated voter and volunteer outreach, created voter messaging, trained volunteers - Valley View Drive West Des Moines, IA 50265 Education Drake University Bachelor of Arts and Mass Communication May 2018 -Strategic Political Communication major, Politics minor, Rhetoric concentration -3.8 cumulative GPA -Graduated with Magna Cum Laude distinction Marquette Law School Juris Doctorate candidate May 2021 Leadership Equity and Inclusion Chair for the Residence Hall Association- school year -Managed a committee of students to organize and run programming in collaboration with student organizations -Advocated for gender neutral bathrooms in residence halls -Led safe space training for student organizations Skills -Owner of Cooper Warner Photography -Manage a photography blog and website, take senior, wedding, lifestyle, event and family photos -Copy editor for Tighe Publishing Company