Zoë Ryan
Email:-Education:
Barnard College of Columbia University
B.A in Economics – Dec. 2017
GPA 3.8/4.0 – Cum Laude
Experience:
Policy Intern, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (Summer 2017)
• Wrote and fact checked blog posts on fiscal issues including prescription drug costs and
state and local tax deductions
• Compiled research on budget gimmicks for senior staff
• Streamlined a 3,000 person mailing campaign to ensure greater target accuracy and
provided updates to the Chief of Staff
Institutional Giving Intern, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (Spring 2017)
• Evaluated cultural programming against quantitative measures of success to ensure that
grant guidelines were met
• Wrote letters of intent for grant applications helping to raise over $20,000
• Briefed senior staff on potential partnerships with over 30 local businesses
Social Security Casework Intern, Sen. Charles Schumer New York Office (Fall 2016)
• Assisted with the nomination process for students applying to U.S service academies
• Corresponded with federal and state agencies advocating on constituents’ behalf
• Fielded calls from constituents concerning different state and federal issues
VP Marketing, Columbia Photography Association (Fall 2016-Present)
• Revamped the spring Facebook marketing campaign to better engage with our target
audience leading to an 100% increase in graduation portrait requests
• Developed a new email system to target potential clients and increased cliental by 17%
Finance Fellow, Tammy Duckworth for U.S. Senate (Summer 2016)
• Conducted in depth research on potential high level donors
• Assisted checking people in and collecting donations at fundraising event
Multimedia Director, Voting Week (Spring 2016 – Fall 2016)
• Spearheaded a social media campaign convincing to 750+ students to register to vote
• Collaborated with other political student groups on campus to create original student
programing to encourage civic participation
Intern, IL State Senator Don Harmon (Summer 2015)
• Worked with different state and local offices to solve constituent concerns
• Wrote correspondence on the senator’s behalf to donors and constituents
Other Skills
Conversant in social media – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, Wordpress, LinkedIn
Trained in NGP, VoteBuilder, InterTrack, Salesforce, and Foundation Center
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign
Basic R, STATA, and Python skills
