Pearse McNamara
Basic Info
First Name | Pearse |
Last Name | McNamara |
Username | PearseMcNamara |
Additional Contact Information
Pronouns | he/him/his/himself |
Work Email |
Progressive Profile
Current Employer | Robins, McNamara & Perkins |
Current Occupation | Consultant |
Tagline | Political Hack from California |
Bio | Founded a small political consulting firm in Nevada City, California with a focus on local, county, and state campaigns. Our services included fundraising and legal compliance, voter interaction, campaign strategy, opposition research, speech writing, data analysis, get-out-the-vote operations, and volunteer training. · Provided political consulting and campaign management services to progressive, moderate, and independent clients at the local, county, and district levels. · Services included general strategy consulting; messaging and policy; voter analysis, targeting, and contact; campaign planning and management; and candidate training and coaching. · Using data programs such as Political Data Inc (PDI) to target voters, increase turnout, recruit volunteers, create phone/text banks and canvass lists. · Managed daily partner assignments and workflow processes. · Managed vendor and surrogate relationships. · Led client recruitment and development efforts. · Oversaw internship program, providing training, mentorship, and professional development opportunities for local high school students. |
Impact | Political Activism: Nevada County Democratic Central Committee · Former Vice Chair of the Volunteer and Headquarters Committee and member of Communications Committee. · Provided hundreds of volunteer hours to the DCC and all subordinate committees, to include event planning and management, volunteer/member/donor recruitment, and field planning and execution for the 2018 midterm elections. · Responsible for recruiting and training volunteers, writing training materials, creating, and implementing the DCC’s Neighbor Teams Program (NTP) which saw an increase in democratic registration and voter turnout. · Drafted and conducted multiple workshops on political campaigning, instructing more than fifty attendees and volunteers across two counties in political strategy.
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Mission | To continue to work in politics whether it be on a campaign or nonprofit. |
Work History
Employer | Robins, McNamara & Perkins |
Occupation | Founder/Manager |
Start Date | March 1, 2017 |
End Date | January 1, 2021 |
Volunteer History
Organization | Nevada County Democratic Central Committee |
Role | Vice Chair – Volunteer and Headquarters Committee |
Start Date | June 15, 2018 |
End Date | January 15, 2020 |
Education
School | The College of Charleston |
Degree | BA – Political Science |
Honors and Achievements | Contributing writer for student publication for the George Street Observer (student publication) covering the 2008 Presidential Election. |
Graduation Date | May 7, 2009 |