Luca T. Romano

Past

• Lead Field Organizer, Southwest VA at Campaign For Change
• Field Organizer at Obama for America
• HR Temp at Crisis UK

• Graphics/ Web Assistant at The Kravis Leadership Insitute, Claremont, California
• Production Intern at Lion Television, London, UK
• Production Intern at North One TV, London, UK
• Research Intern at Wall to Wall Television, London, UK
• Research Intern at British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), London, UK
• Child Mentor at Jumpstart, Para Los Ninos Elementary School, Upland, California

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Education

• Claremont McKenna College

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Luca T. Romano’s Summary

A European-American recently graduated from Claremont Mckenna College.

I have a degree in Government with a focus in the Middle East and foreign policy.

My work experience is currently three-fold. I have spent a large part of my work experience in journalism, either in the field of documentary film production or new media journalism (BBC). I also have people management experience, either organizing hundreds of people to achieve objectives as quickly as possible, or recruiting volunteers, or persuading voters. The third area of experience is organizational. Arranging staging locations, hosting events, and coordinating transport and accommodations (Obama For America).

Luca T. Romano’s Specialties:

Votebuilder, Final Cut Pro, Volunteer Recruitment

Luca T. Romano’s Experience

• Lead Field Organizer, Southwest VA

  Campaign For Change

  (Non-Profit; Political Organization industry)

  May 2008 — November 2008 (7 months)

  Lead Field Organizer - Martinsville & Henry County, VA
  
  • Set up 2 field offices – found and furnished premises with latest technology on a tight budget in a rural area
  • Recruited, trained and managed 3 staffers and over 300 volunteers
  • Registered over 2000 new voters through calls, canvassing gas stations, churches and homes
  • Locally managed and won congressional and senatorial campaigns, one against a 12-year incumbent

• Field Organizer

  Obama for America

  (Non-Profit; Political Organization industry)

  October 2007 — June 2008 (9 months)

  Virginia: General Election Start-up Field Lead, Southwest Virginia
  Kentucky: Louisville Field Organizer
  Pennsylvania: Bucks County Out Of State Volunteer Coordinator
  Ohio: Trumbull County Field Organizer
  Delaware: Wilmington Field Organizer
  South Carolina: GOTV Organizer (Get Out The Vote)
  New Hampshire: Data Coordinator
  
  • Awarded greater responsibility in each state – from volunteer in NH, hired in SC, to Lead Organizer in VA
  • Lead Field Organizer for southwest VA battleground during transition from primary to general election
  • Briefed Pres. Barack Obama about southwest VA for first speech of general election
  • Recruited the most out-of-state volunteers for any rural county in PA primary
  • Co-led field office in Warren, OH set up office, managed 50 volunteers, spoke every Sunday in local churches

• HR Temp

  Crisis UK

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  July 2007 — October 2007 (4 months)

  Crisis is a charity that trains, educates and helps Britain's single homeless people.
  
  *Created three different databases in order to refine hiring practices, employee training and synchronize absentee statistics with organizational output.

• Graphics/ Web Assistant

  The Kravis Leadership Insitute, Claremont, California

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  January 2005 — May 2007 (2 years 5 months)

  A non-profit leadership research institute geared towards professionals in all fields of work.
  
  • Designed the cover for print version of “The Leadership Review,” a peer reviewed leadership journal.
  • Facilitated the production of the DeRoulet Leadership Conference.

• Production Intern

  Lion Television, London, UK

  (Media Production industry)

  August 2006 — August 2006 (1 month)

  An Independent TV production company with a focus on reality and serial documentary television.
  
  • Filmed advance shoots on location with producers and filmed cast interviews for directors
  • Researched news articles from the late 19th and early 20th century for WWI documentary
  • Cajoled music collectors to lend 90+ year old vinyl WWI records for documentary soundtrack

• Production Intern

  North One TV, London, UK

  (Media Production industry)

  July 2006 — July 2006 (1 month)

  An Independent TV Production company with a focus on sport and reality television.
  
  • Worked on post-production of Formula 1 and World Rally Championship programs.
  • Simultaneously facilitated pre-production of two reality entertainment shows and a music documentary.
  • Transcribed interviews and discussed key points with directors and producers.

• Research Intern

  Wall to Wall Television, London, UK

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)

  June 2006 — July 2006 (2 months)

  An Independent TV production company with a focus on documentaries and docu-dramas.
  
  • Researched period clothing for a docu-drama set in 1960s South Africa.
  • Created character synopses for actors and located essential props and materials for the docu-drama.
  • Built a family tree using professional software for the award winning show “Who Do You Think You Are?”

• Research Intern

  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), London, UK

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Media Production industry)

  May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)

  The BBC produces 50 percent of British public television and is world renowned for its television production.
  
  • Wrote and published 60+ summaries of key democratic process topics for the Action Network website.
  • Represented BBC at two citywide grassroots meetings to solve problems outside of Parliament.
  • Produced a 12-minute documentary under guidance from expert mentor Kavita Reddi.
  • Edited photographs for the live introduction of the BBC website.

• Child Mentor

  Jumpstart, Para Los Ninos Elementary School, Upland, California

  (Non-Profit; Education Management industry)

  September 2003 — May 2004 (9 months)

  Mentored one child for the full school year; helped design and create fun learning curriculum and wrote weekly progress reports; held team-planning sessions to discuss lesson plans, troubleshoot and brainstorm new mentoring approaches.

Luca T. Romano’s Education

• Claremont McKenna College

  BA , Government , 2003 — 2007

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Luca T. Romano’s Groups:

•    Claremont McKenna College Alumni Association

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