aarati cohly ( she/her )
Director of Operations & Strategic Planning, DemocracyNYC at City of New York
director operation & strategic planning democracynyc city new york
aarati cohly director operation strategic planning democracynyc , mayoral initiative created ensure new yorkers resource need get vote . democracynyc aarati run communication campaign including 15 million medium outreach campaign ranked choice voting , plan large scale in-person virtual event , spearhead communication initiative building website scratch , provides strategic support chief democracy officer . prior joining democracynyc aarati worked nyc census 2020 served key staffer census director , managed special project including contest moma , seamless , lyft community outreach project , persuading 100 organization actively push census content . aarati previously served project manager new york city urban fellow department housing preservation development 2017-18 fulbright scholar . aarati graduated honor nyu 2016 dual ba degree international relation environmental study . aarati ha devoted career working community organization focus civic engagement , education , language equity currently serf chair associate board generation citizen , non-profit organization dedicated civics education .
City of New York
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- Oversee the budget, including a $15 million Ranked Choice Voting campaign for the 2021 Primary. 
- Create and implement communications strategies, including initiating the creation of a website by building the web frame and writing over 20 pages of content, collaborating with more than 6 vendors to design and place ads in 25 different languages, and writing the monthly newsletter which goes to a list of 30K stakeholders.
- Manage relationships with agencies and community-based organizations by planning multilingual workshops and large-scale community events featuring local artists in historically low turnout neighborhoods, leading weekly interagency calls, and selecting organizations to receive microgrants to do outreach for voting initiatives. 
- Designed a community-focused voter engagement survey with several partners including the Public Advocate’s Office, the Brennan Center, and the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity which has approximately 2K responses.
New York City Metropolitan Area
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Director of Operations & Strategic Planning, DemocracyNYC
City of New York
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- Created a strategy and implemented an outreach project, persuading over 100 corporate, non-profit, and cultural organizations to actively push out census content through social media posts, email blasts, and internal engagement. 
- Designed, developed, and executed the strategy for special projects including census contests with the MoMA, Seamless, and Lyft which resulted in 2,861 new census completes. 
- Provided communications and administrative support to Director Julie Menin, such as creating PowerPoints, talking points, and social media posts, staffing and organizing logistics for 115 events, and curating the content and format for large-scale events with community partners, faith leaders, and social media influencers.
- Wrote and collaborated across 8 different teams to produce 61 weekly reports to City Hall and 55 internal newsletters, which highlight weekly successes, priorities, and important updates on the NYC Census operation.
- Built team culture by launching a lunch and learn and DEI series featuring civic leaders and equity experts.
New York, NY
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Deputy Director of Strategic Planning & Executive Affairs, NYC Census 2020
City of New York
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- Underwrote the debt, annual income, and projected energy savings for 4 different buildings and closed 2 loans.
- Analyzed data for a first of its kind study on how loans for new building systems close greenhouse gas emission gaps.
- Conducted over 20 interviews with managers, supers, and building residents to collect feedback and inform the next iteration of a community retrofit program in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability.
New York City Metropolitan Area
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Project Manager
NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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- Selected for a rigorous bi-weekly leadership program at NYU to enhance leadership and management skills, engage in discussions with high-level public service executives, develop a career plan, and build a cross-sector leadership network.
New York, New York, United States
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Fellow| Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service
The Fulbright Program
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- Created and implemented a research design that examines the benefits and challenges of living in eco-villages. 
- Conducted 150+ one-on-one qualitative interviews and two focus group conversations with community leaders, members, stakeholders, and academics living in villages located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, and Ranichauri, Uttarakhand. 
- Presented research findings at the Fulbright Commission’s annual conference with over 100 attendees.
New Delhi Area, India
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2017-2018 Fulbright Scholar
The Nightingale-Bamford School
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- Responsible for organizing a career development workshop for the eleventh grade.
- Placed over 20 high school in internships across industries with influential organizations such as BlackRock, Shoshanna and Storch Amini, P.C.
- Assisted students with writing their resumes and cover letters and preparing for interviews
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Internship Program Coordinator
The Law Offices of Marjory Cajoux
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- Managed over 10 personal injury, medical malpractice, and family law cases; drafted subpoenas, procedural histories, notices of discoveries, interrogatories, and affidavits; prepped clients for trials; conducted legal research, and filed motions in court.
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Paralegal
New York University
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Supervise the entire ambassador program that includes over 160 student leaders, coordinate scheduling for tours and other shifts on a weekly basis, as well as meet with admission’s staff on a bi-weekly basis in an effort to ensure that prospective students are having the best experience they can when visiting NYU
Greater New York City Area
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Supervisor of the Undergraduate Admissions Ambassador's Program
New York University
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Counseled prospective students by leading campus tours and conducting international student interviews

Selected as a student speaker at an Admitted Student Event in February 2014
Greater New York City Area
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Admission's Ambassador
International Relations Society
Promoted an open and comfortable environment for students who have a passion for current events

Planned trips for all NYU students to the Indian, Norwegian, Costa Rican, French, South African, and Czech consulates

Organized events for club members featuring influential speakers such as Carl Wilkens (the last American in Rwanda during the genocide), Diane Lucas (Assistant Attorney General at the Civil Rights Bureau), Prabhu Dayal (former Consul General of India), and Kate Otto (activist and author of "Everyday Ambassador") 
 
Attend weekly meetings with other members of the executive board to address concerns of the society members and provide solutions to conflicts that arise

Created a committee to ensure more views of members are heard
Greater New York City Area
President/ Member and Alumni Relations Chair
The New York Environmental Law and Justice Project
Responsibilities include conducting research on various cases, maintaining correspondence with clients, enhancing methods to engage with local communities in an effort to address environmental justice issues in New York, but also the world at large. I researched what policy initiatives can be implemented to improve water quality and subsequently reduce outbreaks of Legionnaires disease in the South Bronx; how MTBE leakages can be monitored and prevented in upstate New York; and lastly, how animal products, like Frontline, can lead to pet illnesses if not contained
225 Broadway
Intern
The Office of Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand
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Advised constituents with concerns regarding veteran affairs, FEMA, immigration, and education

Aided efforts to build public relations and strengthen Senator Gillibrand’s political agenda in New York
Greater New York City Area
Internship
Labaton Sucharow LLP
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Collaborated with marketing department to help promote their new practice in whistle-blowing

Aided the HR department in organizing their application database and budgeting practice
Greater New York City Area
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Intern
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Undergraduate International Relations Honors Thesis: Draws attention to the vast economic and environmental issues present in our current food system through the lens of farmer suicides, a tragic symptom of our flawed food system. Through both a linear and instrumental variables regression model, I utilize India as a case study to explain why farmers commit suicide, especially in agrarian economies like the one present in India.
International Relations; Environmental Studies
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New York University
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International Relations and Affairs
Located in Washington, D.C., The School for Ethics and Global Leadership is a selective, semester-long residential program for intellectually motivated high school juniors from across the United States. 

- Discussed international policy issues with high-ranking officials, including Lissa Muscatine, Joshua Bolton, and Egil Krogh.

- Collaborated with peers on a policy paper on sex trafficking in Thailand which we presented at the State Department.
The School for Ethics and Global Leadership
New York University
Best International Relations Thesis Presentation
New York University
Dean’s Undergraduate Research Conference Best Panelist
New York University
University Honors Scholar/ Founder's Day Award
New York University
Wasserman Internship Grant
New York University
Global Leadership Summit in NYU Abu Dhabi
University of Arizona
Toward a Science of Consciousness Poster Presentation
This paper draws attention to the vast economic and environmental issues present in our current food system through the lens of farmer suicides, a tragic symptom of our flawed food system. Through both a linear and instrumental variables regression model, I utilize India as a case study to explain why farmers commit suicide, especially in agrarian economies like the one present in India. This paper reveals that an increase in fertilizer consumption leads to an increase in suicide rates. It is plausible that this significant causal relationship between fertilizer and suicides exists because the price of fertilizer, an important input in agriculture, is very high and frequently results in farmer debt, and this very debt subsequently leads many farmers to commit suicide. Various other hypotheses that explain this causal relationship are elaborated on in this paper. In addition, data analysis present in this paper proposes that an increase in cash crop production has also resulted in an increase in the incidence of farmer suicides in India. Lastly, other findings imply that government programs like the Kisan Credit Card Scheme and the National Agriculture Insurance Scheme have been ineffective in alleviating some of the financial stresses that many scholars suggest cause farmer suicides.
Farmer Suicides: A Fatal Consequence of India’s Flawed Agriculture System
A collaborative policy document that targets methods, such as more renewable energy and enhancing New York’s carbon cap system, that will allow New York State to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions, specifically in pertaining to power plants.
New York’s Clean Power Plan
Examines the impact of closing the gender gap in access to inputs like fertilizer and irrigation; assets and labor; and extension programs, will have in closing yield gaps and increasing agricultural efficiency across the globe.
The Important Role Women Can Play in Closing Yield Gaps Through Sustainable Intensification
Generation Citizen
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The Associate Board is comprised of enthusiastic young professionals across all sectors including government, private sector, non-profit, and, importantly, Democracy Coach alumni who have worked with the Generation Citizen program.

In collaboration with each local Site Director, the Associate Boards serve to strategically raise the profile of the Generation Citizen through networking events, fundraising opportunities, and more.
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Associate Board Member & Program Committee Co-Chair
Education
Generation Citizen
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-Taught 8th graders at the IS 230 Magnet School for Civics in The Community twice a week about the importance of advocacy and civic engagement

-Guided students in developing a diversity curriculum that addressed bullying based on different identities, and prepared them to present it to Councilman Dromm, who hopes to implement it citywide

-Trained in creating dynamic lesson plans, conducting effective classroom management, and engaging all types of students
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Democracy Coach
Education
International Rescue Committee
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Tutored and mentored a student from Haiti in English proficiency and creative writing
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Volunteer at Brooklyn Tech High School
Education
STRIDE
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Worked with and mentored children aged 10 to 13 in the Lower East Side at University STRIDE to improve their academic performance and develop their social skills
Volunteer
Education
ClassWish.org
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Volunteer at a ClassWish, a nonprofit whose mission is to provide school supplies for underprivileged students
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Volunteer
Education
Museum Explorers
Provided students in schools lacking art programs the opportunity to explore visual arts by visiting museums in the greater NYC area

Created a mentorship program between high school and 5th grade students to promote an alliance between the public and private schools

Inaugurated the mission of the program by supervising a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2012
Founder
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New York, NY
Giovanni Barcenes
Policy Analyst, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives at Office of the Mayor of New York City
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New York, NY
Eliana Piper
Director of Strategic Operations at ACLU
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Brooklyn, NY
Priscilla Preval
Program Coordinator at New York City Bar Association
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New York City Metropolitan Area
Julie Manoharan
Director of Strategy and Operations, Columbia Justice Lab
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New York, NY
Syed Ali
Planning for Equity in Food, Health, & Wealth
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Chicago, IL
Nubia Murray
Director, Strategic Planning & Operations - Global Impact Communications at McDonald's
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Bronx, NY
Margaret Fabian
Admin Assistant
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New York, NY
Josh Leong
Webby Award®-Winning Director
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Brooklyn, NY
Michael Mitchell
Sr. Director, Brand | Mailchimp at Intuit
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New York, NY
Claire Kozik
Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy - MSW/MPA
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New York City Metropolitan Area
Samantha Adelberg
Health Tech | Equity | Policy at Unite Us
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Brooklyn, NY
Laura Michener
Senior Vice President at Rockabill Consulting & Rockabill Development
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Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
Pablo Rappi
Strategic Planning, Insights, Business Analytics  MBA | CPA
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New York, NY
Dr. Shango A. Blake
Founder/CEO T.R.U. SK Consultant, Equity Trainer, National Public Speaker, Educational Consultants
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Baldwin, NY
Shannon Castang-Feggins, MA
Accomplished Resource Coordinator III for the NYS Unified Court System specializing in the operations of Treatment Courts and the Reentry and Reintegration of Justice-Involved Individuals.
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New York, NY
Jen Roberton
Transportation Planner | AICP
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Union City, NJ
Manny Santos
Operations Director
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New York City Metropolitan Area
Julien DellaPorta
Public Health & Community Affairs Professional
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NYC Urban Fellows Alumni Association (UFAA)
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NYU (IRPA) International Relations & Politics Association - Current MA Students & Alumni
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International Relations Society at NYU
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Political Science
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International Fellows Network
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NYU Alumni Association
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Nightingale-Bamford School Alumnae
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