Ned Resnikoff
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP), Berkeley, CA Master of Public Policy, May 2019
• Coursework In: Microeconomics, Quantitative Methods, Legal Analysis, Program Evaluation, Risk & Optimization Modeling • Leadership: Co-Leader, GSPP Housing in Public Policy Student Group (2018-2019) CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY
Graduate Certificate in Labor Studies, December 2011
New York University, College of Arts and Science, New York, NY Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, minor in Creative Writing, September 2010 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
California YIMBY, Policy Director, Sacramento, CA 5/22—Present • Leads long-term planning around California YIMBY’s policy priorities. • Advises California YIMBY’s lobbying team on the policy substance of housing legislation. • Educates the press, public, policymakers, and other external stakeholders on urban policy.
UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, Policy Manager, San Francisco, CA 5/21—4/22 • Advised the staff and director of BHHI on state, local, and federal policy related to homelessness and housing. • Wrote and edit blog posts, policy briefs and opinion pieces, including for the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle. • Engaged with the press, officials, and general public through briefings, interviews, panel discussions, webinars, and lectures.
California Legislative Analyst’s Office, Fiscal and Policy Consultant, Sacramento, CA 8/19—4/21 • Advised the California legislature on Medi-Cal policy, as well as on Covered California and Children’s Medical Services. • Conducted fiscal analysis of California’s budget as it relates to health care policy. • Briefed legislative staff and testified to legislative committees as needed.
California Department of Social Services, Graduate Policy Consultant, Sacramento, CA 1/19—5/19 • Conducted a program evaluation of a supportive housing and rapid re-housing pilot program in 12 counties. • Analyzed county-level data on the homeless population accessing the program. • Provided recommendations to DSS on how to expand its efforts to house homeless families and improve data collection.
California Department of Finance, Graduate Student Assistant, Sacramento, CA 5/18—8/18 • Conducted fiscal analyses of legislation pertaining to health and human services for California’s executive branch. • Produced a report on the opioid epidemic in California, including policy recommendations, for the state’s finance director.
ThinkProgress, Senior Editor, Washington, D.C. 10/16—7/17 • Managed and edited five reporters who covered issues including health care, criminal justice reform, and foreign affairs.
Al Jazeera America, Reporter, New York, NY 11/14—3/16 MSNBC, Reporter, New York, NY 6/12—11/14 Media Matters, Researcher/Deputy Team Leader 9/10—8/11 • Analyzed and fact-checked news media, and published frequent research pieces analyzing news coverage.
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
• Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Fellow, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, 2014. • Clips in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Baffler, The Nation, and more.
SKILLS
• Familiar with the AP stylebook, experienced in copy editing and fact-checking. • Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, STATA, R, SQL, Nexis, HTML, Drupal, and Wordpress.
Sarah Smaga
Managing Director, NSF Center for Genetically Encoded Materials, (C-GEM)
EXPERIENCE
Managing Director, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA — 2022–Present I am the Managing Director at C-GEM, a multi-institutional chemistry collaboration. I coordinate research, promote synergy between groups in different fields, and lead the Center’s education and outreach efforts including a summer research internship for undergraduates and development of a citizen science video game. I allocate a $4M annual budget, track spending, and ensuring compliance with federal grant reporting standards. I lead strategic planning and develop proposals for additional funding.
Scientific Conferences Coordinator, 314 Action (freelance) — 2020-Present I propose and organize conference sessions that encourage STEM professionals to engage in public service and run for office. I also recruit and moderate panels of elected officials with science backgrounds.
Project Coordinator and Coordinating Editor, Yale/UC Berkeley — 2018-2020 Performed strategic planning and grant writing for the Phase I Center for Genetically Encoded Materials — led to a 5-year $20M National Science Foundation grant. Ran the Editor-in-Chief’s office for the journal Biochemistry - recruited authors, publicized newly published research, and organized a twitter chat about mentoring with top scientists.
Representative, Yale Graduate Student Assembly (GSA), New Haven, CT — 2015-2018 Advised the Dean of the Graduate School on a wide range of issues including healthcare and benefits, professional development, compensation, and safety. Advocated for more graduate student feedback within the department: student-hosted seminar speakers and input in faculty hiring. Yale Citizens Police Academy graduate.
Graduate student, Yale University, New Haven, CT — 2013-2018 Showed how the human protein MxB binds to HIV capsid to reduce infectivity.
Mentored an undergraduate and junior graduate student. Presented research to technical and general audiences, contributed to peer-reviewed publications. Taught graduate-level biophysics and “issues approach to biology” non-majors class.
EDUCATION
Yale University | PhD, 2019, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Michigan State University | BS, 2013 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Honors College SKILLS
Data analysis, literature review, critical thinking, graphic design