Subject: Fw: Special Events Coordinator
From: "Arnie Miller" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:36:29 -0400

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From: Arnie Miller 
To: John Podesta ([email-masked]) ; Sara Wortell ([email-masked]) 
Sent: Tue Jun 09 12:56:25 2009
Subject: FW: Special Events Coordinator 

This young woman is smart, effective, deceptively understated, with very good values, who happens to also be my son Michael’s girl friend. Thanks. A

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From: Jenn Sacks [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 8:07 PM
To: [email-masked]
Subject: Special Events Coordinator

					517 11th Street SE

					Washington, D.C. 20003

					June 7, 2009

Employment Opportunities
Center for American Progress
1333 H Street, NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC  20005

Hiring Manager:

        The supervising producers mentioned that my Save Darfur segment pitch was "fantastic but a little heavy for a show focusing on ginger tea, buttons, and organic gardening with Winona Judd”.  It was during that very pitch for MARTHA, Martha Stewart’s daytime show, that one those infrequent but brilliant moments of clarity came: I am definitely in the wrong business. With a bit of persistence, my high school founders of Dollars for Darfur made it on to the top of that show, and unsurprisingly enough, two months later I found myself working in the Rayburn House Office Building. It wasn’t until I came to Washington that I fully understood that there was a name for the type ideology I had held fast to for so many years; I was a progressive.

        I’ve held two careers—four years working in television and film production, and now spent over two years in the House of Representatives. In both careers, I have managed logistics for two incredibly strong, powerful, and progressive women: Martha Stewart and Congresswoman Lowey. That said, like many before me, I came to Washington to be part of a bigger picture, to give back. So, in a town full of public servants and do-gooders, I’ve been trying to find my niche. I have found that event management for non-profits are well suited to my logistical and organizational strengths, while also placating my inner idealist and policy interests.

        Clearly, there are marketable differences between the coordination of a live syndicated talk show and logistics for a Member of Congress. However, my current job on the hill requires the same strengths and abilities I carried entertainment, all of which are vital to any event planner: impeccable organization, quick multitasking, problem solving under tight deadlines, the capacity to serve as coordinator, delegator, diplomat, and comedian (when appropriate). In that same vein, although never formerly given the title of any event coordinator, I feel like it’s a job I’ve always had. From my recent planning and coordination of an Inaugural reception for 250 constituents (while simultaneously managing the Congresswoman’s logistics) to the production of fashion shows on live television—multiple moving parts and high pressure is a world I thrive in.

        I am eager to discuss event coordination at Center for American Progress further and what I can do help the progressive movement. You will find a copy of my resume attached, and I can be most easily reached on my cellphone at 914-262-5786. Thank you again for your time, and I look forward to meeting you shortly!

                                                            Sincerely,

                                                            Jenn Sacks