Tammy Patrick

Tammy Patrick

Senior Advisor, Democracy Fund

Washington, District of Columbia, United States500+ connections

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Tammy Patrick joined the Democracy Fund as a Senior Advisor in May of 2017. In this new role, she will help lead the effort to foster a voter-centric elections system and work to provide election officials across the country the tools and knowledge they need to best serve their voters.
Formerly with the Bipartisan Policy Center, she focused on furthering the recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration (PCEA) to which she was appointed as a Commissioner by President Barack Obama in 2013.
Former Federal Compliance Officer for Maricopa County Elections Department for 11 years, Ms. Patrick was tasked with serving almost 2 million voters in the greater Phoenix Valley. She collaborates with community and political organizations to create a productive working relationship with the goal of voter participation.
Ms. Patrick has a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Purdue University and has attained accreditation as a Certified Election Voter Registration Administrator from the Election Center and Auburn University. Publications include “Administrative Burden: Perspective of a Western County” in the Public Administration Review journal of the American Society of Public Administrators (Volume 72, Number 5) and “U.S. Elections Face a Crossroads on Rights And Technology” Forbes online, 11/10/2013. She teaches as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota and currently serves on the Steering Committee for National Voter Registration Day, the Board of Directors for the Center for Technology and Civic Life, the Advisory Board for Pew's Election Performance Index, MIT Election Data Science Lab, Advisory Committee for the Center for Civic Design, & as a member of the Election Center's committees on Postal issues, Legislation, and Security. She also represents them to the U.S. Postal Sevice's Mailers Technical Advisory Committee.
In her free time she enjoys gardening, writing & performing music, and released her 5th album in 2016.

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Experience

  • Senior Advisor

    Democracy Fund

    - Present4 years 9 months

  • Fellow

    Bipartisan Policy Center

    - 3 years

  • Federal Compliance Officer

    Maricopa County Elections

    - 9 years 1 month

    • Creation of the Federal Compliance Division within the Elections Department from the ground up with all applicable standards of operation, guidelines, and objectives.
    • Develop curriculum expansion of the Bilingual Boardworker Training Program in addition to Voter Assistance Units for Standard Boardworker and Trouble Shooter Training classes.
    • Responsible for compliance with the Federal Help America Vote Act, American Disabilities Act, Department of Justice Voting Rights Act…

    • Creation of the Federal Compliance Division within the Elections Department from the ground up with all applicable standards of operation, guidelines, and objectives.• Develop curriculum expansion of the Bilingual Boardworker Training Program in addition to Voter Assistance Units for Standard Boardworker and Trouble Shooter Training classes.• Responsible for compliance with the Federal Help America Vote Act, American Disabilities Act, Department of Justice Voting Rights Act Pre-clearance submissions and presentations of exemplary standards. • Contact person for voters with disabilities for materials in Braille, Large Print, and Audio formats.• Public presentations on voter registration requirements, available voter services, and electoral process participation opportunities.• Department Coordinator of Disaster Recovery Plan • Establish Community Network email distribution communiqué coinciding with monthly meetings to address public concerns and dissemination of elections information.• Coordinator of the 2007 Native American Voter Outreach Summit• Grant writer and coordinator for Federal Help America Vote Act dollars allocated by the Secretary of State’s office and EASE Grant funds procured from the Federal Voting Assistance Program.• Congressional testimony before the House Administration’s Subcommittee on Elections in 2007 regarding HR 811.• Consult with House Administration’s Subcommittee on Elections regarding online voter registration and HR 1719, with Senate Rules on efficacy of FPCA applications during drafting of the MOVE Act, and draft language for potential amendments• Arizona Town Hall on Civic Engagement participant 2012• Information Technology & Innovation Foundation’s Accessible Voting Workshop invited participant 2012

  • Maricopa County Elections Department

    Maricopa County Elections Department

    1 year 9 months

    • Acting Assistant Director

      Maricopa County Elections Department

      - 8 months

      • Liaison between the County Elections Department and all districts the County conducts the elections for (City/Town Clerks, School Superintendents, etc.). Responsible for contracting the election, precinct consolidation, polling place allocation, Boardworker training, results reporting, and problem resolution.
      • Inception of the Hispanic Advisory Board to the Recorder Elections Department comprised of prominent members in the Hispanic Community to advise the department on voter outreach…

      • Liaison between the County Elections Department and all districts the County conducts the elections for (City/Town Clerks, School Superintendents, etc.). Responsible for contracting the election, precinct consolidation, polling place allocation, Boardworker training, results reporting, and problem resolution.• Inception of the Hispanic Advisory Board to the Recorder Elections Department comprised of prominent members in the Hispanic Community to advise the department on voter outreach methodology and marketing, Boardworker solicitation, and efficacy of translated materials.

    • Precinct Services Supervisor

      Maricopa County Elections Department

      - 1 year 2 months

      • Manage hiring of Boardworkers for Jurisdictional and County-wide elections held by the county: including overseeing recruitment staff, reviewing training materials and conducting class, payroll processing, voter complaint resolution, and ensuring adherence to Arizona Revised Statute Title 16 and Secretary of State Standards.
      • Implemented new Boardworker communication programs to provide performance feedback with post-election “Report Cards” of procedural issues uncovered in the audit…

      • Manage hiring of Boardworkers for Jurisdictional and County-wide elections held by the county: including overseeing recruitment staff, reviewing training materials and conducting class, payroll processing, voter complaint resolution, and ensuring adherence to Arizona Revised Statute Title 16 and Secretary of State Standards.• Implemented new Boardworker communication programs to provide performance feedback with post-election “Report Cards” of procedural issues uncovered in the audit process and Boardworker Survey analysis with cumulative results reported back to the Boardworker via the next election’s survey.• Coordinated the inception of the Bilingual Boardworker program to include a Glossary of Elections Terminology in Spanish and Tohono O’odham (the latter in both written and audio versions) and the inception of the Bilingual Boardworker Training Program. Front counter service for Public Records Requests, Candidate Campaign & Financial Filings, Voter Registration, and Early Ballot request processing.

  • Sales Manager

    QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORP

    - 1 year 2 months

    Phoenix, Arizona Area

    • Responsible for monthly million-dollar objective obtained via metric analysis and implementation of multiple coaching methods: observation feedback, role modeling of desired behaviors, peer education, and root cause analysis.
    • Facilitation and documentation of Labor Relations, Compliance Adherence, and Continuation Training
    • Member of the Qwest Diversity Committee responsible for raising awareness within the Phoenix Consumer Channel via broadcast email, visual displays

  • Sales Consultant

    QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORP

    - 3 years 8 months

    Phoenix, Arizona Area

    • Presidents Club 1999, 2000, 2001--Company's highest achievement
    • Member of Special task force for Leveraged Compensation Plan 2000
    • Participating subject for multiple training videos for Initial Training courses within Consumer Sales Channel

Education

  • Purdue University

    Purdue University

    Bachelor's degreeAmerican Studies

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    Activities and Societies: Ridiculous number (5-8, I cant remember where I ended up) of minors as well in Political Science, Women's Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy--you get the picture!

  • Auburn University

    Auburn University

    Certified Election/Registration Admnistrator CERA

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