About Renee

Renee has been working in the Washington, D.C., nonprofit world for 10 years. She’s Director of Digital Strategy at the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Before that, she was senior digital editor at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, where she oversaw editorial content and web strategy for Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

Renee helped run communications at the American Association of University Women (AAUW), the League of Women Voters of the United States, and Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS). At AAUW, Renee led a social media campaign, called #StandUptoSexism, that won a 2018 EXCEL award from Association Media & Publishing. While at CASS, she led the media and digital advocacy strategy that helped pass the landmark Sexual Assault Victims Rights Amendment of 2014. The legislation was later used as a national policy model. She also helped implement CASS’s anti-harassment campaign with DC Metro, which is now an international model.

Renee was nominated for the Women's Media Center's (WMC) 2013 Social Media Award for her successes in leading digital campaigns around gender equity. She’s been interviewed on gender equity issues and online advocacy by the Washington Post, NPR, CBS, FOX 5, and CQ Roll Call, and among others. You can follow her on Twitter at @reneetheorizes.

Featured Digital Campaigns

Website detailing policy attacks on health care and reproductive rights waged by the Trump administration. Launched in June 2018 via an SMS campaign and 25-story tall billboard in New York’s Times Square. Over 500,000 web visitors to date. (Image: Work & Co.)

Social media advocacy campaign consisting of video, educational resources, and livestreamed event series in conjuncton with NYU. Winner of the 2018 Silver EXCEL Award for Educational Social Media Campaign by Association Media & Publishing. 

Inspired on the U.S. Treasury Department’s 2015 announcement to feature a woman on the $10 bill. Featuring award-winning video and an interactive website where users could upload their photo to a bill that reflects the gender pay gap. Learn more.

Devised and implemented press and digitial advocacy strategy leading to passage of the landmark Sexual Assault Victims' Rights Amendment Act of 2014 in Washington, D.C.

Awards & Honors

• Young Women of Achievement Award nominee, Women’s Rights (2018), Women’s Information Network
  

• Silver EXCEL Award, Educational Social Media Campaign (2018), Association Media & Publishing
  

• Social Media Award for digital fundraising (2014), Network for Good
  

• Young Women of Achievement Award nominee, Community Organizing (2014), Women’s Information Network
  

• Social Media Award nominee (2013), Women's Media Center, presented by Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem
  

• Viral campaign cited by Mic’s Elizabeth Plank as one of “23 Inspiring Feminist Digital Campaigns That Changed the World”
  

• Yearlong media and communications campaign resulted in landmark legislation to protect survivors of sexual assault in Washington, D.C.