Geeta

Rathi Address
Personal Info

4210 Park Newport Apt 208

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Phone
(716) 912-5314
Work Experience E-mail
[email protected]
Nov 2019 - Public Affairs Specialist
present Orange County District Attorney's Office Skills
• Produced AP Style Press Releases on criminal cases, officer-involved shootings, & custodial
deaths for release to the public & media contacts. Professional, Academic & Technical Writing
• Composed executive-level policy briefs, talking points, & meeting memos for District Attorney
Todd Spitzer. Ensured that all his external engagement reflected the administration's agenda.
• Analyzed print, online, & broadcast media coverage regarding the OCDA office. Produced daily Advanced
executive-level press briefings with response recommendations for negative coverage. Multimedia Communications & Strategy
• Coordinated media interviews and press conferences on high-profile cases. Produced talking
points and audio-visual content for OCDA executives to deliver at these events.
• Coordinated speaking engagements with non-profits, corporate partners, & police Advanced
departments. Staffed DA Spitzer & staffed independently at these community events, informing Community Outreach & Engagement
the community on major OCDA initiatives.
• Composed content for external distribution, & internally, within the OCDA newsletter. Content
elaborated on the progress of specialized OCDA initiatives & OCDA task forces. Advanced
• Researched adjudicated cases & formulated CPRAs/media packages for release to producers & Media Monitoring & Crisis Response
reporters.
• Developed channel-specific outreach strategies for boosting OCDA's engagement on Twitter,
Instagram, & Facebook platforms. Produced content for social media distribution. Advanced
• Engaged in crisis management of complex public issues such as Robicheaux case, Scott Clark Press Releases & Grant Writing
Case, OCDA's Justice Department Investigation, and OCSD's evidence booking scandal.

May 2016 - Communications Manager Advanced

Sep 2019 Women on the Move Non-Profit
Narrative Development for Businesses,
• Generated media communications & written copy for engagement with public agencies,
Campaigns, & Non-Profits
corporate partners, & University sponsors. Built community partnerships & secured
sponsorships through proactive outreach efforts.
• Liaised at events with community stakeholders. Produced impactful presentations & Advanced
speechwriting. Humanized our non-profit's identity & strengthened its visibility through
Project Management and Administration
strategic liaison work.
• Engaged in grant writing that clearly established budget details, program narrative, &
statements of need & impact. Acquired 8+ federal grants for the organization. Intermediate
• Assisted in the event coordination of 3 annual signature events. Done in collaboration with
Academic Advising at Undergraduate & Graduate
Programs Committee; successfully fundraised 45k-55k per year. (Gala, Girl Talk, Celebrating
Levels
Womanhood)
• Project management of Who's Your Hero mentorship program. Supervised 12 collegiate
mentors to execute the curriculum at low-income housing centers. Expanded the program Advanced
across 15 schools in the Rialto & Fontana School Districts.
Fundraising for Campaigns & Non-Profits
• Project management of our Legal Workshop Project, facilitating pro bono legal services for
women facing legal & domestic issues. Enabled access to legal counsel for 115+ women
through these workshops, per year, by collaborating with 2 local law offices. Intermediate
• Submitted budget reports & activity reports to the Board, as relating to the Who's Your Hero &
Legal Workshop Project programs. Worked cross-functionally with advisory board to execute Software
directives regarding these programs.
MS Office 365
Jan 2015 - Communications Specialist
Oct 2019 Pacific Coast Consulting Critical Mention
Communications Specialist
Cision
• Consulted for small businesses, political campaigns, non-profit organizations, & college student
governments. Launched outreach campaigns that amplified clients' visibility. PR Newswire
• Produced cogent internal comms: planning/recruitment memos, performance reviews,
Civica
speeches, presentations at the direction of clientele
• Produced cogent external comms: Mailchimp & Constant Contact, newsletters, web content, Asana
social media campaigns at the direction of clientele.
• Implemented Critical Mention analytics to track effectiveness of community outreach & ROI for
online campaigns. Monitored clients' portfolios in real time, checking for upticks across social
Languages
media, broadcast, & online news forums.
English
• Partnered with clients to attend high publicity events & conferences in-person. Mobilized clients
towards fostering vital relationships through careful selection of speaking engagements &
strategic messaging. Complete Proficiency
• Trained 3 freelance writers, & oversaw their payroll. Created templates that guided writers
Hindi
towards planning & completion of incoming project requests.
• Skilled at simplifying technical language into digestible formats for a broad range of audiences.
Academic Specialist Complete Proficiency
• Collaborated with undergraduate & graduate-level applicants; academically advised them
Punjabi
through the complex admissions process at competitively ranked programs. Managed the
academic portfolios of 35+ students per year.
• Monitored & systemized students' application materials. Enabled students to best convey their Working Proficiency
academic & professional narrative.

Jan 2014 - Academic Analyst

Jan 2015 EduGroup Inc.
Academic Analyst
• Performed statistical analyses on standardized tests. Constructed data-based curriculums that
improved test scores on sections where students struggled.
• Rigorously tested, designed, and taught updated curriculums that significantly raised SAT, ACT,
and GRE scores of 500+ students in a 1 year period
• Corresponded with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) at the Department of
 Education to restructure curriculums for 900+ school districts countrywide with our
standardized test data.
Junior Admissions Officer
• Collaborated with senior admissions officers & students to tailor & implement
academic/extracurricular plans to secure students' admissions into competitive Universities.
• Coordinated 3 large-scale informational seminars with guest speakers, scholarship-grantors,
and internship opportunities for local high school students.

Education
Sep 2011 - University of California, Irvine
Jan 2014 B.A. in Psychology with a Criminology, Law, and Society Emphasis
Multiple quarters on Dean's Honors List
Active Membership in 2 Honor's Societies
Active Membership in Phi Alpha Delta Legal Organization

Internships and Research Experience

Mar 2019 - Citizens Academy Graduate
Jun 2019 Newport Beach Police Department
• Participated in community outreach efforts as delineated by the NBPD. Developed a deeper
understanding of community-oriented policing and the responsibilities entrusted to public
agencies.

Mar 2016 - Public Affairs Intern

Nov 2016 Campaign for Judgeship in San Bernardino County
• Produced campaign presentations, speeches, canvassing scripts, and all content for the website
and campaign paraphernalia
• Conducted outreach to government officials, non-profit organizations, and unions, informing
stakeholders on our campaign platforms. Secured endorsements, 10k+ in donations, and 25+
speaking engagements for the candidate.
• Incorporated "smart-on-crime" policies as a core tenet of the campaign platform. Ensured all
information was statistically and empirically-based in criminological research.

Jun 2015 - Hipp Lab Research Assistant -UCI

Oct 2015 Department of Criminology Law and Society
• Conducted analysis of primary sources, census data, academic journals, and field research on
ethnic enclaves in Southern California. (e.g. Vietnamese in Westminister, Armenians in
Glendale, etc)
• Aggregated and analyzed data on the cultural and criminological patterns within each ethnic
community. This information helped assess the true victims and true perpetrators of criminal
activity within each ethnic enclave.

Jun 2014 - Quas Lab Research Assistant - UCI

Sep 2014 Department of Psychology and Social Behavior
• Assisted in experimental design construction, subject recruitment, scheduling RAs, data
collection, coding of information, and data analysis.
• Conducted experiments to establish the degree of admissibility of child memory in court
testimonies after witnessing a traumatic experience. Contributed to developing sound
questioning techniques when interviewing children for a testimony.

Publications
Orange County District Attorney's Office Press Releases

Sep 2016 "Different than the Sum of its Parts: Examining the Unique Impacts of Immigrant Groups on
Neighborhood Crime Rates.” -Journal of Quantitative Criminology.

Oct 2014 "Stress, Interviewer Support, and Children's Eyewitness Identification Accuracy"- Child
Development Journal