1. KENNETH ROSALES
BILINGUAL GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
kenneth.a.rosales@gmail.com
442 South 5th St. San Jose, CA 95112
Cell (650) 303-3625
www.linkedin.com/pub/kenneth-rosales/32/23a/532
EDUCATION
Completed Spring 2012, San Jose State University (SJSU), CA
• Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies
• Minor, Political Science
Expected Graduation Date- Fall 2015, SJSU, CA
• Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Relevant Coursework
Community Assessment, Collaborative Neighborhood Planning, Seminar in Small Group Communication, Local Government
and Politics, Urban Planning Policy Analysis, Making Public Policy, Social Media and Planning, Urban Design Studio, Advance
Environmental Impact Analysis, and Bible Studies and Literature.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Spring 2013-Spring 2015: Conservation Programs Coordinator
Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, Palo Alto, CA
• Developed annual staff work plans to maximize grant awarded expectations and Chapter goals
• Coordinated over 30 volunteers in five major Chapter conservation programs and campaigns
• Administratively supported five volunteer-led conservation issue committees every year by crafting agendas, arranging
monthly meetings, and producing and disseminating meeting minutes and action items
• Conducted yearly team building, campaign planning, annual goal development, and preliminary budget expense report
exercises
• Organized and co-produced over 25 public educational and outreach events and trainings with volunteers, partnering
organizations and city and county elected officials and staff
• Supervised over 40 diverse interns to become future local advocacy leaders
• Engaged in over 10 local administrative advocacy projects through volunteer, intern, and partnering organization co-
coordination and collaboration
• Updated Chapter website and social media platforms on a constant basis
• Implemented strategic fundraising planning training from national organization development staff
• Built relationships with five foundations and philanthropic organizations through grant applications
• Successful grant award procurement of $7,500.
Spring 2011-Spring 2013: Project Manager
Center for the Development of Recycling, San Jose, CA
• Led, trained, supervised, evaluated, and improved up to 15 students in daily hotline duties and research projects every
semester
• Coordinated with Director, Administrative Manager, website programmer, and student staff to improve the Santa Clara
County Recycling Hotline online database, Recyclestuff.org
• Designed and produced new upcoming Recyclestuff.org website and free database functionalities
• Updated Center for the Development of Recycling publications and company, organization, and government referral
information
• Continuously, vigorously, and frequently produced solutions to emergent technical difficulties of the entire
organizational system of Center for the Development of Recycling
• Attended and assisted Director in governmental meetings associated with the organization
VOLUNTEER WORK
• CommUniverCity- Litter abatement program at Five Wounds Brookwood Terrace Neighborhood in San Jos, CA
• TransForm- Transportation Projects Pesearch Intern for the “Let’s Get Moving Silicon Valley: Transportation Summit”
• Environment California- “No on Prop 23” campaign Intern to save AB 32: California Global Warming Solutions Act
• Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter- Community Outreach Intern for the Building Climate Friendly Communities Campaign
SKILLS
Quick Study Average Above Average Expert
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Powerpoint
ArcGIS 10.2
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator
Systat
SPSS
Google Drive Applications
Research Databases
CAREER
PROFILE
LANGUAGES
Proactive
Detailed
Creative
Passionate
Enthusiastic
Postive
Leader
Team Player
Dynamic
Resourceful
Hardworking
Reliable
Determined
Driven
Dialogic
Articulate
Expressive
Trustworthy
95%
Spanish
100%
English
AWARDS
• 2014 American Planning
Association, Northern
California Academic Award
of Merit- Spartan Keyes
Community Assessment
• 2012 Service Learning and
Community Engagement Award
• 2011 and 2012 Honors
Convocation, Dean’s Scholar