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Laurel Jensen

Washington, D.C.

Coordinating Producer

Tags: festivals and markets  history documentaries  political/social issue documentaries  

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Gender: Female

Citizenship: US

Languages Spoken: English

Biography: Laurel B. Jensen 5809 Bryn Mawr Road, College Park, MD 20740 | 240-723-2508 | laurel.jensen@comcast.net SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS More than 12 years as a policy analyst, 6 years managing large, non-profit projects and 5 years as a progressive activist and advocate. Recent MPH graduate of the Mailman School of Public Health, Executive Program, Columbia University. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2003 - 2008 INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER DREAM CATCHER FILMS, INC., WASHINGTON, D.C. Producer/Cinematographer/Researcher/Website Developer/Promotion Manager/Fundraiser  Production: Participated in story development, supplied the bulk of the footage and still photography from my personal body of work and edited the narration script. Managed the script and other documents.  Cinematographer and Still Photographer: Covered over 200 venues including spontaneous news events as they unfolded, formal and informal interviews, B roll, and speaking engagements in DVCam and Mini-DV formats. Simultaneously shot still photography at both informal and formal events.  Website Development: Designed, fielded and managed the website, contributing the majority of content including video, photos, graphics and copy. Review at: www.findingourvoices.com  Promotion and Marketing: Designed multimedia and printed materials including video shorts, PowerPoint presentations, flyers, postcards, DVD wrap and poster. Designed and organized community events: secured locations, established the program, arranged for speakers, managed logistics, and coordinated public relations. Presented materials and the film to large and small groups. Developed media relations to promote the film.  Fundraising: Personally secured $42,000 from individual donors and investors out of a total of $65,000 raised by a 3-person team. 1991 - 2003 SENIOR SECURITY ANALYST COMBAT SYSTEM ASSOCIATES, INC., WASHINGTON, D.C. Consultant/Classification Specialist/Technical Writer/Inter-Agency Liaison  Research and Analysis: Provided on-going legislative/regulatory analysis to the U.S. Navy, AEGIS Program Manager and all AEGIS Program contractors.  Database Management and Technical Support: Established and maintained databases for approximately 150 active contracts and hundreds of security classification guides.  Written Products: Wrote the Threat Assessment and Countermeasures sections of the AEGIS/SM/2-3 Program Protection Plan (PPP), led the AEGIS security classification guide update every 5 years and provided monthly reports to the program office and other contractors.  Working Group Facilitation and Information Liaison: Resolved classification inconsistencies or interpretive conflicts. Represented Contracting Officers on sensitive information security issues. 1980 - 1984 NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT NATIONAL HEALTH SCREENING COUNCIL (NHSCVO), WASHINGTON, D.C. Regional Director/Partnership Program Director/Laboratory Services Director  Regional Director: Managed four health fair projects from start to finish in Tallahassee, Florida, Detroit, Michigan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the State of Kansas. Supervised 7 employees and oversaw a combined budget of $600,000. Lead in fundraising, hiring, strategic development, formation of the project sponsor team, liaison between projects and the national office, political liaison, and project/employee evaluations.  Partnership Program Director: Designed, implemented and managed a business/education pilot program in Florida, Kansas, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Colorado and California. Program supporters included the White House, the U.S. Department of Education, the State of Florida, Governor’s Office, ARCO Oil, Chevron and hundreds of regional or local organizations.  National Laboratory Services Director: Negotiated and managed 15 laboratory contracts worth $4 million to provide 500,000 low-cost blood tests to the public over a year. Organized staff and contacted 4,000 health fair participants with critical values within 24 hours of test results referring them to local providers. Conducted follow-up to ensure participants sought medical services.  Student Health Fair Co-Director: Assisted in program design and publication of a manual, designed brochures, flyers and other promotional materials, managed pilot projects, wrote proposals for funding and in-kind sponsorship, and conducted training of project directors and community volunteers. 1978 - 1980 EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT KBTV, CHANNEL 9, DENVER, CO Special Assistant to the 9 Health Fair Executive Director  Managed specific project startup functions including logistics, training, the newsletter, a resource guide, answering the phone and following up, form and training guide printing and distribution, speaking at community meetings, managing health fair sites that needed additional leadership and more. Thirty years later, the 9 Health Fair continues to serve approximately 58,000 people in Colorado yearly. VOLUNTEER ADVOCACY 2003 - 2008 LOBBYIST & GRASSROOTS ACTIVIST SEVERAL ANTI-WAR GROUPS, WASHINGTON, D.C. Demonstration Organizer/Event Planner  Worked closely with groups and individuals to stage street demonstrations or hold public forums on peace and security to encourage the public to join the anti-war effort, attract media attention and message directly to policy makers. 1995 - 1996 GROUP LEADER ST. CLEMENT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ALEXANDRIA, VA Advocate/Meeting Chair/Event Planner  Co-chaired a weekly meeting of LGBT parishioners. The group led a campaign that resulted in the church declaring itself a Welcoming Congregation, sent representatives to the diocese governing body to champion LGBT issues and participated with other churches to bring same-sex marriage to the floor at the national Episcopal General Convention in 1996. 1988 - 1993 SUPPORT GROUP FACILITATOR WHITMAN WALKER CLINIC, WASHINGTON, D.C. Support Group Facilitator  Co-facilitated mixed gender support groups for the LGBT population on coming out and intimacy issues. EDUCATION AND TRAINING Master of Public Health (MPH), Executive Program Columbia University, New York, NY, 2007 B.A., Health Education, with a minor in Journalism University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, 1980