Resume

• 2011

  The Cold War Museum

  New Century College (George Mason University)

  Provide advice on strategic direction.

  New Century College (George Mason University)

  Mason Institute for Leadership Excellence (George Mason University)

  Fairfax

  VA

  Help train middle and senior management leaders.

  Faculty Member

  Warrenton

  VA

  The Executive Director (ED) supports the mission of the Cold War Museum (CWM) and builds the Museum’s visibility and public service through leadership

  direction

  and management of operations

  including effective implementation of strategic plans and policies set by the Board of Directors

  administration of the Museum’s budget

  and supervision of the Museum’s staff. The ED assures compliance with professional standards appropriate to small history museums.

  Executive Director

  The Cold War Museum

• 2009

  Highly accomplished

  enthusiastic

  and versatile senior executive with extensive experience from multiple perspectives at successively increasing levels of responsibility

  including senior positions on Capitol Hill

  in two federal agencies

  and at a national nonprofit association representing an entire industry. Results-oriented self-starter

  with award-winning success in securing both legislative and media objectives. Leader and educator in connecting media and government relations and in public administration ethics. Enjoys and is successful with government and media relations challenges

  and with increasing funding and building coalitions. \n \n\nSELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS\n\n•\tSecured complete victory on American Association of Museums (AAM)’s top legislative issue

  tax treatment of gifts of appreciated property

  for which AAM won the American Society of Association Executives' highest national award for government affairs excellence.\n\n•\tIncreased museum grassroots network membership by over 1

  000 %.\n\n•\tPlanned and executed two highly successful reauthorizations (1996 and 2003) and helped increase funding for museums’ chief federal agency by more than 65% in eight years.\n\n•\tConverted potentially damaging media and legislative events into clear media and legislative successes (examples: borrowed objects

  Nazi loot hearings).\n\n•\tOrganized national press conferences (all broadcast TV networks and CNN; all major newspapers).\n\n•\tDrafted and placed op eds in the Washington Post and arranged profile pieces in the New York Times and AP.\n\nSpecialties: Government relations

  media relations

  branding

  organizational development

  governance

  grant writing

  contracts

  ethics

  Jason

  Hall

  PhD

  CAE

  US Census Bureau

  •\tOne of two Census Coverage Measurement (CCM) Regional Technicians for Virginia

  reporting directly to CCM senior staff (Assistant CCM Manager) in Charlotte.\n•\tMaster trainer of Census field operations to field supervisors and interviewers. Observed

  assessed

  and provided problem-solving advice for Virginia’s CCM Field Operations Supervisors

  in coordination with the CCM Team Supervisor for Virginia.\n•\tServed as independent on-the-ground “eyes and ears” for senior Charlotte Census staff.

  US Census Bureau

• 2008

  Public Trust Strategies

  McLean

  VA

  Public Trust Strategies specializes in helping “public trust” institutions of all sizes build

  enhance

  or restore deserved reputations and influence with key audiences—to ensure increased and sustained funding

  and enduring public trust.\n\nWorking in partnership with your nonprofit organization or government agency

  we help develop the client-specific strategies you need to:\n \n•\tCreate cost-effective

  sustainable visibility that regularly and systematically enhances the deserved reputation of your institution for excellent operations and ethical standards and mission-appropriate contributions that advance community priorities

  and that captures the interest of policymakers

  private funders

  the media

  and other civic leaders. \n\n•\tLeverage your institution’s enhanced reputation to increase funding and influence with key audiences and markets through coalitions

  civic participation

  third-party messaging

  and more.

  Principal

  Public Trust Strategies

• 2003

  George Mason University

  Fairfax

  VA

  •\tSchool of Public and International Affairs: Designed and teach required Master’s degree course on ethics for public administrators and Master’s courses on lobbying and the media and on association management.\n\n•\tSchool of Public Policy: Designed and teach Master’s degree course on lobbying

  the media

  and how to combine them to advance policy objectives.

  Part-Time Professor of Public Administration

  George Mason University

• 1997

  American Society of Association Executives

  American Society of Association Executives

• 1991

  American Association of Museums

  Mason Institute for Leadership Excellence (George Mason University)

  National Endowment for the Arts

  •\tServed as chief lobbyist and media spokesman for the major association representing all of the nation's museums (18

  000 members); directed staff of three; reported directly to AAM's President. Led and transformed an industry-wide coalition and created and led two others.\n•\tCovered and influenced all federal legislation and agency regulations affecting museums; provided the association's positions to Congress

  key federal agencies

  and the media. \n•\tPrincipal issues: tax

  charity oversight

  appropriations

  and intellectual property. \n•\tSecondary issues included Native American

  transportation (enhancements)

  and fossil concerns.

  American Association of Museums

  •\tSenior Staff member of the team that ran all agency operations under the supervision of

  and reporting directly to

  the Chairman.\n•\tDirected all press

  publication and public information functions for 250-person Federal grant-making agency.\n•\tSupervised staff of nine. (Served as Acting Director of Publications for part of this time).

  National Endowment for the Arts

• 1989

  Hall and Associates

  •\tProvided analysis of emerging energy and environmental issues for Sanford Cohen & Associates

  a consulting company serving Fortune 500 clients including GE. \n•\tFull-time Associate Director for External Affairs (Congressional and media relations) for a Congressionally-mandated commission examining the National Endowment for the Arts (1990).\n•\tAnalyst and advisor for a reference book on current European political affairs (The Almanac of Transatlantic Politics).\n•\tGrants consultant for an international educational exchange project.

  Hall and Associates

• 1970

  PhD

  History

  University of Michigan

  Certified Association Executive

  American Society of Association Executives

• 1963

  German

  French

  BA

  General Studies

• Organizational Development

  Governance

  Grant Writing

  Legislative

  Strategic Communications

  Media Relations

  Teaching

  Government

  Government Affairs

  Branding Development

  Government Relations

  Trade Associations

  Ethics

  Legislative Relations

  Public Relations

  Coalition Building

  Non-profits

  Research

  Nonprofits

  Public Policy

  Hall

  PhD

  CAE