Efrem Bycer

Efrem Bycer

San Diego, California, United States
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I have over 15 years of experience in economic development and public policy, with a…

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    LinkedIn

    San Diego, California, United States

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Diego, CA

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    Greater San Diego Area

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    Greater San Diego Area

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    Syracuse, New York Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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Education

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    Cornell University

    Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Tau, Cornell Fitness Centers, Cornell Urban Scholars Program, Cornell Tradition, Bridges to Community, Active Civically Engaged Scholars (ACES)

  • Activities and Societies: MAXPAC, University-Neighborhood Partnership, Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today

    Capstone project: Strategic Plan plan to improve the Recruitment, Retention, Representativeness, and Effectiveness of Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today program

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • San Diego Workforce Partnership Graphic

    Workforce Development Board member

    San Diego Workforce Partnership

    - Present 1 year 10 months

    Economic Empowerment

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    Board Member

    Next City

    - 6 years 11 months

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    Startup Advisor

    CivStart

    - Present 3 years 11 months

    Economic Empowerment

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    Commissioner, Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure

    City and County of San Francisco

    - 10 months

    Economic Empowerment

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    Mentor, Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator

    Techstars

    - Present 3 years 11 months

    Economic Empowerment

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    Senior Fellow, Commission on the Future of Work, Millennial Policy Initiative

    New Leaders Council

    - 7 months

    Economic Empowerment

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    Workforce Development Advisory Board Member

    Code for America

    - 2 years 2 months

    Economic Empowerment

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    Millennial Compact Author

    New Leaders Council

    - 1 year 8 months

    Politics

    - Wrote a policy paper on the importance of helping U.S. small businesses export to international markets and the government programs to help them do that.
    - Wrote a policy paper on how progressives could claim good government as a core part of their policy platform by focusing on improving the delivery of government services through user-centered technology.

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    Community Representative, Head Start Policy Council

    Neighborhood House Association

    - 3 years 1 month

    Education

    • Appointed as a community expert by staff and Head Start parents to govern the second largest Head Start program in the Western United States.
    • Serve as member of the Finance Committee, clarifying and explaining a $70 million budget to low-income parents committed to improving long-term educational outcomes for their children.
    • Restructured the Policy Council budget tripling the number of parents able to receive formal training.

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    Fellow

    The New Leaders Council

    - 6 months

    • Selected to complete an intensive, five-month political entrepreneurship training program with emphasis on coalition building, fundraising, marketing and framing, political management, and public relations.
    • Engaged with local government, nonprofit and private sector leadership on key issues including economic development, affordable housing, and environmental conservation.
    • Established strong cross-sector network to develop comprehensive solutions to pressing urban issues.

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    Public Policy Committee Member

    United Way of San Diego County

    - 2 years

    Economic Empowerment

  • Leaders2020 Steering Committee Member

    Equinox Center

    - 2 years 1 month

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    Civic Leadership Fund Steering Committee Member

    The San Diego Foundation

    - 1 year 10 months

    Economic Empowerment

  • Cortez Hill Residential Tenant Respresentative

    Downtown Community Planning Council (San Diego - locally elected)

    - 1 year 1 month

    Politics

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    Board Vice Chair, Committee Chair, Book Club Founder

    YNPN San Diego

    - 4 years 1 month

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    • Organize and facilitate a monthly book clubs to discuss preeminent issues in nonprofit management.
    • Facilitated the creation and management of goals by providing leadership to committee chairs.
    • Revived Board Dev. Committee and implemented comprehensive governance improvement strategy.
    • Revitalized Prof. Dev. Committee with sustainable programs that build skills and knowledge of members.

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    Founding Board Chair

    Congo Leadership Initiative

    - 2 years 6 months

    Poverty Alleviation

    • Established and led a nonprofit operating a leadership development program for Congolese youth.
    • Led CLI through a strategic planning process resulting in ten-fold increase in impact (200+ students), strengthened organizational structure and improved brand recognition.

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    National Councilor

    Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity

    - 2 years

    Education

    • Developed new governance structure to streamline operations while increasing undergraduate voice.
    • Worked with alumni members to redesign dues structure and improve revenue streams.

Publications

  • Rebuilding Community after Katrina: Transformative Education in the New Orleans Planning Initiative

    Temple University Press

    Rebuilding Community after Katrina chronicles the innovative and ambitious partnership between Cornell University’s City and Regional Planning department and ACORN Housing, an affiliate of what was the nation’s largest low-income community organization. These unlikely allies came together to begin to rebuild devastated neighborhoods in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

    The editors and contributors to this volume allow participants’ voices to show how this partnership integrated…

    Rebuilding Community after Katrina chronicles the innovative and ambitious partnership between Cornell University’s City and Regional Planning department and ACORN Housing, an affiliate of what was the nation’s largest low-income community organization. These unlikely allies came together to begin to rebuild devastated neighborhoods in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

    The editors and contributors to this volume allow participants’ voices to show how this partnership integrated careful, technical analysis with aggressive community outreach and organizing. With essays by activists, organizers, community members, and academics on the ground, Rebuilding Community after Katrina presents insights on the challenges involved in changing the way politicians and analysts imagined the future of New Orleans’ Ninth Ward.

    What emerges from this complex drama are lessons about community planning, organizational relationships, and team building across multi-cultural lines. The accounts presented in Rebuilding Community after Katrina raise important and sensitive questions about the appropriate roles of outsiders in community-based planning processes.

    Contributors include: Efrem Bycer, Richard Hayes, Marcel Ionescu-Heroiu, Praj Kasbekar, Richard Kiely, Crystal Lackey Launder, David Lessinger, Sarah McKinley, Anisa Mendizabal, Brian Rosa, Andrew Rumbach, Joanna Winter, and the editors.

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