Brian Elderbroom

About Brian Elderbroom

Brian Elderbroom is the founder and president of Justice Reform Strategies, a consulting…

Experience

1. Founder and President

   Justice Reform Strategies, Llc

   Feb 2017 — Present · Raleigh-Durham, NC, US

   Provide a wide range of consulting services to national and state-based philanthropy, non-profit and government clients including the Crime and Justice Institute, Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, District of Columbia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Arnold Ventures, FWD.us, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Clean Slate Initiative, West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, The Just Trust, The Public Welfare Foundation, Center for Just Journalism, ProsperOK and more.• Advise funders and advocacy coalitions on political, policy, and communications strategies for state legislative and ballot campaigns.• Provide strategic communications services such as conducting message testing, writing talking points, training spokespeople, ghost authoring op-eds, writing research reports, and developing content for a wide range of earned, paid, and digital media campaigns. • Manage public opinion research projects including drafting survey instruments, analyzing data, summarizing results for stakeholders, and developing poll memos, press releases, and other communications products.• Conduct policy assessments of criminal justice reforms including securing buy-in for the research among state government agencies and political leaders, developing research plans and data sharing agreements, overseeing research design and data analysis, and drafting policy briefs and other communications products. • Support organizational and leadership development including facilitating strategic planning, providing executive coaching, conducting landscape scans, developing campaign plans, and drafting strategy memos. • Advise philanthropies on grantmaking including developing funding strategies, identifying policy and campaign opportunities, conducting due diligence research on risks and mitigation, and engaging with grantees on funding needs.

Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  1997 — 2001

• The George Washington University

  Master of Public Administration

  2007 — 2009

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Policy Analysis
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Project Management
• Qualitative Research
• Facilitation
• Public Administration
• Management
• Program Development
• Fundraising
• Public Policy
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Research
• Strategic Communications
• Public Speaking
• Evaluation
• Volunteer Management