Maura Monagan
Policy Manager | Partnership-Building, Project Management
- Role
- Policy & Government Affairs Manager at Los Angeles Waterkeeper
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Maura Monagan
Mission-driven project manager with 10+ years of experience advancing sustainability, equity, and environmental justice through nonprofit and multi-stakeholder initiatives. Proven ability to lead strategic programs with emotional intelligence, cultivate diverse partnerships, and translate complex research into actionable strategies that drive social impact. Skilled in cross-functional collaboration, systems-building, and nonprofit operations to deliver high-performing, efficient programs at the intersection of policy and practice.
Experience
Policy & Government Affairs Manager
Mar 2022 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
Lead Systems Change Team and organizational advocacy strategy by stewarding relationships with legislators, appointed officials, agency staff, community leaders, and cross-sector partners to advance climate resilient water priorities.Design and execute multi-sector advocacy campaigns, e.g, creating a broad-based 50+ organization coalition (bridging labor, business, EJ, community, and local government) that secured $300M in CA state funding for regional water recycling projects.Built and manage MWD Advocacy Watch Network of 30+ organizations. Organized technical advisory convening at UCLA.Selected to serve on Pacific Institute\'s Water Reuse and Equity Community Advisory Committee. Served as Alternate Board Member on the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission. Managed Dashboard.Earth climate-action app program, coordinating tech, EJ, research, and funding partners and shaping communications strategy. Collaborate across teams to strengthen operational effectiveness through extensive grant writing, reporting, and compliance; donor relations; project management systems improvements; staff hiring processes; event planning; and communications.
Education
The School for Field Studies
Sustainable Development in Costa Rica
2013 — 2013
Boston University
Bachelor's Degree, Environmental Analysis & Policy and Music
2011 — 2015
University of Cambridge
Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Environmental Policy
2019 — 2020
Boston University Washington D.C. Internship Program
Political Science and Government
2014 — 2014
Skills
- Nonprofits
- Guitar
- Microsoft Office
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Music Theory
- Social Media
- R Statistical Computing
- Research
- Great Plains Accounting Software
- Atlas.ti
- Concur
- Apple Products
- Logic Pro
- Community Outreach
- Studio Recording
- Event Planning
- Film
- Google Sheets
- Social Networking
- Public Speaking
- Microsoft Word
- Band
- Itunes
- Film Scoring
- Bands
- Sibelius
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Clarinet
- Google Docs
- Editing
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