Pat Dennis

About Pat Dennis

Pat Dennis is the Managing Partner and Founder of Street Level Strategy, LLC, a California based political consulting and public affairs firm that specializes in 1:1 engagement, communications, community outreach, and strategic consulting. With more than 20 years of experience in strategic consulting, grassroots engagement, and communications, Pat Dennis built Street Level Strategy as a one-to-one direct engagement first firm. Street Level’s innovative approach combines time tested community engagement approaches with cutting edge data intelligence and multi-faceted human centered communications programs to shape opinion and evoke behavior change. Since founding Street Level Strategy in 2016, Pat has guided the firm through nearly a decade of rapid growth. Today, Street Level Strategy is a team of over 50 seasoned communications and community engagement professionals with a national and international footprint. The firm provides community engagement, issue and policy advocacy, brand management, and strategic consulting services for a range of clients and issues. Street Level Strategy\'s current and former clients include the American Chemistry Council, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Uber Technologies, the California Association of REALTORS, the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, California Complete Count 2020 (Census), the California Department of Public Health, the Los Angeles County Departments of Public Works, Business and Consumer Affairs, Justice Care and Opportunities, California Office of Emergencies Services, California Volunteers, the California Apartment Association, and more. Street Level\'s political consulting practice, Street Level Campaigns, is recognized as one of California\'s premier general consulting and field firms. The firm has been part of victories in some of the most competitive contests in the past decades and helped engineer victories for dozens of members of the State Legislature, four current Los Angeles City Council Members, two statewide ballot propositions, and scores of local measures.

Experience

1. Founder & Managing Partner

   Street Level Strategy, Llc

   Jul 2016 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Headquartered in Pasadena, CA with team members in Sacramento, San Diego, and the Central Valley- Over 50 seasoned communications and community engagement professionals- Services include community engagement, brand management, strategic consulting, project or campaign management, data intelligence, and communications- Expertise in issue and policy advocacy, public education, and customer or member engagement.

Education

• University of California, Santa Barbara

  B.A. Political Science & B.A. Philosophy

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Opinion Polling
• Staff Management
• Staff Development
• Research
• Training
• Editing
• Creative Direction
• Policy Analysis
• Fundraising
• Windows
• Public Policy
• Budgets
• Crisis Management
• Crisis Communications
• Grassroots Organizing
• Campaign Management
• Event Planning
• Strategic Planning
• Direct Mail
• Nonprofits
• Customer Service
• Media Relations
• Public Relations
• Social Media
• Strategic Communications
• Creative Strategy
• Political Campaigns
• Public Speaking
• Community Outreach
• Politics
• Microsoft Office