About Steven and Jen
Steven Biel
Principal, Steven Biel Strategies LLC
January 2014 - Present
Internet organizing, fundraising, political strategy, and organizational development consulting for progressive non-profits and candidates.
Director, SignOn.org
December 2010 - December 2013
Ran SignOn.org (later called MoveOn Petitions), an online platform to allow anyone to start and win their own grassroots campaigns. SignOn.org revolutionized MoveOn's organizing strategy by putting our tools in the hands of regular people--allowing MoveOn members to score victories on hundreds of issues we'd never have been able to take on otherwise. At the same time, SignOn.org doubled MoveOn's membership to over 8 million in just two years.
Clean Energy Campaign Director, MoveOn.org
March 2009 - November 2010
Ran MoveOn's campaign to enact clean energy legislation and stop attacks on the Clean Air Act during President Obama's first two years in office.
Global Warming Director, Greenpeace
October 2008 - March 2009
Directed Greenpeace USA's national climate campaign work, including managing a team of 20+ organizing staff, lobbying Congress, authoring research reports, and fundraising.
Field Director, Environment America
August 2002 – October 2008
Oversaw Environment America’s grassroots campaign work on federal issues, including managing a team of 20 field organizers.
Assistant Field Director, U.S. PIRG
May 2001 – August 2002
Managed U.S. PIRG’s campaigns in Midwest and South and on clean air and national forests.
Communications Associate, Population Action International
August 2000 – May 2001
Wrote press releases and represented PAI to editorialists, reporters, and other media contacts.
Field Associate, U.S. PIRG
August 1997 – August 2000
Built activist networks, lobbied Congress, and conducted media outreach on environmental, campaign finance, and consumer issues in Delaware and West Virginia.
Board memberships
Florida PIRG Citizen Lobby
Environment Arizona
Environment Iowa
Environment Georgia
Wisconsin Environment
Jennifer Job, PhD
Vice President, Steven Biel Strategies
January 2014 - Present
Coordinate fundraising efforts for national and international organizations; code fundraising materials in ActionKit, ActBlue, Action Network, Champaign, Salsa; work with staff from all organizations to coordinate campaign; perform data analysis and fundraising projections.
Fundraising Chair, Apex Public School Foundation
2021- Present
Digital Communications Specialist, Wiley Nickel for NC
2018-2020
Developed online fundraising strategy for NC Senate campaign, wrote fundraising and event emails, and developed online growth strategy for NC Senate Democratic Caucus
Platform Writer and Proofreader, MoveOn.org
2016 - 2018
Proofread fundraising emails, turned online petitions into emails for list growth, and wrote copy of Facebook ads.
SignOn.org Intern, MoveOn
2012 - 2013
Coded and tested emails and helped coordinate campaign, wrote email chosen for MoveOn response to SCOTUS decision on the ACA
North Carolina State Coordinator, SaveOurSchools March
2011
Responsible for obtaining endorsements of the NC Association of Educators and county subsidiaries, local worker organizations, and the Association of NC Teachers; assisted in coordination of the rally and served on the committee for action planning
Chairwoman, Committee for Curriculum Theory In Policy
2010 - 2013
Organized committee of representatives from over two dozen universities, drove the effort to devise a position statement on the current state of education, connected academics with legislators to help shape education policy.
Education Policy Consultant, Marshall for U.S. Senate
2010
Wrote education position platform for candidate, wrote position paper for National Education Association to obtain endorsement, designed op-ed strategy for publications across North Carolina
Legislative Research Intern, U.S. Senate Health Education Labor and Pension Committee
2009
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Curriculum Studies