Malcolm Bates

An energetic and experienced campaign manager with a background as a community organizer and Navy Chinese linguist, and has spent almost five years of working in various high-level campaign positions and policy advocacy spaces. Possesses expertise with various electoral and organizing tools, and thrives in high-pressure environments that require teamwork for success.

Jessica Fitzwater for Frederick County Executive - Frederick Co, MD

May 2022-Nov 2022

Campaign Manager

Managed a team of interns, volunteers, and consultants for Frederick County Councilwoman Jessica Fitzwater’s campaign to become Frederick County Executive in 2022.

●  Won 2022 General Election for countywide race with 50.40% of the vote, by a margin of 989 votes

●  Won 2022 Democratic primary with 58% of the vote in a competitive 3-way race

●  Interviewed and hired two interns, and developed the process to recruit a field team of over

30 volunteers to conduct countywide door-to-door canvassing, phone banking, and text banking operations. During general election worked closely with Democratic statewide committee and other candidate campaigns to recruit, organize, and mobilize volunteers in a variety of voter outreach opportunities and events

●  Secured and managed campaign office space

●  Managed a budget of over $450,000

●  Drafted and released campaign communications, such as press releases to local media

outlets and emails to campaign email and donor lists

●  Worked with a team of campaign consultants to plan and execute mail, media, and

fundraising strategy

●  Designed, executed, and managed a targeted county-wide field plan to contact voters

Progressive Maryland - Baltimore, MD

Feb 2020-May 2022

Lead Baltimore City and Healthcare Organizer

Organized and managed a statewide team of volunteers and community leaders around local- and state-level electoral and issue campaigns

●  Recruited, trained, and onboarded a 12-person independent expenditure voter outreach program, instrumental in securing victory for Mayor Brandon Scott in 2020 Democratic Primary

●  Hired and trained four campaign staffers, and oversaw the process of recruiting a field team of over 90 volunteers to knock around 11,500 doors in six weeks for Franca Muller Paz’s city council campaign during 2020 General Election

●  Principal founding partner of End Medical Debt, a coalition of 60 organizations that include labor unions and advocacy organizations from across the state of Maryland. Efforts led to the unanimous passage of The Medical Debt Protection Act in 2021, creating the strongest medical debt protections in the United States.

Jill P Carter for Congress - Maryland Seventh Congressional District

Nov 2019-Feb 2020

Field Director and Treasurer

●  Designed, executed, and managed voter outreach field plan over Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District during 2020 Special Primary

●  Conducted voter outreach across congressional district by hiring three campaign staff and recruiting team of 40 volunteers, and drove the process of creating the training materials required to onboard volunteers

●  Primary manager for campaign finances and responsible for creating and managing campaign budget, and submission of campaign financial disclosures to Federal Election Commission

SEIU Local 500 - Rockville, MD

Sept 2018-June 2019

Organizer

Held one-on-one conversations and meetings with adjunct faculty members on community college campuses across Maryland, and discussed benefits of collective action and unionization

● Conducted interviews with staff at Lake Sumter State College during central Florida organizing blitz, contributing to their victorious unionization effort

U.S. Navy - Ft Meade, MD

July 2002-Aug 2014

Chinese and Somali Language Analyst

Provided Chinese and Somali language support to commanding officers

●  Worked as direct front-line supervisor for 26 Sailors for two years

●  Earned Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corps

Commendation Medal

Defense Language Institute - Monterey, CA Associate of Arts – Mandarin Chinese, 2004

University of Maryland Baltimore County - Baltimore, MD Bachelor of Arts – Math, ongoing