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Manolo González-Estay
1234 Manzano Way (408) 464-7771 mobile
Sunnyvale, CA 94089 manolo@pcisys.net
PROFILE
A seasoned and effective public involvement specialist, political consultant, with extensive experience in public
engagement, communications, government relations, media relations, public affairs and organizing with years of
experience in low-income and minority communities.
 Currently works with various communities and local elected officials in Santa Clara County to inform and engage
them on transportation related projects.
 Served as Regional (Bay Area) Transportation Policy Director for local non-profit working to create world-class
public transportation and walkable communities in the Bay Area and beyond. Helped build diverse coalitions,
influence policy, and develop innovative programs to improve the lives of all people and protect the environment.
 Worked on over two dozen local, statewide, and national campaigns in last 10 years.
 Conducted over a dozen trainings (political and transportation related) around the nation to various groups.
 Served as Public Involvement Manager on two large scale Environment Impact Statements and one
Environmental Assessment in conjunction with the Regional Transportation District and Colorado Department of
Transportation.
 Served as managing editor of local bilingual newspaper.
 Completely fluent in English and Spanish – served as bilingual spokesperson and translator for several
campaigns.
 Paid political consultant on Colorado chapter of Obama for America in 2008. (Taught Spanish to President
Obama for Spanish language radio and TV media)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2012 – Present Government Affairs Valley Transportation Authority
As a Government Affairs representative for VTA I perform a full range of activities in support of VTA's local
government relations, public affairs, and working with the VTA Board of Directors and General Manager. Tasks
include staffing the various policy committees as well as writing and editing material for VTA, program
conceptualization and development, and making presentations. I am currently working on a number of VTA
projects providing the before mentioned services. Government Affairs is responsible for developing and
coordinating VTA’s legislative and intergovernmental programs at the federal, state, regional, and local levels.
Staff analyzes the impact of legislative and regulatory issues, and develops a coordinated strategy for responding
to these issues.
2011-2012 Transportation Policy Director TransForm
TransForm is a non-profit that works to create world-class public transportation and walkable communities in the
Bay Area and beyond. It builds diverse coalitions, influences policy, and develops innovative programs to improve
the lives of all people and protect the environment. TransForm has won literally billions of dollars and
groundbreaking policies in support of public transportation, smart growth, affordable housing, and
bicycle/pedestrian safety.
As the Transportation Policy Director I lead efforts to influence transportation policy and funding decisions in the
Bay Area, overseeing all nine counties and 26 transit agencies including the region’s first Sustainable
Communities Strategy, an integrated transportation and land use plan to reduce the region’s greenhouse gas
emissions, improve public health and make communities more affordable. I have worked with the various
transportation agencies as well as the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on numerous issues.
2010-2011 Program Development Specialist National Transit Institute
The National Transit Institute (the education institute for the Federal Transit Administration, FTA), housed at
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, was established to develop, promote, and deliver training and
education programs for the public transit industry. The National Transit Institute’s mission is to provide training,
education, and clearinghouse services in support of public transportation and quality of life in the United States. It
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partnerships with industry, government, institutions, and associations; and it serve as a catalyst for enhancing
skills and performance in public transportation.
As a program development specialist I was responsible for developing and maintaining cooperative partnerships
with national industry, government, institutions, and transportation experts. I served as a transportation subject
expert in the development of courses taught nationally for the Federal Transit Administration. I monitored and
improved current courses and tracked transportation legislation nationally. I represented the institute at various
industry meetings, committees, and conferences; made presentations and traveled throughout the United States
as needed.
2006-2009 Vice President of Public Affairs Welchert and Britz, Inc.
2002-2006 Political Consultant Welchert and Britz, Inc.
Full service public affairs, public relations, and political consulting firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. We
provided a wide range of client services including government and public relations, issue management,
grassroots and community outreach, and research for progressive issue and candidate races.
As both a political consultant and Vice-President of the firm I serve various clients from local and national
candidates, corporations, associations, PACs, caucuses, and non-profit organizations with advice, direction,
communications, messaging, management, training, research, outreach and mobilization of key constituents.
Key Campaigns and Achievements:
 2009 - Campaign Manager, for Jeanne Kaplan for School Board, Denver, Colorado.
 2008 - Communications Team and Latino Voter Constituency Outreach for Obama for America,
Colorado.
 2008 - Campaign Manager for “No on 47,” Colorado statewide amendment against “Right to Work”
initiative. (news articles available upon request; example A, B, C)
 2007 - Campaign Manager, Communications Director for Theresa Peña for School Board, Denver, Colorado.
 2007 - Campaign Manager, Communications Director for Bruce Hoyt for School Board, Denver, Colorado.
 2007 - Campaign Manager, Communications Director for Arturo Jimenez for School Board, Denver, Colorado.
 2007 - Political Consultant, Cripple Creek-Victor School District Bond Election, Cripple Creek, Colorado.
 2007 - Campaign Manager, Re-Election of Denver City Council member Rick Garcia, Denver, Colorado.
 2006 - Political Consultant/Advisor for Ed Perlmutter for Congress, District 7, Colorado.
 2006 - Political Consultant, City of Gunnison Bond Election, Gunnison, Colorado.
 2006 - Campaign Manager and Media Relations Director for English Plus (statewide opposition to initiative
#95- anti bilingual education initiative proposed for November 2006), Colorado.
 2005 - Campaign Manager for Jill Conrad for Denver Public School Board At-Large, Denver, Colorado.
 2005 - Campaign Manager for Jeanne Kaplan for School Board, Denver, Colorado.
 2005 - Campaign Manager for Re-election of Kevin Patterson for School Board, Denver, Colorado.
 2005 - Political Director, Denver Justice Center Campaign (construction of new court and prison center
complex), Denver, Colorado.
 2004 - Campaign Co-Director and Communications Director for Amendment 37 (Statewide Initiative to
Expand Renewable Energy), Colorado.
 2004 - Campaign Manager, for opposition to Initiative 88 (Statewide Anti- Immigrant Initiative Proposed for
November 2004), Colorado.
 2004 - Campaign Manager for Pay for Performance PROCOMP, Denver Public School District/Denver
Classroom Teachers Association, Denver, Colorado.
 2003 - Campaign Manager for Judy Montero for Denver City Council, Denver, Colorado.
 2002 - Campaign Manager, No on Amendment 31 Campaign (Campaign to Defeat Statewide Anti-
Bilingual Education Initiative), Colorado.
2006-2009 Public Involvement and Public Relations Lead URS Corporation
Subcontracted to private corporation managing official Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Colorado
Regional Transportation District’s North Metro FasTracks’ Line. The region of the EIS encompasses an 18.5 mile
stretch spanning from center of urban Denver, through residential and rural areas of northern Colorado, ending in
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As the manager of Public Involvement and Public Relations I informed and educated the public and all interested
parties about the expansion process, I organized community meetings and produced pamphlets, posters, and
website information for distribution (in English and Spanish), I responded to concerns of environmental justice-
meeting with local government officials and representatives and ensured their proper involvement, and
represented the entire project as a media spokesperson. I managed up to ten sub-consultant firms for this project.
2004-2005 EPA Project Consultant RESOLVE Inc /Keystone Center
Subcontracted to RESOLVE/Keystone Center for the Healthy Air for North Denver (H.A.N.D) project sponsored
by the Environment Protection Agency H.A.N.D was a community-based endeavor designed to address
environmental concerns in the predominantly low-income Latino and African American neighborhoods of North
Denver, Colorado
As EPA Project Consultant I mobilized public outreach, convened public meetings, and managed the creation of a
broad based coalition of community and business members to identify concerns and provide continual feedback
to the EPA.
2004 Public Participation Consultant (Hispanic Community) Intermountain Corporate Affairs
Subcontracted to private corporation managing Environmental Assessment (EA) for the “Ports to Plains”
Transportation Corridor Development and Management Plan. The “Ports to Plains” Corridor is a transportation
area spanning from Laredo, Texas to Denver, Colorado.
As Hispanic Public Participation Consultant I designed an outreach plan to manage the distribution of information,
enhance public awareness, and increase public involvement among Hispanic communities along the corridor.
2003-2005 Public Outreach & Community Research Consultant Neighborhood
Solutions Inc
Subcontracted to Community Development Corporation managing the official Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the Colorado Department of Transportation’s expansion of the I-70 highway east of Denver to the
Denver International Airport. This project intersected with various low-income minority neighborhoods living with
long standing impacts from previous public development projects and special attention was needed to engage
these residents.
As manager of Public Outreach and Community Research I was responsible for the design/creation, execution,
and processing of a door to door survey of 26,000 households in the corridor. The survey was the first of its kind
for an EIS in Colorado as it both oversampled low-income African American and Latinos (who were
disproportionately impacted by the expansion project and who previously expressed concerns about environment
justice) and generated responses via in-person contact ensuring a larger pool of respondents and greater
reliability with the results. I managed and supervised an average of 30 employees for the duration of the project.
I also aided in managing public involvement including dissemination of information, organizing and facilitating
public meetings, meeting with individual residents, meeting with elected officials, and providing Spanish language
translations for all print, web, and media information.
2001-2002 Managing Editor El Semanario/The Weekly Issue
El Semanario/The Weekly Issue is a bilingual newspaper in the Denver metro area with broad circulation and
reported 55,000 readers that covers local and national news.
Responsible for managing the production, design, and distribution of articles, and images, in this statewide
bilingual newspaper. Managed and supervised a staff of approximately six reporters and five columnists.
Regularly contributed to reporting articles. Translated articles from English to Spanish.
2000-2003 Principal Investigator/Researcher City and County of Denver
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Development Agency) as part of the Mayor’s ”Focus Neighborhood Initiative” Program – an effort to identify the
top sixteen economically depressed neighborhoods and offer concentrated and coordinated assistance across
city agencies.
As the principal investigator/researcher I designed and executed a needs assessments survey for the following
neighborhoods in Denver County: Clayton, Elyria/Swansea, Globville, Jefferson Park, Lincoln Park, Skyland/City
Park, Villa Park, Valverde, Westwood. I was also responsible for processing survey results, generating a final
report for each neighborhood, and presenting these at neighborhood meetings and to relevant city agencies.
Fall 2002 Adjunct Instructor, Research Methods University of Colorado Denver
Spring 2004 Political Science Department
Spring 2005
Summer 2005
Spring 2007
Responsible for teaching an undergraduate Research Methods course to approximately 30 Political Science
Majors. Course focused on understanding key features of quantitative and qualitative research in the profession
and developing master over standard data gathering procedures.
TRAININGS CONDUCTED
National Transit Institute
2015
 Lead Instructor: Environmental Justice. For Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Training instructs FTA’s grantees on how to effectively satisfy the requirements of
Executive Order 12898, U.S. DOT Order 5610.2(a), and FTA Circular 4703.1 on Environmental Justice.)
 Lead Instructor: Environmental Justice. For Sound Transit, Seattle, Washington. (Training instructs FTA’s
grantees on how to effectively satisfy the requirements of Executive Order 12898, U.S. DOT Order 5610.2(a), and
FTA Circular 4703.1 on Environmental Justice.)
 Lead Instructor: Environmental Justice. For American Public Transportation Association (APTA) rail
Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. (Training instructs FTA’s grantees on how to effectively satisfy the
requirements of Executive Order 12898, U.S. DOT Order 5610.2(a), and FTA Circular 4703.1 on Environmental
Justice.)
2014
 Lead Instructor: Environmental Justice. For Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago. (Training instructs FTA’s
grantees on how to effectively satisfy the requirements of Executive Order 12898, U.S. DOT Order 5610.2(a), and
FTA Circular 4703.1 on Environmental Justice.)
 Lead Instructor: Environmental Justice. For US Department of Transportation, Washington DC. (Training
instructs FTA’s grantees on how to effectively satisfy the requirements of Executive Order 12898, U.S. DOT Order
5610.2(a), and FTA Circular 4703.1 on Environmental Justice.)
 Lead Instructor: Title VI and Public Transit. For National Highway Institute, Arlington, Virginia. (Training offers
FTA grantees the historical background of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the environmental justice
movement; understand the Federal Laws, and regulations and guidance of Title VI and FTA Circular 4702.1B,
environmental justice, NEPA and Limited English Proficient; and receive resources to address these
requirements.)
Wellstone Action
2011
 Lead Trainer. Covering Earned Media, Field Training, Stump Speech preparation, Canvassing practicum
(candidate & campaigners) Portland, Oregon
 Lead Trainer. Covering Earned Media, Field Training, Stump Speech preparation, Canvassing practicum
(candidate & campaigners) Newark, New Jersey.
2010
 Campaign Training. Preparing candidates and campaigners. For the United Federation of Teachers
Headquarters, New York, New York.
 Voter Engagement School training for Mobilize the Immigrant Vote (MIV), San Francisco, California
 Voter Engagement School training for Mobilize the Immigrant Vote (MIV), San Jose, California.

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2009
 Campaign Training. Preparing candidates and campaigners. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 Political Training. Covering Earned Media, Field Training, Stump Speech preparation, Canvassing practicum
(candidate & campaigners). Denver, Colorado.
2008
 Voter Engagement School training for Arab American Institute. Dearborn, Michigan.
 Voter Engagement School training. Training conducted entirely in Spanish. Durham, North Carolina.
 Voter Engagement School training for Arab American Institute. New Brunswick, New Jersey.
 Voter Engagement School training for Arab American Institute. Washington DC.
2007
 Voter Engagement School training for local non-profits. Seattle, Washington.
2006
 Political Training for Camp Wellstone. Three day training covering Earned Media, Field Training, Stump Speech
preparation, Canvassing practicum (candidate & campaigners). Denver, Colorado.
Center for Progressive Leadership
2009
 Political Training for Colorado Fellows Program. Pueblo, Colorado.
 Training for Democracia USA. Topic Government 101. Pueblo, Colorado.
 Training for Democracia USA. Topic: Issue and Message Development. Pueblo, Colorado.
 Training for Democracia USA. Topic: Course Overview and Review. Pueblo, Colorado.
Progressive Majority
2007
 Training. Topic: Surviving the Media: Media Strategies and Tactics for Surviving Your Campaign. Denver,
Colorado.
2006
 Training. 1st Annual Color Colorado Conference. Topic: preparing and understanding the opposition of a
Colorado statewide initiative that would eliminate services to illegal immigrants. Thornton, Colorado.
The White House Project
2006
 Training for Latina Initiative. Topic: Debate Boot Camp for potential Latina (women) candidates. Denver,
Colorado.
2005
 Training. Topic: Vote, Run, Lead Political Training for women running for office. Denver, Colorado.
Others
2006
 Training for the Colorado Institute for Leadership Training. Topic: The Current State of Immigration Politics in
Colorado, Joint training with Dr. Anna Sampaio. Colorado Springs, Colorado.
 Training for the Colorado House Democrat Majority Project, Topic: Understanding Immigration Politics in
Colorado: Preparing for the 2006 Election. Denver, Colorado.
EDUCATION
1997 M.A Department of Anthropology; University of California, Riverside.
1994 B.A Anthropology and Spanish Literature; University of California, Santa Barbara.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2008 Recipient of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Grant for Public Transportation Participation Pilot Program
“Innovative Applications of Digital Video in Transportation Projects”, responsible for designing and conducting
research on the project. Colorado.

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REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS (select list)
2011 Innovative Uses of Digital Video: Denver Regional Transportation District, Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Report Number: FTA-CO-26-1008-2009.1, Report available here.
2004 Denver’s Environmental Justice Struggle, Paper Presented at the American Public Transportation Association,
Bus, Paratransit, and Bus Rapid Transit Conference, (May 2-6, 2004), Denver, Colorado.
2002 Clayton Focus Neighborhood Initiative Program: Neighborhood Needs Assessment Report, Housing and
Neighborhood Development Services, Community Planning and Development Agency, City and County of
Denver, Colorado.
2002 Skyland Focus Neighborhood Initiative Program: Neighborhood Needs Assessment Report, Housing and
Neighborhood Development Services, Community Planning and Development Agency, City and County of
Denver, Colorado.
2002 Transnational Latina/o Communities: Politics, Process, and Culture, eds. Carlos Veléz-Ibáñez, Anna Sampaio,
with Manolo González-Estay. Rowman and Littlefield.
2001 Valverde Focus Neighborhood Initiative Program: Neighborhood Needs Assessment Report, Housing and
Neighborhood Development Services, Community Planning and Development Agency, City and County of
Denver, Colorado.
2001 Elyria/Swansea Focus Neighborhood Initiative Program: Neighborhood Needs Assessment Report, Housing and
Neighborhood Development Services, Community Planning and Development Agency, City and County of
Denver, Colorado.
2001 Villa Park Focus Neighborhood Initiative Program: Neighborhood Needs Assessment Report, Housing and
Neighborhood Development Services, Community Planning and Development Agency, City and County of
Denver, Colorado.
2001 Jefferson Park Neighborhood Initiative Research/Survey Report, Housing and Neighborhood Development
Services, Community Planning and Development Agency, City and County of Denver, Colorado.
2001 Westwood Neighborhood Housing Conditions Visual Survey Report, Co-Author Manolo González-Estay and Jodi
Adkins (Neighborhood Development Specialist), Housing and Neighborhood Development Services, Community
Planning and Development Agency, City and County of Denver, Colorado.
*References available upon request.