Johnna Purcell

Phone: 724-812-6257 | Email: johnnapurcell146@gmail.com

Education
The Pennsylvania State University | The Schreyer Honors College
University Park, PA
The College of Liberal Arts | Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Class of 2018
The College of Liberal Arts | Bachelor of Arts in Global and International Studies
GPA: 3.87
The College of Liberal Arts | Minor in Womens Studies

Uniontown Area Senior High School

Uniontown, PA
Class Salutatorian
Class of 2014

Employment Experience
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy | Fallingwater
Mill Run, PA
Visitor Services Representative
May 2014 - Present
Work to maintain the logistical operations of Fallingwater.

Assist the over 100,000 visitors from all over the globe that visited Fallingwater in 2015.

Interact with and coordinate visitors using a variety of skills including: phone calls, emails, cash
handling, coordination of public tours and public speaking.
Act as a leader in the department in order to execute the daily operations required for tours of
Fallingwater by planning tours and controlling the amount of tickets to be sold each day.
Train prospective and new employees in how to execute their daily tasks.

Consistently receive Superior Performance Ratings.

Internship Experience
United States Senate | Office of Senator Robert P. Casey Jr.
Washington, D.C.
Legislative Intern
May 2016 July 2016
Assisted in maintaining the administrative operations of the Senate office including sorting mail,
listening to voicemails, and running errands for the staff.
Supported the Legislative Correspondent specializing in the area of Healthcare and Childrens policy by
drafting four constituent letters, conducting thee research projects, drafting two news week in review
memos for the Senator and his staff, and attending three congressional briefings and one
Congressional hearing and writing memos for each.

Clubs and Activities

Penn State Students for Hillary Clinton
2015 - Present

Currently serving as President for Fall 2016.

Served as Vice President during Fall 2015.

Work as the official partner of the Hillary Clinton campaign at Penn State by hosting voter registration
drives and canvassing and get out the vote events.
Assist the local and national campaign entities to gain support within the Penn State student body for
Secretary Clintons campaign.

College Democrats of America

2014 - Present

Currently serving on the Executive Board as the club Secretary for the 2015-2016 school year.

Served on the Executive Board as the Chief of Staff in Spring 2016.

Served as the Outreach Chair for the Penn State College Democrats during the 2014-2015 and 20152016 school years.
Served as the Vice President of the Womens Caucus for the Pennsylvania College Democrats during
the 2014 2015 school year.
Work to elect Democrats to office at all levels of government through various get out the vote,
canvassing, and voter registration events in the Penn State and State College communities.