Brandon Rhea

• Took over management of and exponentially grew Wookieepedia's Twitter account, largely driven by engaging with Twitter trends, positive meme culture, building rapport with Star Wars fan influencers, and establishing the account as a positive voice during an era of high toxicity within the Star Wars fandom.
• Although a member of Fandom staff at the time, this experience was in a volunteer capacity.

• Served as a volunteer community admin on Fandom's (previously known as Wikia) Star Wars Fanon Wiki, a community creator site based around the imaginations of Star Wars fans creating their own fan fiction storylines set in a galaxy far, far away.
• Managed the day to day workings of the site as one of the lead community admins, ensuring that site policies and guidelines were upheld and that spam and vandalism were either prevented or removed once discovered.
• Operating in this volunteer… Show more

• Served as a volunteer community admin on Fandom's (previously known as Wikia) Star Wars Fanon Wiki, a community creator site based around the imaginations of Star Wars fans creating their own fan fiction storylines set in a galaxy far, far away.
• Managed the day to day workings of the site as one of the lead community admins, ensuring that site policies and guidelines were upheld and that spam and vandalism were either prevented or removed once discovered.
• Operating in this volunteer capacity led to my identification by Wikia's Community staff, and an offer to join on a part time contract basis in 2010, setting up my career at Wikia/Fandom. Show less

• Served as the highest ranking elected youth officer of Section NE-7A of the Order of the Arrow, Scouting’s National Honor Society, that oversaw and supported local lodges in central and northern New Jersey, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island.
• Following a regional reorganization, led the building of this new section with a "Hudson Divide," successfully and seamlessly bringing together lodges from New Jersey and New York that had previously been in separate sections.
• Planned and… Show more

• Served as the highest ranking elected youth officer of Section NE-7A of the Order of the Arrow, Scouting’s National Honor Society, that oversaw and supported local lodges in central and northern New Jersey, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island.
• Following a regional reorganization, led the building of this new section with a "Hudson Divide," successfully and seamlessly bringing together lodges from New Jersey and New York that had previously been in separate sections.
• Planned and executed our 2009 Section Conclave, the primary event held by an OA Section, in which lodges share their experiences and learnings with one another and participants can join training sessions to gain new skills. This was a highly anticipated event amongst that year’s OA sections that was attended by the National Chief, the National Vice Chief, the Northeast Regional Chief, and the Section NE-7B Chief.
• Served on the planning committee for the 2009 National Order of the Arrow Conference held at Indiana University, and took on the responsibility of planning and executing all afternoon training sessions for participants during the 5 day event.
• Previously served as Section NE-2B Vice Chief (pre-re-organization) from 2007 to 2008, and later served as an adult adviser for Section NE-7A for a number of years before relocating from New Jersey to San Francisco. Show less

• Served as the highest ranking elected youth officer of the Order of the Arrow lodge that served the Central New Jersey Council of the Boy Scouts of America, comprising nearly 1,000 scouts and scouters.
• Developed and led multiple events throughout the year including Fall Fellowship, a new Winter Fellowship event, Spring Fling, and three Ordeal events that inducted scouts into the OA.
• Chaired and planned monthly Lodge Leadership Committee meetings in which the chairs of each… Show more

• Served as the highest ranking elected youth officer of the Order of the Arrow lodge that served the Central New Jersey Council of the Boy Scouts of America, comprising nearly 1,000 scouts and scouters.
• Developed and led multiple events throughout the year including Fall Fellowship, a new Winter Fellowship event, Spring Fling, and three Ordeal events that inducted scouts into the OA.
• Chaired and planned monthly Lodge Leadership Committee meetings in which the chairs of each individual lodge committee provided updates on their areas of responsibility, heard feedback, and shared upcoming plans.
• Previously served as Chapter Chief from 2004 to 2005, Ordeal Committee Chairman from 2005 to 2006, and later Lodge Leadership Development Committee Chairman from 2007 to 2009. Show less