Ross Rutherford
Brown University · Class of 2024
Ross Rutherford
Brown University · Class of 2024
Education
Skills
Fun fact
I was one of the top 4,500 high school students nationwide selected as a candidate to be United States Presidential Scholar by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars in 2020. I also received the National Merit Scholarship Letter of Commendation for the previous year's qualifying test.
Work history
Guided wilderness outfitting trips for ecotourists in Olympic National Park and transported gear for scientific teams on the Elwha River restoration project. Engaged in intensive client care, trained/handled animals, cop…
I worked as a volunteer field canvasser, phonebanker, copy editor, and briefly as a graphic designer for the campaign. Engaged with voters, distributed campaign literature, and knocked on over 1000 doors in Columbia City…
Page for State Senator Patty Kuderer in the Washington State Capitol in Olympia. This was an application-based position as part of the Washington State Senate Page Program. I served the full term.
Leadership
• Created and designed an evolution simulation app which was awarded at the tablet level by the 2015 Amazon Youth Apps Competition. · • Served as primary programmer and produced the final .apk. · • Coordinated with a tea…
• Maintained system of daily logs and journals · • Coordinated with all team members to ensure documentation was comprehensive and included day-to-day summaries of progress. · • Edited, formatted and presented our finish…
• Elected Head of Research and then President · • Formalized system of research briefs · • Led pivot from purely debate-based content to broad-based political discussion · • Coordinated to merge with another Political Di…
• Led team from its near-cancellation to renewed recruitment and competitive success. · • Coordinated with school officials to prevent team shutdown and acquire a full-time coach and professional instruction. · • Recruit…