Hilary Rosen

Hilary Rosen

Strategist

Hilary Rosen is a well-known strategist who effectively navigates the worlds of media, communications, business and politics. She is Vice Chair of the award-winning public affairs agency SKDKnickerbocker and an on-air CNN analyst.

Hilary formerly served as chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the leading trade association of America’s record companies. She became the first Washington editor-at-large and political director of The Huffington Post.

Throughout her career, Hilary has regularly been featured on power lists in a variety of sectors, including The New York Post’s Ladies Who Launch Entertainment Trends, Entertainment Weekly’s Annual Power List, The Hollywood Reporter’s Power 50 Women, The Washington Post’s Power 20 and National Journal’s Power Women in Washington. Hilary previously worked as Chief of Staff for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, as an assistant to New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne has been an advisor to many elected officials over the years.

Hilary Rosen participated in the Post Vice Presidential Debate Panel on October 8, 2020. Rosen was joined by Greenberg, Setmayer and Percio to have an incredible conversation and to analyze the historic evening.

Anita Dunn

Anita Dunn

Anita Dunn is one of the nation’s most highly regarded communications strategists, bringing decades of experience to bear for political, corporate, nonprofit and advocacy clients. Her sharp messaging and innovative approach to navigating complex issues and crises have won campaigns for a wide range of clients. A leading expert on message delivery, Anita has managed presidential debate preparations and has media- and message-trained dozens of political candidates and Fortune 100 executives.

As White House communications director and senior adviser to President Obama’s presidential campaigns, Anita directed conventional and new media communications strategies, as well as research, speechwriting, television booking, presidential events and cabinet affairs press.

Anita is Managing Director at SKDKnickerbocker. The influential Holmes Report named SKDK as the North America Public Affairs Agency of the Year in 2019, following wins in 2018, 2015 and 2016, as well as Global Public Affairs Agency of the year in 2016. SKDK also won the 2017 Sabre Award for Crisis Management and PR Agency Elite award for work with Nonprofits and Associations from PR News in 2016.

Stephanie Sharis

Stephanie Sharis

Journalist, advocate

Stephanie Sharis is currently an Executive Strategist at Vaudeville Ventures. She previously served as Chief Executive Offer of DailyClout, a civic tech start-up that enables citizens to become political influencers through voter engagement tools. DailyClout was co-founded by Naomi Wolf, best-selling non-fiction author, and Lisa Thomas, founding CEO of Clif Bar.

In 2015, DailyClout secured a Knight Foundation Prototype Grant, one of only 20 winners from over 800 applicants, to help build its first government transparency product, BillCam. Before joining DailyClout, Stephanie served as Chief Operating Officer of SnagFilms, the pioneering digital distributor of independent film programming.

Sharis spoke at The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards 2016.

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Joe Slade White

Joe Slade White

Political strategist and media consultant

Joe Slade White is a Democratic political strategist and media consultant. His past clients have included Presidential candidates, U.S. Senators, Governors, Members of Congress, and Mayors, as well as statewide and local initiatives throughout the country.

At the age of 21, White was hired by the 1972 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator George McGovern, joining the campaign’s traveling staff and finding a place on President Richard Nixon’s “White House Enemies List.”  White worked briefly as a press secretary to McGovern.

When he was 23, White launched his own political consulting firm. White worked to elect the first Native American to the United States Senate, the first woman Attorney General and Governor of Michigan, and worked on the first campaign in the nation to defeat a ban on bilingual education for Hispanic children.  He has also served as an advisor and created television advertisements for Vice President Joe Biden, T. Boone Pickens, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, General Wesley Clark, U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill, AT&T and others.  A number of his television campaigns have won national recognition.  The American Association of Political Consultants has recognized White’s television work with more “Pollie Awards” than they have bestowed on any of his Democratic peers.

In 2010, White served as media strategist for Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s campaign, that was named by RealClearPolitics.com as the #5 upset in the country.

Twitter: @joesladewhite

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Read more:

Lexi Mealey, ‘Political Consulting: Interview with Joe Slade White’, Harvard Political Review, 28 October 2017