Jonas Kieffer
Jonas Kieffer is a strategist for leaders, organizations, and brands at the highest levels of business, philanthropy, culture, and beyond. He is Executive Director and a member of the Board of Directors at West Wing Writers, where he was a Partner before selling his ownership stake to the company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in…
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Jen Carnig is president of Spitfire Strategies, a communications firm that advances racial, economic and climate justice. As president, she leads the Spitfire’s day-to-day operations and guides implementation of its overall strategy and vision for a future born from the struggle for freedom and justice. Jen is one of the nation’s leading strategists on the…
Read MoreMandy Simon
Mandy Simon is the Head of Press and Social Media at the Ford Foundation. She oversees Ford’s institutional press and social media strategies and helps lead the foundation’s reputational risk and crisis communication work. Over her 20 year career, Mandy has created and led thoughtful communications strategies to protect civil liberties and human rights through…
Read MoreMark Crain
Mark is the executive director at Dream of Detroit, an initiative combining community development and organizing to revitalize a neighborhood and build a thriving community on the Westside of Detroit. DREAM is providing affordable housing, developing an economic corridor, and organizing local residents with folks from throughout Detroit’s metro-area Muslim community in the fight for…
Read MoreReva Patwardhan
Reva is an executive coach with 20+ years of broad experience in the nonprofit sector. Drawing on that experience, Reva provides social change leaders with personalized and structured support to strengthen their leadership skills, cultivate greater self-awareness, develop their skill in navigating what are often politically complex environments, build the kind of collaborative and honest…
Read MoreNancy Chi Cantalupo
Nancy is an Associate Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, MI, and a nationally recognized legal scholar and expert on Title IX, sexual harassment, and gender-based violence in education. In October 2022, she was also appointed Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Belonging at Wayne Law. “I have known about…
Read MoreBradley Akubuiro
Bradley is a partner at Bully Pulpit Interactive, an advisory firm founded by leaders of the Obama-Biden campaign. He focuses on corporate reputation, executive communications, and high visibility crisis management and media relations efforts, as well as equity, diversity, and inclusion matters for clients. Bradley has led public affairs and media relations for Fortune 50…
Read MoreTyler Lewis
Tyler is the Managing Director of Communications with Third Sector. For more than 16 years before that, he worked with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. “ReThink Media is an incredible institution that is providing a valuable service to the progressive and civil rights movements. Understanding how the media is covering our issues…
Read MoreSapreet Kaur Saluja
Sapreet joined Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) as chief fund development officer in October 2017 and is currently the chief strategic partnerships and new ventures officer. In this role, she leads strategies that support the organization’s partnerships and fundraising efforts. To date, she has helped launch four major initiatives that will extend Girl Scouts’…
Read MoreTodd Kolze
Todd is a Leadership Development Coordinator for University Professors and Technical Employees (UPTE) – Communications Workers of America. UPTE was founded in 1990 by a group of employees who believed that University of California (UC) workers would benefit from a union to safeguard and expand their rights. In 1993, UPTE members voted to affiliate with…
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