Peter Ferenbach

Peter is a veteran communications and campaign strategist. He has worked advancing issues of peace, human rights, democracy, and racial & social justice for almost 40 years. Before co-founding ReThink Media and turning his attention to broader movement building, Peter served as the Executive Director of two organizations, leading both groups through periods of major growth in all categories of impact and strategic innovation.

With a focus on meeting our partner groups where they’re at and tailoring resources to their needs, Peter designed and delivered hundreds of media skills and organizational development workshops and consulted with a broad range of major foundations. As a trainer, he drew on experience designing national advertising campaigns and comprehensive communications strategies, as well as leading analytical projects assessing media and public opinion trends. As a practitioner, he was a guest on hundreds of radio programs, as well as on national TV, including FOX, ABC, CNN, and PBS. He has authored commentaries in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The International Herald Tribune, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and most other major US dailies.

Peter graduated from Georgetown University and studied Global Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne, but he shaped his identity and understanding of American politics working as an oil field roughneck, a commercial fisherman, a garbage collector, and a field organizer. Beyond working to advance progressive change, he’s raised two kids, circumnavigated the world twice, and pursued an insatiable desire for live music, large waves, and international adventures. After 37 years in California, he still identifies as a New Yorker.