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We collected a list of Black political consultants for Democrats and progressive causes. If you or anyone you know should be on this list, let us know.
- Data, Targeting, and Field
- Digital
- Direct Mail
- Finance Consulting
- General Consulting
- Polling
- Opposition Research
- TV and Media Strategy
Data, Targeting, and Field
Rasheida Smith
Founder, Dunton Consulting
[email protected]
Dunton Consulting
LinkedIn
Full service governmental relations firm specializing in data and field management.
Neal Carter
Principal, Nu View Consulting
[email protected]
301-873-5464
Nu View Consulting
LinkedIn
Field strategy and GOTV, campaign management.
Harold Moore
Political Data Consultant
[email protected]
Data and Technology (tool implementation, data analysis, reporting, api).
Belinda Omoregbee
Marketing Executive, Ghosa Research
[email protected]
337-281-1593
Ghosa Research
LinkedIn
Public policy research and analysis services to the political party sector.
Arianna Trujillo-Wesler
Co-Founder, OpenField
[email protected]
OpenField
LinkedIn
Strategic tech facilitation, bespoke digital first field tools, deep conversation facilitation, data analytics and engineering.
Carol McDonald
Meridian Solutions Worldwide
[email protected]
Meridian Solutions Worldwide
Social impact communications.
Loryn Wilson Carter
Director, The Raben Group
[email protected]
The Raben Group
Loryn Wilson Carter
LinkedIn
Communications, digital, writing.
Sherie Shannon
Shannon Strategies LLC, Director
[email protected]
Shannon Strategies
Communications, PR, government relations, marketing.
Natasha Smith
Director of Client Services, Run the World Digital
[email protected]
Run the World Digital
Digital and direct mail strategy, digital communication.
Michael Charles
Managing Partner, CD Strategic
[email protected]
CD Strategic
LinkedIn
Communications and strategic community advocacy.
Conen Morgan
Partner, Longleaf Agency
[email protected]
Longleaf Agency
LinkedIn
We are an energetic, diverse and passionate team bringing together our experiences to win your election, advance your cause, engage supporters and grow your business. We are a data first company that focuses on using data to drive results.
Digital
Krishana Davis
Managing Principal, Precision Strategies
[email protected]
Precision Strategies
LinkedIn
Integrated strategy and marketing
Brieanna Fisher
Principal, Assata Strategies
LinkedIn
Assata Strategies
List building, Engagement, Digital Ad Strategy.
Nick Rivers
Partner, Blueprint Interactive
[email protected]
410-585-4244
Blueprint Interactive
LinkedIn
Strategic digital advertising, list building, email fundraising, website design and development.
Natasha Smith
Director of Client Services, Run the World Digital
[email protected]
Run the World Digital
Digital and direct mail strategy, digital communication.
Melvin Wilson
Partner, Solve Group
[email protected]
Solve Group
LinkedIn
Consulting, data, digital, marketing, communications, technology.
Westley Bayas
Vice President, BerlinRosen
[email protected]
BerlinRosen
LinkedIn
Direct Mail, Data and Technology Digital Advertising, Radio Advertising, TV Advertising, General Consulting.
Direct Mail
Adrienne Cooper
Senior Vice President, Pivot Group
[email protected]
Pivot Group
Campaign experience, design expertise, production know-how, and data fluency to know which data elements make sense and which ones to ignore.
Marissa McBride
Principal, Mission Control
[email protected]
Mission Control Direct mail firm working in Democratic politics today.
Natasha Smith
Director of Client Services, Run the World Digital
[email protected]
Run the World Digital
Digital and direct mail strategy, digital communication.
Scott Simpson
Managing Partner, Resonance Campaigns
[email protected]
202-808-9905
LinkedIn
Resonance Campaigns
Direct mail and digital messaging.
Nadia Garnett
Strategic Partner, Deliver Strategies
[email protected]
Deliver Strategies
LinkedIn
Direct mail consulting, strategy, creative design and advanced analytics.
Christina Blocker
Managing Partner, Archway Consulting Group
Archway Consulting Group
[email protected]
Political Consulting, Political Coaching/Training, Direct Mail, Digital Media, Communications, Community Engagement & DEI Strategy.
Kara Turrentine
Founder and CEO, Turrency Political
[email protected]
Turrency Political
Campaign management consulting and advertising.
Ike Spears
President at Deep South Political Consulting, LLC
[email protected]
Deep South Political Consulting
318-295-1020
We believe that direct voter contact is both an art and a science. Messages must be data-driven with good survey research and targeting. We use our years of political experience, our expertise in message development, and our cutting-edge designs to make sure that campaigns deliver the right message to the right voters at the right time.
Westley Bayas
Vice President, BerlinRosen
[email protected]
BerlinRosen
LinkedIn
Digital campaign strategy, data analytics.
Eric Limbs
Senior Principal, Moxie Media
[email protected]
Moxie Media
LinkedIn
Direct Mail Strategy, Political Consulting
Finance Consulting
Akilah Ensley
Founder, Invictus Strategy Group
[email protected]
LinkedIn
General consulting group managing both political and non-profit fundraising.
Karen Miller
Principal, Karen Miller Consulting
[email protected]
LinkedIn
Karen Miller Consulting
Implementing fundraising strategies and maintaining and cultivating a consistently progressive public image for politicians, non-profit and for-profit entities.
Jessica Byrd
Principal, Three Point Strategies
[email protected]
Three Point Strategies
LinkedIn
Coaching and direct support, fundraising, and drafting a campaign plan.
Domonique James
Founder, Politics with Purpose
[email protected]
Politics with Purpose
LinkedIn
Digital and traditional Advertising, field and community organizing, fundraising strategy.
Deametrious St. John
Senior Associate, Strategic Resources Consulting LLC
[email protected]
Strategic Resources
216-417-7477
LinkedIn
Statewide voter outreach, messaging; specifically in the African American communities of Ohio.
S. Prescott Harris
Co-Founder and Principal, Swing State Solutions
[email protected]
Swing State Solutions
LinkedIn
Ballot Issue Campaigns, Communications and Media Relations, Crisis Communications, Fundraising, General Consulting, Petitions and Signature Gathering, Direct Mail, Digital Organizing.
Keischa Michelle Lovelace
Principal, Cardinal Consulting Company
[email protected]
919-810-5531
LinkedIn
Consulting and management services for judicial, legislative, mayoral and sheriff races throughout North Carolina.
Angela Johnson
Accessibility Strategist, AJ Inclusion Consulting LLC
[email protected]
734-646-3216
LinkedIn
Ensuring organizations are at the forefront of disability inclusion, campaign management, complete campaign services, database and file management, education and training consulting, event rentals, general consulting/strategy, government relations, graphic design, opposition research, polling/public opinion research/focus groups, research (general).
Kara Turrentine
Turrency Political, LLC
[email protected]
Turrency Political
LinkedIn
Full services campaign management and communications.
Henri Makembe
Partner, LPS Campaigns
[email protected]
301-801-9816
LPS Campaigns
LinkedIn
Full service political and campaign consulting and helping campaigns maximize their existing resources.
Atima Omara
Partner, Omara Strategy Group
[email protected]
Omara Strategy Group
LinkedIn
Omara Strategy Group, LLC works to build progressive political power and enact a more representative democracy by working with candidates from underrepresented communities in politics and organizations that center women, LGBTQ and/or people of color in their advocacy and political work.
China Dickerson
National Political Director, Forward Majority
[email protected]
LinkedIn
Experienced manager and strategist with a demonstrated history of working in the political organization industry.
Aisha Dew
President, The Dew Group
[email protected]
LinkedIn
“Creative change-making” and political strategy.
Rosetta Okohson
Principal, Myers Okohson Political Consulting
[email protected]
MO Political Consulting
LinkedIn
MO Political Consulting offers progressive politicians strategic campaign consultation and the means to put that strategy into action.
Quentin James
Co-Founder, COO, Vestige Strategies
[email protected]
Vestige Strategies
LinkedIn
Grassroots community and civic engagement strategies.
Lenox Ramsey, Jr
Founder/CEO, Ballot America Corp
[email protected]
Lenox Ramsey, Jr.
LinkedIn
Democratic Strategist | Fundraising | $12.3 million raised for campaigns & orgs
Kara Turrentine
Founder and CEO, Turrency Political
[email protected]
Turrency Political
Campaign management consulting and advertising.
Khalil Thompson
President, Strategies for Change Group
[email protected]
LinkedIn
Fundraising, development, event planning, budget analysis, media and communication & social media, and organizational oversight.
Strategies for Change Group
Makeda McLune
Consultant, The McLune Group
[email protected]
LinkedIn
Political consulting, donor cultivation & fundraising, lobbying, monitoring and strategy.
Kenya McGruder
Founder and CEO, McGruder Harris, LLC
[email protected]
LinkedIn
Communication strategy, data analysis, digital marketing, advertising, and coalition building.
Chuck Tyler
Founder and CEO, Millennium Ventures, LLC
[email protected]
Millenium Ventures
Volunteer management, fundraising, and public relations.
General Consulting
Alan Holmes
Branding & Marketing Lead, Roadmap Advisors
[email protected]
Roadmap Advisors
Alan Holmes currently serves as a Senior Aide to Atlanta City Councilman Dustin Hillis. He has a passion for politics, and a commitment to brand development of political candidates. Over the last 6 years he assisted many state and local candidates with web development, copywriting, strategy, and Facebook ad campaign management through hm Media Strategies.
Rebecca Pearcey
Vice President, Bryson Gillette
Bryson Gillette [email protected]
Rebecca Pearcey is one of the most accomplished Black political operatives in the country. She most recently served as Political Director and Senior Advisor for Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign, overseeing political strategy in all 57 states and territories, and managing staff in over 30 states.
Tara L. Martin
Government Affairs and Labor Professional, Dunton Consulting
[email protected]
Dunton Consulting
LinkedIn
Communications, Government Affairs, Labor.
Simone L. Ward
President and the CEO , SLW Strategies
Simone L. Ward
LinkedIn
[email protected]
Simone L. Ward is the President and the CEO of SLW Strategies, a strategic political, executive coaching, training, and leadership development firm. Ward brings more than 20 years of experience and has worked on four presidential campaigns. She is the former Executive Director of the Women Effect Fund (WEF) and the Women Effect Action Fund (WEAF) fighting for economic justice. Most recently she served as the Florida State Director for Hillary for America, the largest battleground state in the country. Prior to the campaign she served as the first African American National Political Director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC).
Jamarah Hayner
President, JKH Consulting
[email protected]
JKH Consulting
646-262-8044
JKH Consulting is a full-service public affairs firm dedicated to creating tailored solutions for clients in industries ranging from infrastructure to real estate to business advocacy to the nonprofit sector.
S. Prescott Harris
Co-Founder and Principal, Swing State Solutions
[email protected]
Swing State Solutions
LinkedIn
Ballot Issue Campaigns, Communications and Media Relations, Crisis Communications, Fundraising, General Consulting, Petitions and Signature Gathering, Direct Mail, Digital Organizing.
Polling
Jerel Williams
Vice President, GBAO
[email protected]
(202) 785-0790 (o)
(225) 663-0127 (m)
Jerel Williams is a Vice President at GBAO, where he focuses on issues of social justice and examining racial attitudes. He also handles much of the firm’s multivariate analysis. Jerel’s clients have included Safety and Justice PAC, Youth First, The E Pluribus Unum Fund, Center for American Progress, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and numerous Democratic candidates for office.
Shakari Byerly
Partner and Principal Researcher, EVITARUS
[email protected]
LinkedIn
EVITARUS
(310) 503-8778 (Mobile)
Public opinion research and public policy consulting firm that delivers actionable strategic advice and data to public policy, political, and corporate decision makers.
Rodrego A. Byerly
CEO, EVITARUS
[email protected]
LinkedIn
EVITARUS
Public opinion research and public policy consulting firm that delivers actionable strategic advice and data to public policy, political, and corporate decision makers.
Chinasa Onukwubiri
Director, Bully Pulpit Interactive
[email protected]
301-219-0156 (Mobile)
LinkedIn
Strategic communication, public affairs, issue advocacy, public opinion research, advertising, media relations and new media.
Terrance Woodbury
Founding Partner, HIT Strategies
Silas Lee
Dr. Silas Lee & Associates
[email protected]
202-251-7827
Dr. Silas Lee & Associates
Dr. Silas Lee is a nationally recognized pollster and strategist for a host of corporate, non-profit, public sector, political, and legal clients over the last 30 years.
Cornell Belcher
President, Brilliant Corners
Brilliant Corners
(202) 387-1555
Cornell Belcher is President of brilliant corners Research & Strategies and is one of the premier strategists in national progressive politics as well as in the rebranding of corporate America.
Mario Brossard
Vice President, Research, Global Strategy Group
[email protected]
212-260-8813
Global Strategy Group
Mario’s practice at GSG has an emphasis on underserved communities of color. Mario has moderated hundreds of focus groups with people of color on topics including mobilizing the Black vote, protecting LGBTQ rights, protecting voting rights and mass incarceration.
Shannon Currie
Vice President, Benenson Strategy Group
212-823-0781
[email protected]
www.bsgco.com
Opposition Research
Allen Nesbitt
Founder, Nesbitt & Parrinello, Inc
[email protected]
Nesbitt & Parrinello
LinkedIn
The opposition research firm for progressive candidates and causes. We have powered election day victories for the first Black U.S. Senate nominee from Florida, the first openly gay mayor in Kentucky, and the first Black U.S. Representative from Nevada.
TV Advertising and Media Strategy
Tatenda Musapatike
Senior Director of Campaigns, ACRONYM
[email protected]
LinkedIn
Values-driven organization focused on advancing progressive causes through innovative communications, advertising and organizing programs.
Taí Coates
Writer and Content Creator, Asana Creative Strategy and Engage, LLC
[email protected]
Engage LLC
Asana Creative Strategy
LinkedIn
Digital communications and strategic consulting agency.
Jordan Thomas
Principal Consultant, The Emerald Group
[email protected]
LinkedIn
The Emerald Group
Public affairs firm specializing in strategy and media for causes and candidates.
Domonique James
Founder, Politics with Purpose
[email protected]
Politics with Purpose
LinkedIn
Digital and traditional Advertising, field and community organizing, fundraising strategy.
Tyshun Wardlaw
Director and Executive Producer, Wardlaw Productions
[email protected]
414-216-9039
Wardlaw Productions
LinkedIn
Boutique multimedia television production company. We create and produce documentaries, short and feature-length films, web series and a strategic video marketing vehicle for forward-thinking brands.
Doris McMillon
President and Chief Strategic Officer, McMillon Communications, Inc
[email protected]
301-292-9142
McMillon Communications
LinkedIn
Video production, voiceover narrator, media training and marketing communications.
Howard Franklin
Managing Partner, Ohio River South
[email protected]
Ohio River South
LinkedIn
Strategy and Management, Legislative Advocacy, Civic Engagement, and Partnerships and Procurement.
Karl Douglass
Principal, Ohio River South
[email protected]
Ohio River South
LinkedIn
Strategy and Management, Legislative Advocacy, Civic Engagement, and Partnerships and Procurement.
Fred Guerrier
Partner, Rope Line Media
[email protected]
802-345-6434
LinkedIn
Rope Line Media
Video and photography services for progressive candidates and organizations, with a focus on campaigns. Video Production, Photos, Animation, Ad Scripting, Campaign launch videos, Digital documentaries, Branded content.
Ronnie Olivia
Founder and CEO, Sykes Global Communications
[email protected]
917-474-2287
Sykes Global Communications
Communications, debate prep, message and copy development, collateral material development, media/ad buys, videography, political outreach and events.
Jessica Byrd
Principal, Three Point Strategies
[email protected]
Three Point Strategies
LinkedIn
Coaching and direct support, fundraising, and drafting a campaign plan.
Sean Kornegay
Chief Mobilization Officer, Technicolor Political
[email protected]
Technicolor Political
Media and political consulting.
Brieanna Fisher
Principal, Assata Strategies
LinkedIn
Assata Strategies
List building, Engagement, Digital Ad Strategy.
Damien Jones
Managing Director, Ambition Strategies
[email protected]
LinkedIn
Damien Jones
Political strategy, public outreach, media relations, and fundraising.
Davisha Johnson
CEO, D.L. Johnson Consulting Agency
[email protected]
D.L. Johnson Consulting Agency
LinkedIn
Political consulting, strategy and infrastructure setup.
Reneé Carr
CEO, The Carr Advisory Group
[email protected]
Carr Advisory Group
LinkedIn
Dr. Reneé Carr serves political and corporate leaders by providing solutions for high stakes, high level, and high impact matters.
Chris Dennis
Co-Founder and Managing Principal, Swing State Solutions
[email protected]
Swing State Solutions
Ballot Issue Campaigns, Communications and Media Relations, Crisis Communications, Fundraising, General Consulting, Petitions and Signature Gathering, Direct Mail, Digital Organizing.
Terrance Green
Partner, 4CM+M
[email protected]
Truxton Creative
Terrance Green is a partner at 4C whose skill set combines political strategy with high-level creative content.
Doug Thornell
Partner & Head of SKDKPolitical, SKDK
[email protected]
SKDKnickerbocker
Doug joined SKDK in 2011 and has served as a top advisor to Presidential, House, Senate and gubernatorial campaigns, Fortune 50 companies and progressive and civil rights organizations.
Addisu Demissie
Principal & Co-Founder, 50+1 Strategies
50+1
[email protected]
(415) 488-5071
Addisu Demissie is a Founding Principal of 50+1 Strategies with over 15 years of professional experience in political advocacy and campaign strategy.
Tyrone Eaton
Principal, Eaton Creative Group
410-971-2126
[email protected]
@eatoncreativegroup
https://eatoncreativegroup.com/
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