2017 Making Democracy Work® Benefit Dinner

   

Jason Stanford

Keynote Speaker

Jason Stanford is the communications director for Austin Mayor Steve Adler.  Stanford graduated from  Lewis & Clark college, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian. Initially, he wanted to become a spy, but his plans changed after landing two jobs in journalism. Eventually, Stanford became involved with politics. He moved to Texas to work on Ann Richards' campaign. 

Stanford is the founder of Stanford Caskey, a political research and crisis communications firm based in Austin, Texas and Chicago, Illinois. As a political consultant, he has worked on more than 200 campaigns in 41 states. His clients have included 25 Members of Congress, three Governors, Fortune 500 corporations, the AFL-CIO, and the National Abortion Rights Action League, among many others. Several national media sources have featured Jason’s views on negative campaigning and modern politics, including NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “To the Point,” CNN Money, the Fox News Channel, Al Jazeera English, Columbia Radio News, Jane Magazine, Harper’s, Atlantic Monthly, the Christian Science Monitor, the National Journal, and the New York Times.  

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