I am a Vice President at Ogilvy PR in Washington DC. I split my time between the Social Marketing group and serving as a member of our 360 Degree Digital Influence team. Before I joined Ogilvy in July 2005, I worked as an independent strategic communications consultant for nonprofits, political campaigns and foundations. Some of my clients included the Kaiser Family Foundation; the AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & Families; Business Women's Initiative against HIV/AIDS; the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Surdna Foundation and the Family Violence Prevention Fund. Before starting my own business, I was the Creative Director and Chief Strategist for Rock the Vote, where I was responsible for developing the organization's award-winning television, radio, print and interactive campaigns. From 1996-1997, I was the Program Director for the ISM Diversity Education Project, a program that partnered with colleges and universities to develop diversity education courses that utilize video production as an experiential educational tool. I received my Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and my B.A. in Media Studies from Hampshire College. During the 2004 presidential elections, I served as an informal advisor to Generation Dean, Howard Dean's youth outreach initiative and I have conducted trainings for young political leaders in Mexico and Cambodia through my work with the National Democratic Institute. In 2000, I was a faculty member for the Salzburg Seminar in Austria for a session dedicated to youth civic engagement, lecturing on the topic of "Popular Culture as a Tool for Political and Social Change". I am the author of numerous publications on youth political participation, including "Are You Talking to Me?: A Guide to Reaching Young Voters" for Harvard University's Institute of Politics; "The Power of the Internet to Engage a Generation", published by the Surdna Foundation in 2004; "Dancing all the Way to City Hall in How to Get Stupid White Men out of Office (Softskull Press, 2004); "The Youth Challenge: Participating in Democracy", a Carnegie Corporation of New York Challenge Paper; and "Rock the Vote Every Day" (1999).