Stephen Geer

Founder & CEO

Stephen Geer is a political strategy and public affairs consultant based in New York City. He has worked for electoral campaigns, nonprofit organizations, and early stage tech companies for more than 20 years. His clients have included President Barack Obama, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senator Cory Booker, The ACLU, LIVESTRONG, The USO, The Smithsonian, The Sundance Film Festival, TIFF, Wikipedia, Amazon, Lyft, Tesla, SpaceX, Omidyar, Reid Hoffman, Google, and Spotify.

Stephen was one of the architects of President Obama’s historic 2008 digital campaign, where he served as Director of Online Fundraising and pioneered many of the techniques still used today. He was a co-founder and Deputy Director of Everytown for Gun Safety and led digital strategy for the Center for American Progress, where he was also a registered lobbyist. He is a co-founder of The Trace and has served on the boards of several advocacy and cultural organizations, including Guns Down America and TIFF.

Stephen studied Electrical Engineering at Cornell University and was pursuing a doctorate in English Literature when he joined his first political campaign as a field organizer.

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