David Axelrod
Founding Director of the Institute of Politics.
The Board of Advisors to the Institute of Politics includes a diverse group of leaders in civic life, politics, business and journalism. Board members offer their expertise and guidance to the Institute staff and meet annually in Chicago to review the Institute’s operation and programming.
Founding Director of the Institute of Politics.
Partner, Precision Strategies
Former Deputy Campaign Manager for Barack
Obama
Former Member, U.S. Congress (R-IL) Partner, Forbes Tate
Senior Executive Vice President, AT&T Former RNC Chairman
Partner & CEO, AKPD Message and Media
Former Member, U.S. Senate (D-ND) Co-founder and Chair of the One Country Project
Director, Defending Democracy Together, Editor-at-Large, The Bulwark Founder, The Weekly Standard
Co-Chair, Building America’s Future Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Executive Chairman, Exile Content Studio
Former Director of Political Strategy for UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Executive Vice President for Public Affairs, Columbia University Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama
Co-founder, The Shawmut Group Former Senior Advisor to U.S. Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney
Former South Carolina State Representative
President, Hartwick College
Former Governor of Massachusetts
Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times
Political Columnist, The Washington Post
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The Cook Political Report
Senior Advisor, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Global Public Policy Manager, Snap, Inc.