KATIE PRISCO-BUXBAUM
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n her decade on the frontlines of the toughest political fights, Katie Prisco-Buxbaum has been a trusted adviser and confidant to progressive leaders and causes.
Prior to launching her strategic consulting business, Katie was Campaign Manager for Andrea Campbell’s Boston mayoral campaign, Democrat Jesse Mermell’s campaign for the Massachusetts 4th Congressional District, and managed Campbell’s heralded first campaign for City Council in 2015, which led to the defeat of 32-year incumbent Councilor Charles Yancey. Katie served in senior finance roles for United States Senator Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign and Senator Harris’ 2016 U.S. Senate campaign. She also held leadership roles at the Massachusetts Democratic Party and Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women, among other campaigns and local non-profits.
Katie is deeply passionate about bench-building and campaign training and has run political training and coaching for organizations such as the Mass. Women’s Political Caucus, Lowell Votes, Emerson College Polling Society, and Everytown for Gun Safety’s Demand a Seat Program. She is also currently an adjunct professor at Emerson College in the Communication Studies Department.
In addition to her work at Hyphenated Strategies, she serves as Chief Political Officer of Nominee, an ed-tech start-up focused on empowering more people, particularly from underrepresented and marginalized communities, to run for office and make a difference in our communities. Katie lives in Boston and is an alumna of Emerson College.
KATIE PRISCO-BUXBAUM
In her decade on the frontlines of the toughest political fights, Katie Prisco-Buxbaum has been a trusted adviser and confidant to top leaders and causes.
Prior to launching her strategic consulting business, Katie was Campaign Manager for Andrea Campbell’s Boston mayoral campaign, Democrat Jesse Mermell’s campaign for the Massachusetts 4th Congressional District, and managed Campbell’s heralded first campaign for City Council in 2015, which led to the defeat of 32-year incumbent Councilor Charles Yancey. Katie served in senior finance roles for United States Senator Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign and Senator Harris’ 2016 U.S. Senate campaign. She also held leadership roles at the Massachusetts Democratic Party and Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women, among other campaigns and local non-profits.
Katie is deeply passionate about bench-building and campaign training and has run political training and coaching for organizations such as the Mass. Women’s Political Caucus, Lowell Votes, Emerson College Polling Society, and Everytown for Gun Safety’s Demand a Seat Program. She is also currently an adjunct professor at Emerson College in the Communication Studies Department and has guest lectured at other Boston-area universities, including Tufts University and Boston University.
In addition to her work at Hyphenated Strategies, she serves as Chief Political Officer of Nominee, an ed-tech start-up focused on empowering more people, particularly from underrepresented and marginalized communities, to run for office and make a difference in our communities.
Katie lives in Boston and is an alumna of Emerson College.
Services
Strategic Campaign Consulting
Provide general campaign strategy for electoral campaigns and ballot initiatives through General Consultant and Senior Advisor roles, scaled to the needs of the campaign with support and hands-on guidance throughout the duration of the campaign that includes:
- Hiring and training staff.
- Structuring the campaign and creating streamlined operations.
- Budgeting and fundraising to reach campaign goals, which includes drafting finance and budget plans or providing feedback on existing plans.
- Message development, candidate training, relationship mapping and dynamics, and policy development.
- Field strategy and benchmarks, which includes drafting strategic field plans or advising on existing strategy to reach the win number.
Consulting Support for Leaders
- Advise elected officials, non-profit, and industry leaders to successfully execute their policy, messaging, and political goals, including:
- Navigating building political power through coalition-building, community engagement, and political relationships.
- Overseeing stakeholders to develop action plans on key priority issues.
- Developing messaging and brand growth strategies, including communications and digital engagement plans.
- Providing strategic assessments of key organizational aspects.
Advocacy & Non-Profit Consulting
Advise organizations on best practices to create and run successful advocacy organizations and campaigns, including:
- Developing and executing strategy for organizations around maximizing funding sources, navigating political relationships and strategy, and developing communications and digital engagement plans.
- Conducting strategic assessments on programs or departments to provide key recommendations for organizational direction.
- Managing key initiatives or large scale events on behalf of the organization.
- Helping non-profit executives develop their brand and external relations strategy.
- Facilitating and leading strategic planning processes for organizations looking to grow their impact.
- Supporting the launch of new organizations and rebranding of existing organizations through strategic counsel focused on political relationships and organizational structure.
- Developing leadership and team development training curriculum and leading organizations through sessions to enhance internal operations.
