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Chris Wahl and the things that happen before anything gets built
For 26 years, Chris Wahl has worked where ambitious projects meet public resistance. Now the San Diego public affairs founder is bringing five agency histories together under one name: Bodewell Group.
Tom Freedman and the Politics of Getting Something Done
A Clinton campaign strategist built a second career helping institutions work together. The revealing part is how often Tom Freedman has gone looking for a useful partner on the other side of the room.
Jeff Randle makes time for the room
He helped organize California campaigns, then built a communications firm around the people doing the work. Twenty-five years later, Jeff Randle still starts Tuesday meetings with the weekend news.
Jason Jordan and the case for a bigger table
From campaign fieldwork to housing reform, Jason Jordan has spent his career helping people turn shared concerns into political arguments. His recurring subject is what happens when the right people learn to work together.
Debbie Weir and the Quiet Architecture of a Movement
Across three decades of nonprofit work, Debbie Weir has practiced a deceptively difficult craft: listening to individual voices, then building the machinery that lets them move institutions.
Thomas Freedman Has Spent a Career Making Coalitions Do the Work
From a year studying famine in Africa to the Clinton White House and a 20,000-company jobs coalition, Thomas Freedman's career follows one durable idea: public problems yield when institutions learn to work together.