Inspire social impact with meaningful public engagement and authentic storytelling.
Brad Jenkins
AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER & STORYTELLER
SOCIAL IMPACT CREATIVE & POLITICAL STRATEGIST
SPEAKING FEE: $10,000 - $15,000
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Meet Brad
Served four years as President Obama’s Associate Director in The White House Office of Public Engagement
Producer of over 70 social impact campaigns, with a particular focus on the AAPI community
Produced the Emmy award-winning “Between Two Ferns” interview with President Obama & Zach Galifianakis
As a social impact expert and political strategist, Brad Jenkins is involved in creating awareness campaigns surrounding important socio-political issues facing underrepresented communities. Brad is the CEO of Enfranchisement Productions, a DC-based creative and consulting agencyworking with electoral campaigns, non-profits, start-ups, and brands as well as in creative and political strategy: breakthrough messaging, videos, live events, and long-form storytelling.
Brad spent four years serving as President Obama’s Associate Director in The White House Office of Public Engagement. In this role, he brought together creative executives, thought leaders, and some of the world’s biggest stars to advance the President’s agenda—culminating in the Emmy-award winning “Between Two Ferns” interview on the Affordable Care Act. Brad then joined Will Ferrell’s Funny Or Die as Managing Director and Executive Producer running their branded social impact content business known as Funny Or Die D.C.
Since then, he has produced over 70 social impact campaigns, documentaries, specials, and events with organizations, companies, PACs, IEs, and foundations with a particular focus on the Asian American Pacific Islander community. Jenkins’s company, Enfranchisement, has helped lead campaigns for AAPI organizations such as The Asian American Foundation, RUN AAPI, Rise, Phenomenal,and more.
For his production work, Brad was featured on CNN’s “History of Comedy,” MSNBC’s “Story Of Cool” and he has won numerous awards including a Grand Clio, Shorty Award For Diversity, Streamy Award for Social Impact, Webby Award for Diversity/Inclusion, and the Spirit of Innovation Award from the Asian American Victory Fund, among others. He is Co-Founder and Board Member of RUN AAPI, Board Member of The Second City with Stephen Colbert, Business Forward, and Voters Of Tomorrow.
SPEAKING TOPICS
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Teaming up with like-minded peers from the Asian American and Pacific Islander community to officially launch RUN AAPI (aka Represent Us Now) in 2017 as a way to help boost civic engagement, Brad Jenkins shares how efforts continue to be amped up0 to spotlight the diversity of the culture, personalities and force of the AAPI community in government elections. With negative sentiments towards the AAPI community since the pandemic, Brad helps audiences understand how his community is showcasing their voting power AND their humanity in this most recent election, in social causes, and beyond.
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As Associate Director for the Obama White House, Brad's job was to reach as many Americans across the aisle by breaking through misinformation and partisanship. Unfortunately, there was nothing more divisive than Obamacare. And, when healthcare.gov opened to millions of Americans there was a slight problem: it didn't work! In this talk, Brad recounts his background in the power of "laughing at yourself" growing up as a Half-Black / Half-Korean outsider in Trenton, New Jersey. That formative experience helped him produce an award-winning comedy campaign with Zach Galifianakis and President Obama that reached millions of Americans and inspired them to get healthcare for their families. At a time when people's trust in institutions are at an all-time low, comedy has become the last refuge for speaking truth to power. Learn how you can use the power of comedy for your company, organization, or mission.
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