Mark McKinnon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetMark McKinnon
American political consultant
Date of Birth: 05-May-1955
Place of Birth: Boulder, Colorado, United States
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Mark McKinnon
- Mark McKinnon (born May 5, 1955) is an American political advisor, reform advocate, media columnist and television producer.
- He was the chief media advisor to five successful presidential primary and general election campaigns, and is a co-founder of No Labels, an organization dedicated to bipartisanship and political problem solving.
- He served as vice chairman of Public Strategies, Inc., which was acquired by the international communications consultancy Hill & Knowlton Strategies, and was president of Maverick Media.
- McKinnon is the co-creator, co-executive producer, and co-host of Showtime's The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth and consulted on the HBO series The Newsroom and Netflix's House of Cards.
- He was a regular columnist for The Daily Beast and The Daily Telegraph (London).McKinnon has worked for many causes, companies and candidates, including former President George W.
- Bush, Senator John McCain, Late Texas Governor Ann Richards, Congressman Charlie Wilson, and musician and philanthropist Bono.
- He has served on the boards of numerous organizations dedicated to reforming the influence of money in politics.
- McKinnon was on the advisory board of Americans Elect, a defunct political organization known primarily for its efforts to stage a national online primary for the 2012 United States presidential election.
- In 2014, McKinnon launched Mayday PAC to force ethics reform in the United States Congress, along with Harvard Professor Larry Lessig -- who would later run for President on a related push for ethics and campaign finance reform -- and tech moguls Steve Wozniak, Fred Wilson, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman.
- McKinnon and Julian Castro served as co-chairs of Southerners for the Freedom to Marry, before Obergefell v.
- Hodges affirmed that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples.
- He currently serves on the boards of Take Back Our Republic and the Austin Film Society, and is a member of the George Foster Peabody Awards board of jurors as well as the Advisory Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization.
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