Peter Fenn

Since its founding in 1983, the Fenn Communications Group has become one of the nation’s premier political and public affairs media firms. It has worked on over 300 campaigns, from presidential to mayoral, elected more members of the House of Representatives than any other firm and represented a host of Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to forming the firm, Mr. Fenn was the first executive director of Democrats for the 80s, a political action committee founded by Pamela Harriman and then-Gov. Bill Clinton. Mr. Fenn also served on the staff of the Senate Intelligence Committee and as Washington chief of staff for Sen. Frank Church. In 1983, Mr. Fenn founded and was the first executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics.

In 1996 and 1998, the firm was chosen as the lead media consultants for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, producing ads that helped win back seats for the Democrats. In the 2000 campaign, Peter Fenn was an adviser to Gore for President and served as a surrogate spokesman on cable news programs. He performed the same role in 2004 for the Kerry for President campaign. In 2006, the firm helped pick up five Republican-held House seats and two Senate seats.

Mr. Fenn has consulted overseas for the Agency for International Development and the National Endowment for Democracy. He produced television programs in Russia, Bosnia, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic and consulted for political parties and candidates in such countries as South Africa, Mozambique, Romania, Latvia, Colombia, Northern Ireland and Hungary.

His writing and producing have earned him Pollie Awards from the American Association of Political Consultants, Telly Awards, Summit Awards, Vision Awards and the award from PRNews for the Best Public Service Ad Campaign of 2005.

Mr. Fenn has a B.A. from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., where he was president of the alumni association and where he is currently a trustee. He earned an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Southern California. He teaches Presidential Politics, Strategy and Message as well as Campaign Advertising at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. Mr. Fenn appears frequently as a TV commentator on the major networks and cable news shows. He now appears regularly with Pat Buchanan on Saturday mornings on MSNBC.