Ryan J. Davis

Ryan J. Davis is a freelance director and political consultant residing in New York City.

Davis blogs for The Huffington Post, where his satirical ad "Gays for Giuliani" was featured on CNN and MSNBC. He worked in the new-media departments of Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign and Mark Green's 2006 New York attorney general campaign. In 2004, working with BlogPAC, Davis directed the Internet ad "Iraq Draft," which received a Silver Pollie Award for Best On-Line Persuasion Ad from the American Association of Political Consultants. In 1999, at just 17, he was the Maryland state youth coordinator for John McCain's failed 2000 presidential bid.

In theater, Davis conceived and directed the downtown hit "White Noise," a controversial musical about a Nazi pop music group that received wide acclaim and was featured on "Good Morning America" and "ABC Primetime Live." He is currently working on a new musical, "Street Lights," with "White Noise" collaborator Joe Drymala (who was, incidentally, Howard Dean's speechwriter).