Peter Fenn

Peter H. Fenn (born December 12, 1947) is a Democratic Party political strategist, consultant, television commentator and owner of Fenn Communications Group, a political and public affairs media firm based in Washington, DC in the United States. The firm has worked in over 300 campaigns, from presidential to mayoral, and represented a number of Fortune 500 companies.^[1]

Career

In 1983, Peter Fenn founded a political consulting firm, becoming Fenn-King-Murphy-Putnam Communications after a partnership with Tom King in 1987. In 2003, Fenn incorporated as the Fenn Communications Group. Since its inception, Fenn and staff have assisted several Democratic candidates in the United States, including vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, Senator Paul Simon, and members of Congress David Bonior, Dave Obey and Nita Lowey.

Prior to forming the firm, Fenn was the first executive director of Democrats for the 80's, a political action committee founded by Pamela Harriman and then-Governor Bill Clinton. Fenn also served on the staff of the Senate Intelligence Committee and as Washington Chief of Staff for Senator Frank Church. In 1983, Fenn aided in the founding and was the first executive director of OpenSecrets.^[3]

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.

Academics

Peter Fenn has a B.A. from Macalester College, where he was President of the Alumni Association and a past member of the Board of Trustees^[4] He earned a M.A. in International Relations from the University of Southern California.

Since 1985, Fenn has served as an adjunct professor at