https://www.bradjenkins.net/contact daily 0.75 2021-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542123587574-CJHXNP7T7XYBZX2WCHTA/dinner.jpg Contact https://www.bradjenkins.net/home daily 1.0 2024-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542038711992-91FW8TTL1WAOIXK1V8UO/cnn.jpg Home - POLITICAL STRATEGIST National appearances include: CNN, MSNBC’s Story Of Cool, CNN’s History Of Comedy, 2018 Live Midterm Election Special, CNN’s White House Correspondents Dinner Live Special, CNBC, HLN, MTV, NPR’s 1A, and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542038558209-RKNLIO83JC0LD015M06A/bradspeaking.jpg Home - HOST & PUBLIC SPEAKER Brad has taken the stage at SXSW, TEDx, Aspen’s Washington Ideas Forum, Harvard University, WorldZ, Yale University, Democratic National Convention, the Presidential Inaugural, YouTube Creators Summit, PromaxDBA, Citizen University, Politicon, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Asian American Action Fund, Will and Jada Smith Foundation, and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542041721711-3RV2BX2T6J1GQMUJGBSP/venice.jpg Home - AWARD-WINNING SOCIAL IMPACT CAMPAIGNS Brad Jenkins has produced award-winning social impact campaigns with organizations such as UNICEF, The Asian American Foundation, National Democratic Redistricting Committee, Imagine Justice, Rise, Unite The Country, Glam Up The Midterms, American Heart Association, We Are Sikhs, Planned Parenthood, Natural Resources Defense Council, Let’s Move With Michelle Obama, It’s On Us with Joe Biden, the Democratic National Committee, NextGen America, League of Conservation Voters, and dozens more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1541889124250-GB1G3Q3MMJHNUO8039QI/P031214PS-0082.jpg Home https://www.bradjenkins.net/our-story-banner daily 0.75 2018-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1541888930226-IO8A4JKF90BZEECQ852T/P031214PS-0082.jpg Jenkins Banner https://www.bradjenkins.net/what-we-do daily 0.75 2021-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542058193612-N3D1ZLDDO5DWZC0YL3S4/jenkins.jpg Biography - Brad Jenkins Brad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542056535724-NWIU8JJGT4BU10O37ZPZ/bradandtom.jpg Biography https://www.bradjenkins.net/projects daily 0.75 2021-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542059774103-W391ZBEXDG3OOSTOPQDW/hands.jpg Media & Events https://www.bradjenkins.net/press daily 0.75 2021-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1624408603174-JKJUIEYSY9906IBL4TRS/TSC.jpeg Press - Chicago TRIBUNE Stephen Colbert joins new powerhouse Second City Board of Directors. Others named include Chris Henchy, the co-founder of the comedy video company known as “Funny or Die”; Larry Irving, a partner at ZMC; Brad Jenkins, the CEO of Enfranchisement Productions; and Laura Kennedy, the CEO of the Avalon Group, a powerful talent agency and producer whose shows include “Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver.” Jenkins formerly worked in the Obama White House in the office headed by Valerie Jarrett. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623294449636-IPSQNYVL3UB0LPRUZIYH/b3aa05f655d1fb3cbd37b4dbf15aebcb.jpeg Press - DEADLINE Kumail Nanjiani, Kal Penn And South Asian Leaders Blast David Perdue; Mobilize Georgia AAPI Voters In #MyNameIs Campaign Meena Harris and Brad Jenkins’ Phenomenal Productions and the Indian American Impact Fund (IMPACT) released a new video that is part of series of Georgia voting videos that bolster the #MyNameIs message https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542092743508-XY9M6YTBVD07MKAIKY5J/Screen+Shot+2018-11-13+at+2.05.21+AM.png Press - WIRED MAGAZINE: How Funny or Die Helped Congress Finally Agree on Something There's literally nothing funny about sexual assault. Not one thing. But in the digital age, humor sometimes can capture national attention—and spur action—more readily than serious efforts to elicit public support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623292627538-8ED6UY11AEV8JFMBIUOB/time.jpeg Press - TIME MAGAZINE That has real consequences when it comes to participation, says Brad Jenkins, former Obama White House Associate Director and co-founder of the RUN AAPI political advocacy group. In September, RUN AAPI released the first-ever political opinion poll focused exclusively on Asian Americans between the ages of 18 and 34. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542090761390-Y8WZ2FJXQCYCA8VSXCAR/Screen+Shot+2018-11-13+at+1.31.43+AM.png Press - FREE COOKIES PODCAST: KATE FAGAN AND KATHRYN BUDIG K&K talk with Funny or Die’s Brad Jenkins, who worked in the White House for former President Obama and, most importantly, co-starred with Kathryn in Romeo & Juliet, circa 1999. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623292159709-EBZ47CEZLI41BBS3ET4T/coolasians.png Press - ‘Cool Asians doing cool shit’: Inside (RUN)’s mission to build cultural scaffolding On a Tuesday afternoon, (RUN) Co-founder and Enfranchisement Productions CEO Brad Jenkins hops onto Zoom with his daughter by his side. (RUN) Political Director Linh Nguyen waves hi to the little one, a wide smile on her face. A few seconds later, Jenkins sends his daughter along her way. She ambles off the screen as Nguyen tells us the light is hitting our profiles just right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623293255100-DSXBP9C97V3IW2J98E0C/210120-kamala-harris-jm-1112-3443535.jpeg Press - NBC NEWS AAPI Inaugural Ball: Harris makes America feel like home again. Hosts Chloe Bennet and Brad Jenkins of RUN AAPI raised champagne glasses to a new day, and the dozens of speakers who followed spoke to the hope the new administration, particularly Harris, gives them and their families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623291759660-ZRS2NDSEMEHC97A9P6WH/image1.jpeg Press - WASHINGTONIAN FEATURE Exclusive: Obama Vet Brad Jenkins Is Leaving Funny Or Die To Start His Own Company Brad Jenkins, the managing director and executive producer of Funny or Die’s DC branch, is leaving to start a new independent creative agency, called Enfranchisement Productions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623294092440-Y5XK5PQHO8SFILPRQOB2/harris-jenkins.jpeg Press - DEADLINE Meena Harris Teams With Former Funny Or Die Exec, Obama White House Alum Brad Jenkins To Launch Phenomenal Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623292301418-7JDLSNGRS3MOENAONKOY/Screen+Shot+2021-06-09+at+10.31.22+PM.png Press - COLD TEA COLLECTIVE (RUN) Co-founder Brad Jenkins knows what it feels like to be on the outside looking in. You might think being a part of the Obama White House would have shielded you from that, but he’s not alone. It’s an isolating and diminishing experience the rest of the (RUN) leadership team, Marvel actress Chloe Bennet and senior producer Elle Kurata, also shared in our conversation—an all too familiar narrative that will come as no surprise to any Asian American. A narrative they want to take back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623293758093-5FSW2W1TZ3HT3OUPTSPX/joetsaijeffyang.jpeg Press - YAHOO NEWS On May 3, The Asian American Foundation released a launch video narrated by Ling and Kim and produced by Brad Jenkins of Enfranchisement Productions to introduce the organization. “The Asian American Foundation has come together to support Asian American Leaders who know how to make change,” the video’s description states. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542091365711-97GTMXTVR0PRKF1Y8XJ2/Screen+Shot+2018-11-13+at+1.42.26+AM.png Press - ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS PODCAST An outdated focus on television can hamstring Democratic candidates. To reach crucial voters, strategists have to invest in quality digital content. This week we sit down with Brad Jenkins, Obama White House alum and current executive producer of Funny or Die DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623292513673-JOM7YBIPRCUHHXWER3ZL/Screen+Shot+2021-06-09+at+10.35.00+PM.png Press - MUSE BY CLIO AWARDS On Thursday, Muse spoke with RUN co-founders Chloe Bennet and Brad Jenkins. Bennet is an actress best known for playing Daisy Johnson in the ABC superhero drama Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. since 2013. Jenkins is CEO of Enfranchisement, a production and creative strategy firm, and has also done a lot of political strategy work. (He was associate director in the Office of Public Engagement in Obama's White House, and helped convince the president to appear on Between Two Ferns in 2014. He later worked for Funny Or Die.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623295133980-WR3JZE8IK6836S5HI40F/shortyawards.jpeg Press - SHORTY AWARDS National Sikh Campaign, a Sikh American advocacy organization that was created in response to a shooting by a white supremacist in 2012 at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, WI, created the We Are Sikhs initiative to focus on helping the broader public understand the values and contributions of Sikh Americans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542065919561-WKXF572KCEFOCCA412T4/billy_eichner.jpg Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542093073420-9A6JSRQCRHXS91VGI3D4/FODhistory.jpg Press - FUNNY OR DIE at 10: AN ORAL HISTORY Brad Jenkins: On the day of filming Obama, we had lunch in the West Wing mess, and Zach couldn’t get over the fact that the dessert in the West Wing mess was called Chocolate Freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623293495036-J4ECFLRA26G2OSY092C6/210218-oakland-chinatown-rally-ac-520p-3451089.jpeg Press - NBC NEWS Amid wave of violence, Asian Americans, Black communities build coalitions. “White supremacy has always pitted racial groups against one another,” Jenkins said in an email, “These communities have long fought against violence and hatred while many in the Asian American community have stayed silent in the past. So yes, Asian American leaders do realize that we must find strength in combating this violence -- but, we also recognize that our African American brothers and sisters deal with this hatred and violence every single day of our lives.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623295469448-FLTYUG5259IMILFVD41N/moms.jpeg Press - PEOPLE MAGAZINE Moms of Zendaya, Alicia Keys and Jonah Hill Team Up for Voting PSA: ‘Don’t Make Us Nag You’ “Yes, our kids are famous. But your vote counts just the same as theirs,” says Terria Augello, mom to Keys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623293587195-MMZ1BAXOH5702S3X8PIX/Kelly-Marie-Tran-H.E.R.-Rep.-Ted-Liu-and-Maulik-Pancholy-Split-Getty-H-2021-1617029779.jpg Press - HOLLYWOOD REPORTER CAA has assembled a packed lineup of Asian American influencers and leaders to discuss the wave of anti-Asian violence and hate that continues to sweep the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623294712702-RR5NUWALTV975LH22OXE/D75_0551.jpg Press - HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ‘Between Two Ferns’ With President Obama Wins at 2015 CLIO Awards Funny or Die’s Brad Jenkins suggesting that the CLIO team ship the statue to the White House and its rightful owner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623292865345-XY43SHQPANJ1VXBDDTJJ/chloeb.jpeg Press - POP SUGAR Led by Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Chloe Bennet — as well as Obama White House alum Brad Jenkins and political campaign strategist Linh Nguyen — the organization has focused its efforts on battleground states like Georgia and Texas, where eligible Asian American voters have doubled since 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623294940669-J9EGAE1HMCR7HQ177X0X/gettyimages-934752064-1024x1024.jpeg Press - HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Mike Farah and Brad Jenkins of Funny or Die and Scott Aukerman and Zach Galifianakis of Between Two Ferns will be honored with the Humanitarian Award for their work in promoting the Affordable Care Act and social issues. Joan E. Herman will take home VFC’s Irma Colen Leadership Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542092088841-VYJFU8WVW7X76IKMKRKI/Screen+Shot+2018-11-13+at+1.52.49+AM.png Press - AD WEEK: KAty Perry Votes NAked in Funny Or Die Campaign The spot is part of a new comedy campaign called “Everyone Votes!" and is spearheaded by FOD co-founder Judd Apatow, CEO Mike Farah, and D.C. managing director Brad Jenkins. "Hundreds of millions of dollars have already been wasted this election cycle on political ads that no young American will watch. As we did for healthcare.gov, Funny Or Die is now being asked to save democracy. No pressure," Jenkins says. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623293057716-G0RPPJ2N9MJXP2SY1J90/Screen-Shot-2020-10-30-at-5.10.33-PM-e1604323496314-959x700.png Press - SUPERMAJORITY NEWS RUN AAPI (RUN), a voter outreach campaign focused on building political power among AAPI youth (and the organization behind that poll), is fighting to change that. Led by Obama White House alum Brad Jenkins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623291969997-12ZB8XP9WJ7Q0LIV8TSG/GettyImages-1199084595-H-2020-1602201841.jpeg Press - HOLLYWOOD REPORTER With support from Taika Waititi and Lulu Wang, Chloe Bennet and Brad Jenkins teamed up to boost voter turnout at the polls: "This is a bigger culture issue." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623293340765-W9IXJOWHEZAT4UXVC25R/deadline.jpeg Press - DEADLINE Presidential Inaugural Committee Set Program To Honor Diversity. Confirmed participants include Phenomenal Productions’ Meena Harris and Brad Jenkins; former Olympian Michelle Kwan; actors Kal Penn, John Cho, Kumail Nanjiani, and Chloe Bennet; performances by Japanese Breakfast, Ari Afsar, Raja Kumar; and more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1542091106509-EHGELTVXE82C6VDY5IG8/brad-jenkins-sfa.jpg Press - SOUTHerN FRIED ASIAN PODCAST On the debut episode of Southern Fried Asian, Keith talks to Brad Jenkins, the Executive Producer of Funny or Die DC and a co-founder of RUN, an organization designed to mobilize Asian Americans politically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be75a1036099be2d8c20930/1623293966010-PWD6VX1H1ZVG26ST9F35/people.jpeg Press - PEOPLE MAGAZINE Lisa Ling, Naomi Osaka, Jeremy Lin, Kevin Durant, and More Help Launch The Asian American Foundation The foundation will aim to increase awareness, representation, funding, education and more for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. TAAF has already raised $250 million — the largest funding for an Asian-American organization in history. https://www.bradjenkins.net/case-studies daily 0.75 2021-06-09