Creative Director
Arun Chaudhary
Arun Chaudhary is a filmmaker working in politics. He was the first Official White House Videographer, a position created for him at the beginning of the Obama administration, after being a key member of his 2008 election campaign. In 2016 he was Bernie Sanders’ digital creative director, supervising the video and graphic production for his insurgent Presidential campaign and helping craft content strategy.
Internationally Chaudhary has worked in Kenya, Aruba, Mexico, Kosovo, and most recently helped Italian candidate for the European Parliament, Caterina Cerroni, in her remarkable campaign in the Southern Collegio.
He has been profiled by the New York Times, the BBC, National Journal, Politico, Fortune, and many political websites, and led a Frog design mind seminar at NYU with Fast Company's Ellen McGirt. He lives in Berlin, Germany, with his wife, son, daughter and four cats.
Co-founder | CEO
Jessica Shearer
Jessica Shearer is the co-founder and CEO of Social Changes, a boutique consulting agency that brings cutting-edge campaigning strategies to progressive causes around the world. Her campaign abilities are often sought after to turn around tough, even “unwinnable” campaigns, having been successful in flipping swing districts and implementing creative strategies to support the world’s leading progressive political leaders. She was also part of President Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, directly managing 290 labor organizers on the ground, and was a key manager in MoveOn’s successful effort to help flip the US House of Representatives in 2018. Jessica’s expertise - and her passion - lie in confronting societal inequalities by tackling political representation.
Building off her professional experience in finding new leaders and helping them build successful campaigns from the ground up, she also co-founded a non-profit association whose mission is to propel promising women and underrepresented political leaders into greater power - making them and their ideas impossible to dismiss.
Co-founder | Managing Director
Kate Dunham
Kate is the co-founder and Managing Director of Social Changes, a mission-driven political consultancy that for the last six years has focused on progressive fights in Europe. Through Social Changes, in partnership with the Center for American Progress Action Fund, she is spearheading the Field Fellowship program.
Previously, she spent 12 years in management and consulting roles with U.S. and international civil society and advocacy organizations, working on issues including forced labour and supply chain transparency, women's rights, and refugee resettlement. Kate holds a Master’s in Public Administration from NYU Wagner.