Brian O’Grady (he/him) cut his teeth as an organizer in high school and college, as a regional organizer for Amnesty International and AFL-CIO Union Summer fellow. A digital media professional since 2006, he left corporate advertising for the Obama for America team in 2012 and helped create a revolutionary template for responsive, far-reaching digital campaigning that is a gold standard to this day.

In 2015, he co-founded Clarify Agency, a boutique digital agency serving progressive candidates and causes, which he scaled from 0 to 15 employees before departing in 2023. As co-founder, he managed over $40MM of advertising media on behalf of candidates, labor unions, PACs, and nonprofit organizations. He also developed a specialization in large-audience research projects for clients including the Peoria Project, Story at Scale, and others representing ballot initiatives, immigration advocacy campaigns, and housing policy messaging efforts.

Originally from Chicago, he lives in San Francisco with his spouse, two dogs, and a cat.