Ben O'Keefe

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Forbes 30 Under 30 Award-Winning Multi-Hyphenate & Chief Executive Officer @ Chaotic Good
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Brooklyn, New York, United States, United States
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Ben O’Keefe is a Forbes 30 Under 30 award-winning multi-hyphenate + Chief Executive Officer of Chaotic Good.He is known for his transformative work in culture, politics, and entertainment as well as a social change activist, television personality, and progressive thought-leader. O'Keefe has worked with and advised many of the top leaders, celebrities, non-profits, and brands in the nation.With an ability to create intimate conversations with large audiences, O’Keefe is a sought-after public speaker who discusses finding your power, anti-racism, social justice, and conversations on LGBTQ+ equality and masculinity.O’Keefe is perhaps best known for his viral campaign to hold clothing company Abercrombie & Fitch accountable for their past discrimination of plus-size and BIPOC young consumers. His work helped to contribute to the present-day body positivity movement and is the subject of the hit Netflix film WHITE HOT: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch.Ben has spearheaded countless impact and digital campaigns including the #TakeDownTheFlag campaign to remove the Confederate Flag from the South Carolina Statehouse and retailers like Amazon and Wal-Mart, Alicia Keys’ Vote Love campaign, and the digital movement to save death row inmate Richard Glossip from execution.O’Keefe served as Senior Creative Lead and Advisor for Senator Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign and as the Impact Producer for the film ALL IN: The Fight for Democracy from Amazon Studios, featuring Stacey Abrams and her fight against voter suppression.In 2021, he launched an award-winning podcast “Anti-Racism at Work” which premiered on the Himalaya Network. With this podcast, O’Keefe explores the power people have to drive lasting human rights improvements and combat deeply ingrained racism in the workplace, and equips listeners with tools to build a workplace that gives all employees the opportunity to thrive.O'Keefe is also an alum of Creator+ Studios and MoveOn.org where he served on their senior leadership teams and MTV News where he served as head writer of the Webby Award winning “DECODED,” a series on race and pop culture.Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Media Project, a multifaceted organization that provides support and funding to documentary films and filmmakers and Project Heal, the leading national eating disorder treatment organization. He is an executive Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences & Judge of The Webby Awards as well as the NAACP Image Awards.

Ben O'Keefe's Current Company Details
Chaotic Good

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Forbes 30 Under 30 Award-Winning Multi-Hyphenate & Chief Executive Officer
Ben O'Keefe Work Experience Details
  • Chaotic Good
    Chief Executive Officer
    Chaotic Good Jan 2017 - Present
    Brooklyn, Ny
    Chaotic Good consults and advises many of the world's leading organizations, brands, and thought leaders supporting transformative change in their work and workplaces. We builds creative campaigns, activations, strategic impact interventions, and brands that make tangible change in the world at large. Together we can help you create awareness, shift perceptions, and change outcomes on the world's most pressing issues. At our core, we are a collective of disrupters, artists, strategists, organizers, leaders, visionaries, and multi-hyphenates on a mission to change the world!
  • Gotham Artists
    Public Speaker
    Gotham Artists 2013 - Present
    Greater New York City Area
    Ben has spoken at more than 50 universities, organizations, and corporations about the power everyday people have to make extraordinary change in the world. He is available for a large range of public appearances including keynotes, workshops, commencement speeches, fireside chats, panels, and trainings. Ben is respected as one of the top in the field and known for his humor and engaging presentations that leave audiences feeling motivated and inspired.
  • The Health Equity Collective
    Co-Chief Executive Officer, Collective Communications Officer
    The Health Equity Collective Jan 2023 - Jul 2024
    New York, United States
    The Health Equity Collective is a growing community of predominantly BIPOC health and equity leaders from all walks of life who began gathering together in 2020 to envision a future for health justice and address systems of oppression in health care. The Collective aims to transform the American health system from one that profits on sickness to one that invests in wellness. This program is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; the experience is stewarded by a co-leadership team of BIPOC equity leaders and initially started within the human-centered design non-profit, IDEO.org.
  • Creatorplus
    Head Of Diversity And Impact, Head Of Flip The Script Film Studios
    Creatorplus Mar 2021 - Sep 2022
    New York, New York, United States
  • Warren For President
    Senior Creative Advisor
    Warren For President Aug 2019 - Mar 2020
    Greater Boston Area
    We tried to save Democracy with #BigStructuralChange.
  • Moveon
    Senior Social And Cultural Director
    Moveon Jun 2015 - Jan 2017
    Greater New York City Area
    As Senior Social and Cultural Producer at MoveOn I helped propose and create the most impactful digital media program in progressive politics. This work included building an in-house video production team, creating and scaling a celebrity influencer program, and leading on a number of major projects in service of reshaping the brand of a major progressive non-profit in the midst of a new and unprecedented political and cultural climate. I also served as a spokesperson for the organization interviewing political leaders and covering important progressive topics on a successful web series titled "The O'Keefe Brief."
  • Moveon.Org
    Spokesperson—Run Warren Run
    Moveon.Org Mar 2015 - Jun 2015
    New York, New York, United States
    I was responsible for content creation including writing for and maintaining the Run Warren Run campaign and MoveOn home page features, writing articles for external publications, creating internal and external videos and written communications materials, and serving as an television and digital spokesperson for the campaign.
  • Moveon
    Platform Campaign Director
    Moveon Jul 2013 - Mar 2015
    Greater New York City Area
    Led the work to engage MoveOn's 8 million members in the creation, promotion, and execution of petition campaigns that fight for important progressive causes and earned media and support for the organization.
  • Viacom
    Head Writer/Guest Host—Mtv News
    Viacom 2015 - 2016
    Greater New York City Area
    *Webby Award Winning**Shorty Award Multi-time Nominee*
  • Watauga County Democratic Party
    Digital, Branding, And Youth Outreach Consultant
    Watauga County Democratic Party Oct 2012 - Oct 2013
    Boone, North Carolina (Remote)
    Led digital and communications efforts for the purposes of party building, electioneering, and fundraising outreach. I also worked to organize to youth voters at Appalachian State University and across North Carolina to turn out and vote for progressive candidates.
  • Watauga County Democratic Party
    Director Of Early Voting
    Watauga County Democratic Party Aug 2012 - Nov 2012
    Boone, North Carolina

Ben O'Keefe Skills

Social Media Public Speaking Community Outreach Nonprofits Leadership Research Volunteer Management Political Campaigns Microsoft Office Speech Writing Leadership Development Volunteer Recruiting Fundraising Strategic Planning Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word Powerpoint Photoshop Teaching Training Project Management Community Organizing English Outlook Windows Budgets Html Adobe Photoshop Nonprofit Organizations Volunteering Campaigns Political Communication Grassroots Organizing Strategic Communications Communication Government Public Relations Media Relations Politics Event Planning Management Writing Journalism

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Ben O'Keefe works for Chaotic Good

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