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Brian Purchia is listed as CEO of Riff City Strategies (Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Winner) and Co-Founder of CivicMakers at Riff City Strategies, based in San Francisco, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at brianpurchia.com, phone signal with area code 202, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Brian Purchia.
Brian Purchia previously worked as CEO at Riff City Strategies and Co-Founder at Civicmakers. Brian Purchia holds Ba, International Studies from Kenyon College.
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Brian Purchia is the CEO of Riff City Strategies and Co-Founder of CivicMakers. The long-time media and public policy strategist has led some of the most high profile efforts at the intersection of government and technology.The former head of digital strategy for SF Mayor Gavin Newsom and Change.org spokesman has been called “genuinely innovative,” by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark. Purchia was the driving force behind the first local open data law and open API in government. The San Francisco Chronicle has described Brian as Newsom’s “go-to guy for new, and especially social media” for his implementation of a digital media strategy called “gutsy” and “brilliant” on NPR. Newsom’s extensive digital media operation was used to build the mayor’s reputation as an environmental and technology leader. Newsom was twice selected the greenest mayor in the U.S. by TreeHugger. In 2006, Purchia ran a first-of-its-kind digital media campaign where students created online TV ads, with the winning video played as an ad during The Daily Show. The campaign was featured in Time Magazine and hailed in the blogosphere as “utterly brilliant.”Prior to starting Riff City Strategies, Purchia worked in media, developing one of the first mobile TV networks for the US market while working for WeatherNews in Japan. From 2002-2006 he was a reporter for Voice of America. He also has worked in local news for KTXL in Sacramento.Specialties: Advocacy, Crisis communications, government relations, public relations, social media, digital media, blogs, public affairs, media affairs, marketing, brand development, online reputation management, corporate communications, internal communications, television, radio, mobile technology
Listed skills include Public Relations, Media Relations, Corporate Communications, Social Media, and 38 others.
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San Francisco, California, US
Integrity, creativity and results are at the core of Riff City Strategies and the work we do in partnership with you. We tell stories and build movements for our communities, the environment and the technology shaping our future. Our boutique agency of public relations and public affairs experts is trusted by many of the fastest growing brands and social.
San Francisco, CA, US
CivicMakers envisions a world where more people make and act on better decisions together. We gather creative, passionate citizens of all stripes to explore opportunities and solutions for the thoughtful infusion of democracy and technology in our communities, workplaces and institutions.The CivicMakers platform empowers the civic tech community and.
Washington, District Of Columbia, US
CivStart is the only accelerator that focuses on the state and local government market.We have an ecosystem of public sector decision makers who appreciate and realize the importance of working with and understanding your perspectives and solutions. There are many great accelerators programs, however, we specialize exclusively within the state & local.
San Francisco, California, US
City Innovate brings the private, public, and academic sectors together to innovate and create solutions to urban problems. We are always welcoming smart and passionate individuals to join our team. If interested, please contact community@cityinnovate.org to learn how to get involved.
San Francisco, California, US
Countable & Causes power movements. We're a civic technology startup that builds digital products to make it easy for people to meaningfully understand, contribute to, and influence the issues that they care about. We empower individuals, companies and causes with powerful ways to engage their audiences, and drive them to action.Founded in 2014, Countable.
Brian regularly advises government leaders locally and nationally, social change organizations, labor unions, tech companies, and start-ups on a variety of issues from social media, media relations, government relations, policy and legislative matters.
Green For All is a national organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.
San Francisco, CA, US
Purchia served as communications director for Change.org, the world’s leading online platform for social change. The company’s profile “skyrocketed,” according to the New York Times while Purchia managed their media efforts.
Led digital strategy on West Coast for the global public relations firm. Developed online campaigns for Fortune 500 companies. One of the campaigns Brian developed won the ITSMA Marketing Excellence Award for Social Media. Conducted media trainings.
Served as Newsom’s technology advisor and helped establish Newsom as America’s most tech-savvy mayor. Developed and led the City of San Francisco's open government effort.In Newsom’s book Citizenville, the former Mayor says, “as I started my second term as San Francisco Mayor I was dismayed as how far behind we still were technologically. Police cars.
Developed Newsom's social media strategy. Drafted policy papers and campaign messaging.
Chiba-shi, Mihama-ku, JP
Started mobile TV network. Ran Internet marketing campaign. Managed production team in Japan.
Ran first-of-its-kind new media campaign to engage students in the 2006 gubernatorial election, featured in Time Magazine and hailed as “utterly brilliant” in the blogosphere.
Washington, DC, US
Wrote, produced, and shot TV stories for Voice of America's international news shows.
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Brian Purchia is listed as CEO of Riff City Strategies (Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Winner) and Co-Founder of CivicMakers at Riff City Strategies.
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Brian Purchia holds Ba, International Studies from Kenyon College.
Brian Purchia is listed with skills including Public Relations, Media Relations, Corporate Communications, Social Media, Digital Media, Crisis Communications, Blogging, and New Media.
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