Jonathan Saxton Email & Phone Number

Greater Boston Area

Working with political, health care, university, arts and culture, government, and other public policy leaders to develop and communicate critical ideas, achieve organizational goals, and effect public policy. Writing executive speeches, op-eds, book chapters, critical correspondence, marketing, and fundraising promotions, blogs, internal communications — in all media.

State House, Boston, Ma

Provided support and counsel to the Auditor. Managed Executive Office operations, including Communications, Community Outreach, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Scheduling.

Greater Boston Area

Working with political, health care, university, and other public policy leaders to develop and communicate critical ideas and to achieve public policy goals. Clients included Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, The Chartis Group.

Greater Boston Area

Managed Democratic Primary campaign of Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidate, including strategy, field, fundraising, volunteers, infrastructure, issues, communications and press, candidate preparation and support. Recruited and hired key staff. Oversaw unique field operation for candidate’s 650-mile walk across the state.

Greater Boston Area

Led profit center focused on health care and bioscience practice for leading executive search firm. Full P&L responsibilities, including sales generation, search process management, supervision of team associates and administrators, in-depth candidate networking and screening, client search committee guidance and decision-maker support.

Principle advisor to CEO on a wide range of policy, strategy, communications, and leadership support roles across the full range of missions of Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center and its health professions schools, research facilities, clinics and hospitals. Executive Editor, Momentum Magazine With a mandate to create the "best in class" publication, conceived and managed main internal publication of Emory's Woodruff Health Sciences Center. Published quarterly, with eventual circulation of 25,000, Momentum Magazine: Forward Thinking from the Woodruff Health Sciences Center was honored with 20 regional and national awards for excellence, making it arguably the leading internal publication in the nation.

Greater Boston Area

Freelance practice focused on crafting key messages and messaging strategies for senior executives, policy makers, businesses, non-profit institutions, and professionals. Wrote over 400 speeches and executive presentations and a wide variety of marketing and public relations materials, press statements, articles, reports, web site content, congressional testimony, op-ed pieces, and video scripts. Led creative teams in the development of a publication, business and organizational graphic identities and word marks. Engagements with Caribiner International and The Jack Morton Company included Digital Equipment Corporation, Dunkin’ Donuts, Reebok, Fleet Bank, Fidelity Investments, Johnson & Johnson, Polaroid, and Agilent Corporation. Direct engagements included CRIC Capital, and Allied Signal.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Hired as first director of governmental affairs for the JHU School of Medicine. Coordinated both state and federal affairs. Also had significant policy development role in context of large changes being proposed by the Clinton Administration. Reported to Dean of Medicine.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Legal research, drafting opinions.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Directed USA programs in opposition to nuclear weapons.

Rockville, Md

Taught introductory Sociology

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Second employee of newly established Rainbow Coalition in Washington, DC. Speechwriter for the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Coordinated "Peace Desk" outreach and recruitment to targeted supporters; involved in extensive field work as part of advance team in various states, where also provided speech input and drafts.

Greater Boston Area

Directed educational and organizing activities for peace and social justice.

Jd, Law, With Honor

Activities and Societies: President, Maryland Public Interest Law Project (MPILP)

"Abd", Sociology

Ma, Sociology

Ba, Philosophy And Sociology/Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Lacrosse team, Social Action Caucus

Diploma

Activities and Societies: Football, Track, Chess Club, Sargon Society, Tutoring