Liam Kerr Email & Phone Number

Now more than halfway through the life expectancy of the American male, I work on projects with significant potential for impact and on teams that leverage my strengths and compensate for my shortcomings.Sometimes the thesis is wrong, so I seek actions that have low downside risk and positive externalities. Sometimes the thesis is right, so I seek teams and opportunities that can have significant impact.My career has unfolded in three five-year chunks.2006-2010: blessed to start my career working alongside leaders in national service and social entrepreneurship. Direct service year through AmeriCorps was a vivid wakeup call on where society is failing. New Profit opened by eyes to systems change, the benefits of strategically nudging the philanthropic sector, expanding successful nonprofits, and making government more effective. Saw firsthand the impact of dynamic leadership and informed risk-taking.Tuck MBA was a retreat into the wilderness to soak in other perspectives, learning from teachers and peers from classroom to mountains to internships (both formal and short-term). 2012-2016: apprenticeship under the tutelage of great political minds. Focused on expanding the Obama Administration's education agenda as MA state director of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER). Adapted the DFER approach to advocacy (harness a previously disparate majority through constructive public conflict to effectuate a popular, pragmatic, and evidence-based policy) in other domains, including as co-founder of the successful volunteer effort to stop the 2024 Summer Olympics in Boston.2017-2021: incubated initiatives to support partisan faction-building after reflecting on changes to political reality and emerging political science research. Nationally, I believe the Democratic Party must consistently attract another 3-7% of voters to save democracy and govern effectively. In Massachusetts, I believe we must de-nationalize our politics and build an ambitious & pragmatic coalition focused on policies that can be enacted & implemented effectively on issues where we are behind (education, segregation, transportation, housing, democratic participation). Locally, I think we need to act out our values more aggressively - especially in the wealthiest, bluest communities.Over the next five years, hoping to ...- Contribute to the type of energizing, collaborative learning communities I benefited from early in my career- Apply academic frameworks to entrepreneurial ventures in faction-building- Enable others to achieve great things- Keep learning

Listed skills include Leadership, Social Media, Strategic Partnerships, Public Speaking, and 30 others.