Tarrah Cooper Wright Email & Phone Number

Tarrah Cooper Wright is expert communications and public affairs strategist. As Partner of Rise Strategy Group, Cooper Wright works with clients to harness the potential of social and electronic media for business development, reputation management, and crisis communications. Formerly, Cooper Wright was the Managing Director at Mercury, a global, bipartisan public strategy firm, where she was responsible for the business development and strategic communications at the firm’s new Chicago office.Before joining Mercury, Cooper Wright was the Press Secretary for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Cooper Wright, a Chicago native, began working with Emanuel in 2010 as the Deputy Press Secretary of his mayoral campaign, where she served as a primary spokesperson and assisted with crafting, managing and communicating his strategic vision and priorities for Chicago. As Press Secretary, Cooper Wright served as the Mayor’s day-to-day spokesperson, executing the communications strategy, as the Mayor oversaw Chicago's status as a world-class city. Prior to her time as Press Secretary, Cooper Wright worked in the Obama Administration at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Washington D.C., where she helped to manage the Department's messaging, priorities and actions for numerous national incidents including the H1N1 epidemic, the December 25th, and Times Square attempted bombings, the Haitian earthquake, and the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.​In 2008, Cooper Wright worked on the Obama-Biden Presidential Campaign in the pivotal state of Florida. She recruited, trained, and managed community leaders and volunteers, who actively worked to mobilize the community and increase voter contact. Cooper Wright is committed to a number of community organizations including Breakthrough Urban Ministries and SOS Children's where she serves on the board. Cooper is a member of Loyola University’s Council of Regents, The Economic Club of Chicago and The Business Leadership Council.

Listed skills include Strategic Communications, Media Relations, Community Outreach, Public Policy, and 16 others.