Background

• John has written extensively on the civic republican and faith traditions of the common good, and is currently developing a multiyear project to increase public awareness of the core values and political philosophy of progressivism.

• John received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University.

• His graduate degree in political science from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

• John's married with two children, living near the Washington D.C. area. (Source: CAP)

Professional Positions

• Mr. Halpin has been with American Progress since its inception in 2003, serving as the Director of Research and the Head of Executive Speechwriting.

• Prior to joining CAP, he was as a senior associate at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, providing strategic guidance and public opinion research for political parties and candidates including the 2000 Gore campaign, the British Labor Party, the Austrian Social Democrats, and a range of congressional, state legislative, and initiative campaigns. (Source: CAP)

Accomplishments

Mr. Halpin is the co-author with John Podesta of The Power of Progress: How America's Progressives Can (Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate, and Our Country, a book about the history and future of the progressive movement.

Articles by John Halpin

• The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio, June 20, 2007.
• Reducing Poverty is the Right Goal, April 26, 2007.

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