Brad Jenkins

Marina Jenkins and Brad Jenkins

Brad Jenkins is President of the AAPI Victory Fund. He is founder and CEO of Enfranchisement Productions. He worked in Obama’s administration after serving as the Deputy Director of Special Projects for Obama's election campaign, and he worked for Bernie Sanders campaign in 2016. He has hosted Fired Up With Brad Jenkins.

Brad Jenkins is married to Marina Jenkins.

Calling out 'Communist China' is 'Sinophobic' and 'Racist'

Brad Jenkins was quoted by Kimmy Yam at ABC News criticizing comments made by Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio as "rife with sinophobic rhetoric". Rep. Tim Ryan blamed China for the loss of American jobs in a re-election advertisement. Rep. Grace Meng also called on Ryan to take down the ad, saying it is 'essentially shifting blame away from American corporations' anti-worker policies and putting a target on the backs of #AAPIs." "Creating a villainous country and claiming that that’s the reason why Ohio has lost manufacturing jobs — not only is that bad policy, it’s racist," Brad Jenkins was quoted as saying.

Praises Wife for becoming 'Litigation Director for AG Eric Holder & Barack Obama’s National Democratic Redistricting Committee'

Brad Jenkins tweets about his wife Marina Jenkins Nov 27 2019.

Brad Jenkins praised his wife Marina Jenkins in a tweet dated November 27, 2019 for becoming "Litigation Director for AG Eric Holder & Barack Obama’s National Democratic Redistricting Committee".

"YES!! The LEGEND Marina Jenkins makes her Fired Up debut!!! 🙌🏽🇺🇸🖤 MJ is democracy’s hero as Litigation Director for AG Eric Holder & Barack Obama’s National Democratic Redistricting Committee. And, she is “MY WIFE!” -Borat voice. 😂 We talk GERRYMANDERING http://FiredUpShow.net"

Biography

Verbatim from Brad Jenkins' personal website:

Brad Jenkins, CEO and Founder of the award-winning Enfranchisement Productions

Before joining Will Ferrell’s Funny Or Die as Managing Director and Executive Producer, Jenkins spent four years serving as President Obama’s Associate Director in The White House Office of Public Engagement. From The White House, Jenkins brought together creative executives, thought leaders, and some of the world’s biggest stars to advance the President’s agenda—culminating in the Emmy-award winning “Between Two Ferns” interview on the Affordable Care Act. Jenkins recounts this story in depth in West Wingers: Stories from the Dream Chasers, Change Makers, and Hope Creators Inside the Obama White House, a collection of personal stories by Obama Administration staffers. At Funny Or Die and Enfranchisement Productions, Jenkins produced over 50 social impact campaigns with organizations, foundations, PACs, IEs, and committees. Most notably, Jenkins produced history-making campaigns for the start-up non-profit Rise which was founded by Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Amanda Nguyen. For his award-winning work, Brad was featured on CNN’s History of Comedy and he has won numerous awards including a Grand Clio, Halo Award for CSR, the Humanitarian of The Year from the Venice Family Clinic, Shorty Awards, Webby Awards, and the Spirit of Innovation Award from the Asian American Victory Fund. Jenkins also served on the AAPI Board of Advisors for the Bernie Sanders campaign in 2016.

In 2008, Jenkins served as the Deputy Director of Special Projects for President Obama’s election campaign, specializing in the intersection of youth media and grassroots engagement helping Obama turn out one of the largest youth vote totals in history. His campaign work was documented in MSNBC’s “Story Of Cool” - executive-produced by LL Cool J. Prior to joining the White House, Jenkins was the founding Vice President of Business Forward, a non-profit that brings entrepreneurs into the policymaking process. Before the 2008 campaign, Jenkins worked on the trading desk for the asset management firm, Farallon Capital in San Francisco, CA. A proud New Jersey native, Brad graduated from the University of Virginia and now resides in Washington, D.C. where he spends most of his spare time doing living room comedy sets for his 5-year old daughter, Sadie and 3-year old son, Oscar. Brad appears on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, CNBC, and is a board member of the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service.