Andy Spahn

Andy J. Spahn (born July 27, 1953[1]) is an American political activist, consultant and Democratic Party fundraiser.[2] He is the political advisor to DreamWorks founders Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg.[3][4]

From his beginnings as a radical anti-war and anti-apartheid activist in California, Spahn advanced in the 1980s to direct Tom Hayden's Campaign for Economic Democracy. In the 1990s, Spahn was the president of Norman Lear's Environmental Media Association, the David Geffen Foundation,[5] and a corporate executive at DreamWorks. Spahn founded his own strategic consulting firm in 2006 and was active in the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities during the Obama Administration. In 2017, he was called "Hollywood’s leading fundraising consultant to the powerful".[6]

  1. ^ Birth day and month have been published several times by Politico. Birth year is derived from The Wall Street Journal piece of August 2007 saying "private political aides like the 54-year-old Mr. Spahn."
    • Allen, Mike (July 27, 2015). "Birthdays: Priscilla Painton, Neil King, Andy Spahn". Politico. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Campbell, Julia (January 6, 2006). "Lieberman in Hollywood: Will He Be Welcome?". ABC News. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Marr, Merissa; Emshwiller, John R. (August 25, 2007). "Lights! Camera! Influence!". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "An L.A. Browneout? Read the Small Print". Los Angeles Times. September 13, 1999. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "Names & Faces". The Washington Post. August 10, 1995. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  6. ^ Purdum, Todd S. (January 19, 2017). "How Trump Left Hollywood in the Cold". Politico. Retrieved September 15, 2020.