John Neffinger has a decade of experience preparing speakers and speeches for public audiences and media appearances, working with progressive politicians at the national and local level, corporate and academic leaders, and other folks who want to do their best for their audiences.

John and his partners recently worked with Harvard economists on research that shows how critical politicians' non-verbal communication is to their electoral success, and developed a tool called the virtual primary to gauge politicians' prospects for success on the stump.

John has served as communications director for the national security and science faculty at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and previously worked on international education issues with former National Economic Advisor Gene Sperling. As a management consultant, John prepared and delivered presentations on strategic issues for executives at over a hundred major companies in the U.S. and overseas. He holds honors degrees from Harvard College and Columbia Law School.

John can be reached at john@KNPcommunications.com.

Before taking a major pay cut to work in the publishing industry, Glynnis was for many years a waitress in Greenwich Village. She has also worked as a photographer and video editor for former WB artist Lizzie West, and contributed to the New York Times, The Black Table, and a number of publications North of the Border, from where she originally hales.

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Before taking a major pay cut to work in the publishing industry, Glynnis MacNicol was for many years a waitress in Greenwich Village. She has also worked as a photographer and video editor for former WB artist Lizzie West, and contributed to the New York Times, The Black Table, and a number of publications North of the Border, from where she originally hales.

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Professor Drew Westen received his B.A. at Harvard University, an M.A. in Social and Political Thought at the University of Sussex (England), and his Ph.D. in clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan, where he subsequently taught for six years. For several years he was Chief Psychologist at Cambridge Hospital and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. His major areas of research are personality disorders, eating disorders, psychotherapy effectiveness, adolescent psychopathology, political psychology, and the interface of psychodynamics and neuroscience. He is an occasional commentator on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and his holiday song, "Oy, to be a Goy on Christmas," still airs on the radio in New York during the holiday season.

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