Guest Blogger: Michael Turk

Michael Turk, Guest BloggerMichael Turk served as the eCampaign Director at the Republican National Committee overseeing the Internet operations and online activism for the Republican Party. The eCampaign combined the party’s communications, activism, and financial support initiatives and delivered them online – providing an online component to every offline activity.

Prior to his position at the Committee, Turk was the eCampaign Director for Bush-Cheney 04 and oversaw the most sophisticated online campaign in history, marshalling the resources of 7.5 million Internet activists to communicate the President's message and turn out the largest vote for President in generations.

In his professional career, Turk has lived at the intersection of politics and technology - crossing from the political, to the commercial and into government. Beginning in 1994 with the creation of one of the first state party websites on the Internet, he has served as the e-Government Portfolio Manager for Government-to-Citizen projects at the Office of Management and Budget; redeployed the Department of Energy’s internet presence at energy.gov; and worked with Grassroots Enterprise - an Internet focused public affairs firm - as a technology and activism consultant.

Today, Turk serves as the Vice President of Industry Grassroots for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. He lives in Virginia with his wife and son.

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