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Robert Kaplan

Robert Kaplan

Robert Kaplan is known internationally for his skills as a campaign, communications and fundraising consultant. Clients include initiative campaigns, political action committees, special interest groups, trade associations, not-for-profit organizations and candidates.

In more than 25 years as a consultant, Kaplan has planned, designed, positioned, directed and executed more than 250 fundraising, grassroots, voter outreach and other communications programs for a variety of interests. His experience includes more than 30 initiative campaigns.

As an award winning expert in strategy and technique, message development, online lead generation, direct mail, grassroots organizing and voter communication, Kaplan's work has raised more than $100 million and counting for his clients.

Honored as the "2008 Fundraiser of the Year" by the American Association of Political Consultants, Kaplan has also been named a "Rising Star," "Mover & Shaker" and "America's Hottest Fund Raiser" by Campaigns & Elections magazine. Kaplan is widely viewed as a foremost and trusted expert in his field.

Kaplan has worked with public and private sector groups and clients on a wide range of issues. Groups and issues include renewable energy, environmental preservation and natural resources management, public safety, transportation, public school finance, judicial integrity, public employee salary caps, public employee pensions, land use, recycling and, auto and health insurance.

He is the author of numerous articles and a frequent lecturer whose clients have taken him across the United States, Israel, Mexico, Canada and the former Soviet Union. In 1990 Kaplan was among the first twelve American political consultants invited to the former Soviet Union to train government and party officials on the role of politics and political campaigns in building a democratic government.

Following a degree in Rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley, Kaplan was awarded a CORO Foundation Fellowship in Public Affairs. He then completed his Fellowship and studies in Public Policy at the Claremont Graduate School.

Kaplan is a Director of the American Association of Political Consultants and acted as Chair of both its 2008 and 2009 National Pollie Awards Conferences - the two highest grossing conferences in the history of the AAPC. Kaplan is also a member of the Board and Executive Committee of the CORO Foundation and acted as Chair of its 2009 Annual Crystal Eagle Awards Dinner. He is a Director of Hillel at UCLA and was a former member of the influential National Leadership Cabinet of the United Jewish Appeal.

Kaplan began his political career in 1966, at the ripe age of 9, as the youngest envelope stuffing, precinct walking, lawn sign planting and telephone soliciting volunteer for a California State Assembly campaign.

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