Michael Huttner

MICHAEL HUTTNER is a corporate and political strategist, attorney, and entrepreneur. He recently served as the CEO of Fenton, the global social change agency. He previously served as president of the Huttner Group Inc., a Boulder-based firm that helps solve complex financial, communications, and public policy problems in a variety of industries. Michael has helped launch over forty different political organizations and has led communications “war rooms” for political and private clients.

Michael also is the founder of ProgressNow, a network of state-based communications organizations that moves people to action through communications and digital media. Described as the “crown jewel” of progressive investors’ efforts to build messaging power in the states, ProgressNow continues to expand, with more than 3.4 million members in twenty-three states.

Previously, Michael was a founding partner in the Denver law firm of Foster, Graham and Huttner, where he headed the firm’s political, nonprofit, and lobbying practice. Prior to his private practice, he worked as policy adviser to Governor Roy Romer and clerked at the Clinton White House for the Office of the Counsel to the President. He earned his JD from the University of California Hastings Law School and his BA from Brown University.