Former Congressman Liz Cheney talks with her aide, Jeremy Adler.Photo: David Hume Kennerly/Center for Creative Photography/University of Arizona, Getty Images
Jeremy Adler, most recently former Rep. I am trying to increase my presence.
Important reasons: Adler, who also served under former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, brings a significant number of political contacts to the strategic communications firm, expanding its work on the East Coast.
- He will also continue to serve as an advisor to Team Chaney and her future political endeavours.
detail: Upland Workshop — focused on technology, media, finance and sports — launched in March 2020 and has grown its team to 10 employees. Some of them are ex-journalists who have worked with vice president Kamala Harris at Nike.
- Top clients include LeBron James and investment firm Main Street Advisors.
- Upland CEO Mendelsohn, who served as Deputy Chief of Staff when Arnold Schwarzenegger was Governor of California, has long worked with James and his business partner Maverick Carter.
what they say: “If you look at Meta, if you look at Uber, if you look at Amazon, if you look at Airbnb — some of the most dynamic companies have in-house communications experts who have come out of politics. When Jeremy… teaches us about communication in a very unique and different way,” Mendelsohn told Axios.
- Mendelsohn stressed that Upland “does not play partisan politics” but supports “the people and causes we need right now”.
- “I have had the privilege of working with Congressman Cheney to creatively and strategically convey her powerful message. I couldn’t be more excited to bring it to ,” Adler said. .