Chris Kinnan joined
FreedomWorks in December of 2001 and is
currently the Vice President of Interactive Media. The Public
Affairs group is responsible for FreedomWorks' media relations,
intern relations, and government affairs outreach, including
FreedomWorks' Internet and e-mail communications and campaigns. As
a spokesman, Kinnan has been quoted in numerous publications,
including the
Washington Post,
the Associated
Press,
Reuters,
Knight
Ridder,
the Philadelphia Inquirer,
the Denver
Post,
Human
Events,
Forbes. Kinnan
has written in publications as varied as
National
Review Online, Budget & Tax News, and Enter Stage Right,
and he has appeared as a television guest on
CNBC,
CNNfn,
CBC nationwide Canada.
Chris brings an
unusual blend of public policy and international business
experience to the job. Prior to joining FreedomWorks, Chris worked
for several technology start-ups, including serving as Business
Development Director for
Silicon Valley-based Angel Engineers, a
database development firm with operations in San Jose and
China. After spending two
years in Hong Kong for business school, Chris worked as a policy
analyst in the Government and Public Affairs Group at
Sony
Electronics from 1999-2000, focusing on technology, trade, and
privacy policy.
From 1994 to 1997, Chris worked as a
legislative aide in the
House of
Representatives for Congressman
Dan Miller (R-FL). On
Capitol Hill,
he worked primarily on tax, trade, agriculture, and technology
policy, and served for one year as a Budget Associate to the
House Budget Committee.
Chris Kinnan is a 1994 graduate of
Princeton
University, where he earned a B.A. in Politics and a
certificate in Political Economy. In 1999, he earned an
MBA in international finance
from the
Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology (HKUST).
Kinnan
recently launched a
blog on
"politics and the Internet."