Dakin and Associates is led by Shaun Dakin, MBA.
Shaun Dakin is the Director of Dakin and Associates, a small Washington, DC based Strategic Marketing Group. As the winner of the Mashable 2nd Annual Open Web Award for non-profits used of social media, he is seen as a thought leader in the area of social media and internet communications.
He is also the CEO and Founder of Citizens for Civil Discourse and the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, a non-partisan non-profit, founded
the organization in early 2007 to give control of the political conversation
back to the American voter.
Mr. Dakin is a former senior
management executive with leading Fortune 500 organizations such as FedEx, and Fannie
Mae, as well as Laureate Education and the Motley
Fool. He was Sr. Vice President of Product Management at IXI Corporation, a marketing information
services company in McLean, VA.
Mr. Dakin observed that American politics
has become increasingly negative over the past 30 years. With
artificial definitions around "red" and "blue", what is considered political
discourse today is simply turning off millions of voters.
Wanting to do something to make better all American lives he believes that the formation of a National
Political Do Not Contact Registry will provide a starting point for American
voters from all political stripes and all states, red and blue, to take back
control of the political discussion from the politicians.
During 2008 he
brought the NPDNC Registry from zero to over 85,000 members and helped to drive
the national conversation around voter privacy and political robo
calls.
In February 2008 Mr. Dakin testified at the U.S. Senate Rules and Administration
committee regarding the Robocall
Privacy Act.
During the election Mr. Dakin was interviewed by CNN,
MSNBC, XM Radio, NPR, CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox news, and was featured in front page
stories in USA Today, the San Fransisco Chronicle, and the San Jose Mercury news
amongst many others.
As a thought leader, he published several op-eds
including this one in the Washington Post calling for a Privacy
Bill of Rights for voters.
Mr. Dakin received his MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management
in Glendale, AZ with a concentration in High Technology Marketing and his BA in
Government from Colby College in Waterville,
ME. He received his 'A' levels from the Harrow School in London, UK and his
high school degree from Salisbury
School in Salisbury, CT.
He lives in Falls Church, VA with his wife and his son.
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