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Peter Ragone III is an American public affairs expert and entrepreneur active in a range of political and civic efforts. He has served in advisory roles for a range of local, state and national political figures including United States Vice-President Al Gore, Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York State and California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom. From January 2013 to March 2014, Ragone served as Senior Adviser for Strategic Planning for New York Mayor de Blasio. Ragone had a long career in American politics. He was press secretary to then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Ragone played a crucial role in crafting Newsom’s major policy issues on topics such as same-sex marriage, universal healthcare and homelessness. Prior to working with Newsom, Ragone served as communications director for Gray Davis and worked in the governor's anti-recall campaign.〔 Ragone was also Al Gore's New York and California presidential campaign communications director. Ragone also served as chief spokesman for Andrew Cuomo in his 2002 run for New York governor. Cuomo chose Ragone for this role after he worked as Cuomo’s national press office director during his tenure as Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary under the Clinton administration. Ragone also served on former Governor Mario Cuomo’s campaign for reelection in 1994. Ragone also briefly served on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s first campaign for Senate and got his start in national politics during the Clinton-Gore coordinated presidential campaign in 1996.〔 Since 2007 (with a break during his tenure as Senior Advisor to the Mayor of New York City), he has served as principal of PWR, LLC, a public affairs consultancy that provides private sector communications advice. In 2011, Ragone founded Exiles, Inc., a company devoted to organizing online clubs for sports fans that live outside the home market of their favorite teams.〔http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/07/exiles/〕 Ragone serves on boards including the America’s Cup Organizing Committee, Tahoe Winter Olympic Games Committee, and ChinaSF. He is often quoted in the media for his opinion on international and domestic public relations issues. He’s appeared in the New York Times, New York Post, CNN, BBC, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times among other publications.〔〔〔 ==Early life and career== Originally from Merrick, New York, Ragone had an early passion for politics. In high school, he subscribed to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and started the Political Awareness Club.〔 Ragone attended State University of New York at Albany where he studied political science, history and Italian. Just after college, Ragone served as president of the New York State Young Democrats. He got his start in Democratic politics by recruiting young voters on behalf of Jerry Jennings, alderman who was running for Mayor of Albany. Jennings continues to serve as Mayor.〔 When Ragone graduated in 1993, Jennings offered to put him on his campaign payroll, but Ragone resisted. In a 2000 interview with The New York Observer, Ragone said “I didn’t think that I should take money to do something that I believed in.” Later Ragone went to work for the New York State Democratic Party early in the tenure of state chairwoman Judith Hope.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Ragone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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