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We are excited to host a live taping of the Do Politics Better podcast with Brian Lewis and Skye David of New Frame, a bipartisan and creative lobbying and communications firm serving North Carolina nonprofits and small businesses.
The New Frame team will discuss the November elections, preview the 2023 long session of the NC General Assembly, and answer questions from the audience along with special guest Chris Cooper from Western Carolina University.
About the speakers:
As one of three lobbyists for New Frame’s clients at the General Assembly, Brian Lewis leads the firm’s work on strategy, messaging and engaging clients to move legislators. Brian has worked in state politics and policy since 1996 and holds a master’s degree in public affairs and bachelor’s in political science from UNC Greensboro. He is a veteran lobbyist at the General Assembly and has been involved in some of the state’s most high profile political discussions over the last decade. Brian is also a frequent guest on Capital Tonight, a nightly public affairs show on Spectrum News, where he gives political communications analysis for viewers.
Skye David attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she served on the Student Council as well as the Educational Policy Committee for the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences. Skye’s academic work on domestic violence led to an Orville Bentley Undergraduate Research Award for her work and served as the foundation of her future work at the North Carolina General Assembly. At New Frame, Skye works on policy, legal and regulatory issues affecting all the firm’s clients, with a focus on the policy, lobbying, and legal needs of New Frame’s clients. During her tenure at New Frame, Skye has built a reputation of trustworthiness and coalition building.The effects of her work have been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, The Washington Post, and NBCNews, among other outlets.
Chris Cooper is a professor and Director of the Public policy Institute at Western Carolina University. Cooper’s published academic research features over 50 refereed journal articles and book chapters on NC politics, state politics, southern politics, political behavior, and behavioral public administration. He is also co-author of The Resilience of Southern Identity: Why the South Still Matters in the Minds of its People and co-editor of The New Politics of North Carolina. Cooper is a frequent source for news stories about North Carolina politics and has been quoted in a variety of media including the New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Boston Herald, Al Jazeera, Charlotte Observer, Asheville-Citizen Times, The Hill, National Journal, Raleigh News and Observer, North Carolina Insider National Public Radio, USA Today, CNN, FOX News, WUNC, Blue Ridge Public Radio, WFAE (Charlotte) ABC News, and ESPN.com.
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.
