iHM Names Adam Weiss VP/Political Strategy

Adam Weiss

iHeartMedia announced today that Adam Weiss has joined the company as its Vice President, Political Strategy, effective immediately.

He is based in Washington, D.C. and will report to Kenny Day, Senior Vice President, Political Sales and Strategy.

In his new role, Weiss will manage iHeartMedia’s high-level relationships with progressive candidates, parties, Independent Expenditures, Super PACs and other political organizations.

In addition, he will help run the centralized iHeartMedia Campaign 2016 Command Center (aka “War Room”), which will track more than 1,000 national, statewide and local elections across more than 150 markets. He will also support the political sales team across iHeartMedia’s 150 markets.

"Adam’s hands-on experience running Congressional races for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee gives him rare tactical campaign experience and a strong political network that makes him the perfect person to help lead iHeartMedia’s political strategy,” said Day.

“iHeartMedia has an unparalleled ability to provide its political partners with cutting-edge opportunities to get their message directly to key consumers,” said Weiss. “I’m thrilled for the opportunity to join iHeartMedia’s world-class political strategy team and I look forward to helping progressive campaigns harness the power of the iHeartMedia platform to effectively and efficiently target voters during such an exciting election cycle."

Weiss has over a decade of experience in political strategy, policy and public affairs.