Claire Guthrie Gastanaga
- Industry: Consulting
- Occupation: Owner, CG2 Consulting
- Location: Richmond : Virginia : United States
About Me
I do not get paid to blog. I do have current and past affiliations and clients about which you have a right to know. I serve as a strategic advisor, legislative strategist and professional lobbyist for Equality Virginia, the Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations, and the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance. I managed The Commonwealth Coalition’s campaign against Ballot Question #1. I have done work for the Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. I have been a paid political consultant for: Viola Baskerville, Lt. Governor and House campaigns; Jackie Jackson, City Council (2) and House campaigns; Creigh Deeds,campaign for AG; Tim Kaine, Lt. Gov. primary campaign; and Mark Warner, gubernatorial campaign. I am a recovering attorney. I was the first woman to serve as Virginia's Chief Deputy Attorney General; and I argued a case in the US Supreme Court with Chief Justice John Roberts. I am the former Counsel and Chief of Staff to the Democratic Speaker of the House; and I was redistricting Counsel for the Virginia Democratic House and Senate Caucuses. I serve on the board of the National Association of Women Business Owners.
Interests
Favorite Movies
Favorite Books
- Leading Out Loud by Terry Pearce
- The Power of Followship by Robert Kelley
- Beyond The Double Bind: Women and Leadership by Kathleen Hall Jamerson
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
My Blogs |
Team Members |
| ChangeServant | |
|---|---|
| WBO Public Policy Blog | reinvention-marketing Lola Kakes Jo Anne Killeen Sallie Mullins Thompson |
| Virginians for CIR Now |