Allynn McInerney
Allynn specializes in the intersection between technology and policy, working with a range of clients largely representing the energy and technology sectors. She is passionate about exploring the ways smart communications strategies can combine with a nuanced understanding of policy and technology to generate new, inventive campaigns.
Prior to joining Kivvit, Allynn worked for Singer Associates, a boutique public affairs and crisis communications firm in San Francisco. Before Singer, she was a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs in San Francisco. During the fellowship, she led the get-out-the-vote strategy for a local city council campaign and worked at Storefront Political Media. She also spent a year working for the Argentine Council for International Relations in Buenos Aires.
Originally from Indiana, she currently resides in New York, where she spends time reading at cafes and in parks, as well as entertaining her tuxedo cat Elaine, who is indeed named after the iconic Seinfeld character.
Education
- B.A. in international relations and dance, minor in Latin American studies, graduated cum laude, Connecticut College
- M.P.A., Columbia University
Thought Leadership
- Saving Journalism: A Vision for the Post-Covid World, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation
- Rescuing Journalism from the Covid-19 Assault, European Journalism Observatory
Honors
- Member of Pi Sigma Alpha, political science honor society
- Scholar, Toor Cummings Center for International Studies in the Liberal Arts, Connecticut College
Volunteer Work
- Member, New York Junior League