Ryan Cunningham

FoundING DIRECTOR

Ryan Cunningham is the Founding Director of The Pike Foundation. He’s spent more than two decades working at the forefront of the world’s most difficult public challenges, from climate change and education to health and national security. An expert on policy advocacy and public communication, Ryan’s counsel is trusted by global philanthropists, activists, corporate leaders and media.

Before Pike, Ryan led development, climate and large-scale strategic campaign teams at the Glover Park Group, Waxman Strategies, Fenton Communications and his own firm, Cunningham Strategic Communications. Ryan served as Staff Director of the Kerry-Edwards Presidential Transition Planning Team, and is a former high school teacher and ex-Republican.

Ryan earned a master’s degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and received a B.A. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin.