Alex Castellanos Speaking Fee: $20,000 to $30,000
Travels From:
IAD - Washington DC
Primary Topic Category:
Politics
Secondary Topic Category:
Journalists / News Media / Global Outlook / Current Events
Alex Castellanos Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Alex Castellanos is one of the Republican Party's best-known and most successful media-consultants and strategists. He co-founded Purple Strategies, a bipartisan strategic communications firm. He serves as political analyst for ABC News, ABC News Radio, and This Week with George Stephanopoulos. GQ Magazine has named him one of the 50 Most Influential People in D.C. He's been a Fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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