Tracy Sefl is a communications specialist with expertise in media and issue advocacy. In 2012, she and her colleagues were awarded “Public Affairs Campaign of the Year” from the

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Education

Tracy Sefl received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and music at

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followed by a Masters of Arts and Ph.D. in sociology at the

University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a Public university, public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side, Chicago, Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus esta ...

Career

Before launching an independent consulting practice, Sefl was Senior Vice President and Principal for consulting firm Navigators Global and Vice President at

The Glover Park Group The Glover Park Group is an American communications consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. The company was founded in 2001 by former White House and Democratic campaign officials Carter Eskew, Michael Feldman, Joe Lockhart and Chip ...

in Washington, DC. Sefl launched and directed communications efforts for the national advocacy group

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. Sefl also works as a political pundit in print and on television and has been a featured speaker at

Harvard Institute of Politics The Institute of Politics (IOP) is an institute of Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University that was created to serve as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, as well as to inspire Harvard undergraduates to consider careers in politi ...

. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of

RAINN The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is an American nonprofit anti-sexual assault organization, the largest in the United States. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline, as well as the Department of Defense Safe Helpline ...

, which operates the national sexual assault hotline, and is a co-founder of the Advisory Council for Child Trafficking. Sefl advised the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign on national media strategy and tactics. During the 2004 presidential campaign, Sefl served as an advisor to Chairman

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of the

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. Sefl was a senior advisor to the

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SuperPAC until it disbanded in April 2015 with Clinton's announcing her candidacy for president.

Personal life

Tracy Sefl and husband Darius Tandon, associate professor at the

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is the medical school of Northwestern University and is located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1859, Feinberg offers a full-time Doctor of Medicine degree ...

, split time between Chicago and Washington, DC.

References

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