Joshua Joy Kamensky
has helped individuals, organizations and campaigns communicate clear and commanding messages for nearly twenty years. As an independent consultant, he has served a wide variety of clients, including unions such as UNITE HERE and United Teachers-Los Angeles, nonprofits such as Imagine LA and Friends of the Los Angeles River, and philanthropic organizations such as Liberty Hill and the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles. As communications director for Los Angeles Councilmember Eric Garcetti, he directed the office’s communication strategy when now-Mayor Garcetti rose to the council presidency, writing op-ed pieces and speeches (not to mention humorous songs and videos), interfacing with the news media, and debuting the first-ever weblog by an elected official. As an independent media consultant, he has worked with a variety of non-profits, elected officials and political campaigns to promote messages around social engagement. Kamensky graduated with honors from Yale University after attending Deep Springs College. His experience in addition to communications consulting ranges from union and community organizing to screenwriting, music and comedy, and once included the operation of a very small dairy.