Bradley Tusk started Tusk Ventures to help startups work with governments at scale. In 2010, he started Tusk Strategies, a political and strategic consulting firm dedicated to helping major institutions run multi-jurisdictional campaigns to shape their public reputation, overcome regulatory hurdles, and engage governments to solve problems and seize opportunities. He previously served as the campaign manager for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s successful re-election bid in 2009 and as Deputy Governor of the State of Illinois from 2003-2006. He was also Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers, where he created the lottery monetization group and headed all of its efforts regarding U.S. based lotteries.
