Nancy Jacobson

Nancy Jacobson is the founder and CEO of No Labels, a bipartisan political organization.[1] New York Times columnist David Brooks described her as an "undeterrable" leader. [1] She advocates for finding bipartisan approaches to solving current political issues.

Nancy Jacobson
Personal details
BornMiami, Florida, U.S.
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)Mark Penn
Children1 daughter, 3 stepchildren
EducationSyracuse University (BA)
American University (MA)

The slogan of "No Labels" is Not left. Not right. Forward.[2] In 2007, Jacobson was named one of the 50 Most Powerful People in D.C. by GQ Magazine.[3]

Early career

Jacobson's first foray into political organizing occurred when she was a student at Syracuse University, where she organized a fundraising event to support then Senator Gary Hart’s 1984 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.[4] She supported Al Gore’s presidential campaign in 1988,[5] and on Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1991, and was the finance director of the 1992 Presidential Inaugural Committee.[6] She later served as finance chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).[4] From 1995 through 2010, she was the national finance director for Sen. Evan Bayh. She oversaw his political and fundraising strategy during his 2008 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.[7]

No Labels

Jacobson founded No Labels in 2010 to promote bipartisanship.[8] The organization has put forth ideas that it believes will "put problem solving above politics".[9] via its booklets entitled Make the Presidency Work! [10], Make Government Work!,  Policy Playbook for America's Next President [11], and The Speaker Project.[12] A number of proposals from these booklets, including “No Budget, No Pay”, “Healthcare for Heroes,” and “Break the Gridlock” have been signed into law.[13][14][15]

To foster bipartisanship, No Labels began to encourage House members to meet each other to discuss issues together on a regular basis, ultimately inspiring the creation of the Problem Solvers Caucus. [16][17] This Caucus is a bloc of House members composed of Democrats and Republicans who by belonging to the group commit to finding bipartisan solutions.[13] During the 2017-2018 Congress, the Caucus grew to include 48 members. The Caucus has released bipartisan proposals on healthcare, [18] gun safety, infrastructure,[19] immigration[20] border security, [21] and COVID-19 relief. [22] The Caucus helped pass the bipartisan USMCA trade deal,[23] significant House rules reforms,[15] and major criminal justice and conservation bills.[24] No Labels is building a similar bipartisan working group in the Senate, pairing up Democratic and Republican lawmakers in both chambers to work out deals on some of the most intractable issues of recent years. [25]

Personal and family

Jacobson was born in Miami and graduated from Syracuse University.[7] She is married to Mark Penn, President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, former Democratic pollster and executive for Microsoft Corporation and Burson-Marsteller.[26] The couple met in 1996 when Evan Bayh, then governor of Indiana, introduced them at a Democratic Leadership Council event. They married in 1999. They have a daughter together and three children from Penn's previous marriage.[7]

References
  1. Brooks, David (29 November 2016). "The Future of the American Center". The New York Times.
  2. Bai, Matt (December 13, 2010). "As Electoral Ground Shifts, Bloomberg Could Skip the Party". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  3. Naddaf, Raha and Greg Veis (September 2007). "The 50 Most Powerful People in D.C." GQ. Retrieved 2009-05-19
  4. Shane, Cari (2010-12-14). "The Manufacturing of No Labels". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  5. Keller, Emma Gilbey (2009-07-13). "Q & A with Nancy Jacobson". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  6. "Key People- Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)". p2008.org. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  7. Baer, Susan (August 1, 2006). "When Marriage and Politics Conflict". Washingtonian.
  8. "The Truth About No Labels | RealClearPolitics". www.realclearpolitics.com. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  9. Jordan, Chuck (2018-12-06). "Setting the record straight about No Labels". TheHill. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  10. Baker, Peter (2012-07-13). "'No Labels' Group Offers Ideas for More Effective Presidency". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  11. "60 Ways to Fix the Economy". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  12. Hulse, Carl (2018-06-16). "Can the House Speakership Be Saved? These Lawmakers Have an Idea". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  13. Clift, Eleanor (11 April 2015). "The Only Bipartisan Game in Town". The Daily Beast.
  14. Yingling, Jennifer (2014-02-25). "Working together to take care of our service men, women and returning vets". TheHill. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  15. "The Democratic House wants to reform democracy. It's not a panacea — but it's a start". The Washington Post. January 3, 2019.
  16. "Nancy Jacobson | Rebuilding the Political Divide With Fewer Labels and More Conversations". donothing. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  17. "A Call to Revive America's Political Center | RealClearPolitics". www.realclearpolitics.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  18. "Don't Tell a Soul: There's a Secret Bipartisan Health Plan". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  19. Shelbourne, Mallory (2018-01-10). "Bipartisan group of lawmakers offers ideas for infrastructure plan". TheHill. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  20. Tal Kopan. "Bipartisan House group unveils new DACA proposal". CNN. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  21. Clift, Eleanor (11 April 2015). "The Only Bipartisan Game in Town". The Daily Beast.
  22. "Here's a proposal that could lead Congress out of its impasse on pandemic relief". The Washington Post.
  23. "Battleground Democrats make USMCA push amid impeachment furor". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  24. "Congress passes sprawling plan to boost conservation, parks". AP NEWS. 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  25. "Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Named Co-Chair Of Bipartisan Group No Labels". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  26. TADENA, NATHALIE (Jun 17, 2015). "Microsoft's Mark Penn Forms New Digital Marketing Investment Group". WallStreetJournal.
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