Beginning in the 1960’s, Harold Ickes has been active as a civil rights activist, lawyer, political strategist and Presidential advisor.  Prior to forming The Ickes & Enright Group in January 1997, Mr. Ickes was Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Political Affairs and Policy to President William J. Clinton from January 1994 through January 1997.  As Deputy Chief of Staff, Mr. Ickes was responsible for managing a number of the President’s major policy initiatives.  He also oversaw the President’s 1996 re-election campaign, the 1996 Democratic National Convention and the 1997 Presidential Inaugural.  In addition to the numerous Presidential campaigns in which Mr. Ickes has held senior positions beginning in 1968, he was a senior advisor to the 1989 Dinkins for Mayor Campaign, and, as such, played a pivotal role in electing the first African-American mayor of New York City.

 

By appointment of President Clinton, Mr. Ickes served as Director of Summit Affairs for the 1997 Denver Summit of the Eight, the meeting of the heads of state of eight of the world’s leading economic nations, formerly known as the “G7 Economic Summit.”

 

In 2003, Mr. Ickes founded and served as president of The Media Fund, an organization that raised $60 million dollars and created television and radio ads focusing on key issues in the 2004 elections. In May 2004, he joined America Coming Together, a $145 million, sophisticated, state-of-the-art voter mobilization initiative focused in the 2004 battleground states. 

 

In 2005, Mr. Ickes organized Catalist, LLC, a multi-million dollar company that has built a national voter data base of registered Democrats specializing in providing high quality data to democratic and progressive organizations.  The following year, Mr. Ickes formed The September Fund, which raised $7 million to help elect Democrats to the House of Representatives.

 

Mr. Ickes is currently serving as a senior advisor to Senator Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

 

Prior to serving in the White House, Mr. Ickes was a partner for 14 years in the New York law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., specializing in election and labor law.  He rejoined the law firm as partner in 1998 and serves as co-chair of its 21-member labor law and government affairs departments and overseeing its Washington, DC office.  

 

Mr. Ickes holds a Juris Doctor (JD) from the Columbia University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University.  Mr. Ickes is a member of the Democratic National Committee and has been since 1988.

Janice Ann Enright

Janice Enright has worked with Harold Ickes since 1985, first at the New York law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., and then as his principal assistant during the 1992 New York Democratic presidential primary campaign, the 1992 Democratic National Convention, and the 1992 Clinton/Gore White House transition staff.  Mr. Ickes was Director of Summit Affairs at the 1997 Denver Summit of the Eight, the annual meeting of the heads of state of eight of the world’s leading economic nations, where Ms. Enright served as his Deputy and managed the Executive office, which was staffed with Liaisons for the Director to the White House, State Department, Treasury Department, all foreign delegations, the State of Colorado and the City of Denver.

 

Ms. Enright joined the White House in 1994 as Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff; she was responsible for the management of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff.  In that capacity, she was the point person for the Deputy Chief of Staff for several substantive areas.  She was Mr. Ickes’ primary liaison to senior White House officials, Cabinet members, agency staff, members of Congress and their senior staff, Democratic Party officials, community organizations, interest groups and the press.

 

In January 1997, Mr. Ickes and Ms. Enright formed The Ickes & Enright Group. Since that time, Ms. Enright has managed the lobbying and other activities of the firm for a number of its largest clients, with particular focus on appropriations. 

 

During 2003 and 2004, Ms. Enright served as Treasurer of The Media Fund, which raised and spent $60 million creating and airing television and radio ads focusing on key issues in the 2004 elections.  Ms. Enright also served as Treasurer of Victory Campaign 2004, which raised more than $200 million for The Media Fund, and America Coming Together, a $145 million voter mobilization initiative focused on the 2004 battleground states.