Hunter Higgs

Hunter Higgs is committed to making the political process accessible and understandable to you-so that you and your organization can achieve your priorities. Non-profits, cultural organizations, and businesses alike often see politics as an impenetrable forest. Hunter Higgs will help you blaze the trail. We can design the roadmap for you to achieve... your goals independently, or we can guide you every step of the way. We will teach you, your board members, and your staff how to become successfully engaged in the political world and in the surrounding community. Politics is far more than Election Day votes and actions in Congress. To be successful, we create a blueprint to change the public perception of your cause or mission, your organization, and your goals. We design plans that go beyond City Hall, the Statehouse, and Congress. We build your support in the community and then mobilize that support to achieve your short and long-term objectives. Dan Hunter is a founding partner of Hunter Higgs. Dan has 25 years' experience in politics and arts advocacy, serving as Director of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs (a cabinet appointment requiring Senate confirmation), serving as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities (MAASH), a statewide advocacy and education organization, and running a successful advertising and political consultancy firm in Des Moines. As Director of MAASH, Dan successfully campaigned for new state funding for Massachusetts' aging cultural facilities. In seven years, through the design and implementation of a statewide grassroots advocacy campaign, he secured more than $35 million in new state funding. Overall cultural funding in the Commonwealth increased 70% during that time - a period when the total state budget increased by only 14%. Dan previously served in the Iowa State Governor's cabinet as Director of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. Upon his departure, an editorial written by The Des Moines Register stated: "[Hunter] ...Read More