Strategy. Communications. Advocacy.
Wheelhouse Northwest provides experienced strategic counsel for your next election, leadership decision, or advocacy campaign. We’ll help you navigate through rough waters and chart a strategic path to victory.
Our Wheelhouse
In nautical terms a wheelhouse is where the captain guides the ship; in baseball it’s the sweet spot for a batter to connect with the ball. The common thread is the translation of work to power.
Our focus and strength of execution is honed by decades of experience winning elections, advancing policy reforms, and shaping public opinion for causes we believe in. We’re a small firm by design – this allows us the freedom to focus as a team and be selective about the projects we work on together. Our collective experience and expertise includes:
WINNING ELECTIONS
The team at Wheelhouse NW has an unparalleled record of success winning ballot measures and securing wins for progressive candidates.
TARGETING
We utilize cutting edge targeting and other data-driven approaches methods to help you achieve your public policy objectives. Our research-driven methods will help us identify exactly who you need to persuade and what it will take.
COMMUNICATIONS
An effective communications strategy involves more than developing the right messages and themes. We will help you identify the right messengers and most effective medium to spur your audience to action.
CONSULTING
We will help you identify the central strategic imperative, turn emerging challenges into opportunities, and keep the team focused on the critical path to success.
COALITION BUILDING
Grasstops to grassroots, winning the day starts by winning the hearts and minds of key stakeholders. We will help you craft an engagement strategy to amplify your message + strengthen your base.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
We will help you identify and overcome obstacles, triage moments of internal and external challenge, and leverage opportunities.
"Philosophers Have Hitherto Only Interpreted The World In Various Ways; The Point Is To Change It."
- Karl Marx
Client Work
We Help Clients Win
Together, our team has the experience, insight and power to get clients where they need to go. We're deeply versed in research analytics, targeting, public relations, and community engagement. What sets us apart is our ability to quickly discern the critical path to success, assess the challenges that must be met, and identify the resources that must be marshalled.Kevin Looper
PRINCIPAL
Kevin Looper has nearly twenty-five years experience managing campaigns from the local to federal level, and has directed more than thirty successful ballot initiative campaigns. He has worked as a senior political strategist for Senator Merkley, Governor Kitzhaber, U.S. Representative Bonamici, Governor Kate Brown, and Treasurer Wheeler, among many others. He has helped create progressive infrastructure in Oregon, including Our Oregon, Defend Oregon, Economic Fairness Oregon, and the Equity Alliance of Oregon. In addition to his work with Wheelhouse NW, Kevin is Executive Director of the Oregon Progressive Alliance.Tina Larson
PROJECT MANAGER
Tina’s clearly overqualified for Wheelhouse work, which is why we like having her around. She has an eight-year background in corporate human resources, where she focused on global process design and implementation, data analytics, and organizational planning for businesses as large as 30,000 employees. In addition, she’s good with crisis management thanks to an additional five years experience in the administration of medical and psychiatric emergency services. Why she likes us is harder to explain.Let's Talk
At the Office
510 SW 3rd AvenueSuite No. 206
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 662-7209
info@wheelhousenw.com