Adam Bink

Vice President

Adam is an advocacy and communications strategist with more than 20 years’ experience. He has worked in nearly every advocacy landscape to successfully create change – from city council to Congress, courtroom to ballot measure to corporate boardroom. The Jewish tenet of “tikkun olam” (repair the world), along with the experiences of advocates like Harvey Milk, Rep. John Lewis and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy inspire Adam to pursue social justice.

An intellectually curious advocate, Adam is recognized for his expertise in affordable housing and homelessness, climate change, environmental conservation, health care, issues affecting LGBTQIA+ people and transportation, among others. His clients have included the Helen Diller Family Foundation, EDF + Business, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Global Impact, Habitat for Humanity, Housing California, McKnight Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Oregon Metro, Seventh Generation, Sewanee/University of the South, TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, and Walton Family Foundation. In 2024, he joined the National Academy of Medicine's Communications Advisory Group as well as the Clean RIDES Network Communications Working Group.

Adam is often called upon for his media and political expertise, including sensitive situations or controversial topics. He led work with the National Domestic Violence Hotline to secure confidentiality for survivors and prepare its advocates for a profile in The New York Times, published in June 2024. With Linden Trust for Conservation, he wrote and placed op-eds in Tulsa World and Charleston Gazette-Mail to successfully secure support for carbon dioxide removal from two conservatives, Rep. Frank Lucas, then-ranking member (now chair) of the House Science Committee, and Sen. Capito, ranking member on the Senate Environment Committee. With Monument Impact, he crafted messages and tactics to overcome opposition from the California Apartment Association and secure Bay Area laws banning landlord harassment, enacting rent stabilization, and launching a guaranteed income pilot.

Adam’s trains and coaches on topics such as building an advocacy campaign, policymaker engagement, crisis communications, media relations, elevator pitch, and ethical and strategic storytelling. At Spitfire, he has taught staff and grantees of organizations like Emerson Collective, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Greenpeace, The International Legal Foundation, JP Morgan Chase Foundation, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Southern Africa Resource Watch, and Trevor Noah Foundation.

Adam joined Spitfire from UltraViolet, where he led women’s health campaigns. His successful campaigns include:

• Forcing the NFL to strengthen its policy against sexual and domestic violence following domestic abuse by prominent running back Ray Rice.
• Successfully defending the Affordable Care Act from repeal in 2017.
• Ending the career of Judge Persky following his biased ruling in the People v. Turner Stanford sexual violence case involving Chanel Miller.
• Partnering with Planned Parenthood against “defunding” attempts by Congress.
• Ending Revlon’s use of the most toxic chemicals linked to breast cancer in its makeup, and shampoo products.
• Strengthening affordable access to reproductive health care, such as persuading Alphabet to correct misinformation in Google Maps directing patients seeking abortion care to anti-choice centers.

Prior to UltraViolet, Adam served as director of online programs at Courage Campaign, California’s ProgressNow affiliate, now named Courage California. While at Courage, he helped enact landmark measures like the Homeowner Bill of Rights to provide protections to Californians facing foreclosure, and Proposition 30, a ballot measure raising taxes primarily on the wealthiest Californians and investing the proceeds in needs like quality public education. He began his career as online strategy manager at Progressive Strategies, LLC in Washington, D.C., where he consulted for clients like Health Care for America Now and MoveOn.org.

A transportation enthusiast, Adam co-founded the “Tesla Motors Club” podcast in 2022 and served as a producer for its first 60 episodes. In his spare time, Adam finds the most joy outdoors and can be found trail running, hiking and skiing. He has completed dozens of races, including an ultramarathon and a triathlon, along with ascents of Yosemite’s Half Dome and Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in the lower 48 states.

As a volunteer, Adam works with ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE to provide rides for patients who need abortion care. In 2024, the SF SPCA Animal Assisted Therapy program certified Adam and his German Shepherd mix, Lupin, to provide therapy to hospital patients, university and K-12 students, and older adults at assisted living homes.

Adam holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Rochester and a Master of Arts in political management from George Washington University. Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Adam has called the Bay Area home since 2013. He lives in San Francisco with Lupin and his partner, Jason.

 

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