About Sean

If You Want to Get Elected to Higher Office or
Position Yourself as The Only Viable Option for A Particular Seat, Then

Political Strategist Expert Sean McGrath Has Your Solution.
Political strategic advisor Sean McGrath shows you how to
use cutting edge strategies to establish your credibility,
enhance your reputation and position yourself as an expert,
so you can raise more money, get more votes, promote a favorite cause
or issue, and ultimately position yourself as the leader in your district or state.

Sean’s Professional Vitae . . . and 12.5 things you probably don’t know about Sean
Accomplished Political Strategist:
For over 21 years Sean has served as a political advisor and strategist to candidates running for all levels of political office. He has assisted candidates with winning elections from local and municipal – to statewide and national – positions. He has served as a political advisor to a U.S. Presidential candidate, and has himself been elected to serve in numerous capacities including County Party Chairman, State Committeeman and was appointed to serve in the State Legislature.
Professional Fundraiser:
In addition to having worked with some of the leading political figures of our time, Sean continues to work with several non-profit organizations where he has helped to raise millions of dollars for schools, youth organizations and human service agencies.
Entertaining Lecturer:
As an entertaining lecturer Sean has the privilege of speaking to audiences throughout North America, Canada, Africa, Hong Kong and Korea. As a speaker/motivator he has worked with and presented to corporate executives and managers in a variety of fields covering a variety of subjects including;
  • Chosen to Participate with U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA) in the US-Asia Clean Air Technologies Conference in Hong Kong representing the Indoor Air Purification Industry. (Working with the U.S. Environmental Partnership (USAEP) Technology Partners and the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) to identify and introduce indoor Air Technologies in eleven targeted Asian economies).
  • Conducts numerous Precinct Committee Officer Leadership trainings & political Campaign Strategies Seminars.
  • Lectured on the Role of Third Parties in the U.S. Electoral System.
  • Implemented annual professional speakers series seminars: Adult & Youth Speechcraft Development Series (in collaboration with numerous Toastmasters International organizations, and presenting at local & regional conferences)
  • Hired to present multi-day private Corporate Management & Communication Seminars – clients include: Alpine Industries Inc., Hertz Car Sales & Rental, Catholic Family & Child Services, First Choice Systems Inc., Washington State Greater Columbia Behavioral Health Systems, Natural Air LLC., The Leadership Development Group, EcoQuest International & individual attendees.
Education:
Sean earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Eastern University in Pennsylvania, his General Practice Paralegal Certification from the American Center for Technical Arts & Sciences in Pennsylvania, and his Master’s Degree in Diplomacy with a focus on International Conflict Resolution from Norwich University in Vermont.
Fellowships & Appointments:
2010 Fellow, The World Affairs Council, Seattle Member of the World Affairs Council in Seattle and Washington D.C. Served as a member of Washington House of Representatives, filling out the remainder of an unexpired term from mid-2004 to January 2005.
Association Memberships:
The American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC)
Toastmasters International (from 1991-2005)
Publications:
How to Win: The Complete Strategic Guide to Winning An Election, Copyright © 2010 (Book) – To read about it click here.

Pathways to Power: The 7 Week Launch Sequence, Copyright © 2008 (Pamphlet & Resource Guide; Campaign Success Series) – To read about it click here

Campaign Blueprint, Copyright © 2004 (Pamphlet & Resource Guide; Campaign Success Series) – To read about it click here
12.5 things you probably didn’t know about Sean
1. Sean qualified for the Texas State Championships in swimming (50-free) in his senior year in high school.

2. Sean was heavily influenced to go to college by his friend & mentor, Dr. Tony Campolo – an inspirational evangelical minister & professor of Sociology at Eastern University in Pennsylvania.

3. Sean was a Taekwondo tournament fighter after college and won numerous local and state tournaments (Tae Kwon Do & kickboxing).

4. Today Sean is a professionally licensed Ring Announcer for Boxing & Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events in Washington State

5. In the late 1980’s Sean spent three months in Zimbabwe (Southern Africa) where he met and spent time with several ANC members who were in exile from South Africa (when “apartheid” was still the law of the land & a few years before F.W. de Clerk released Nelson Mandela from prison).

6. Loves to write & read poetry – (he has written an as of yet unpublished book of poetry).

7. Loves chess – (he first learned how to play chess his senior year in college, and read over 37 books on chess strategy, openings, gambits material development, etc.).

8. Once played a four & a half hour game of chess with a Grandmaster, eventually losing to him at 4:30 in the morning – long after the coffeeshop had closed for the evening.

9. Sean has appeared in National television infomercials.

10. Was first exposed to the nasty realities of the Nazi concentration camps when he was a child living in Boulder – once when he was riding the public bus, an elderly woman with numbers tattooed onto her forearm sat next to him and explained how she got them and what they meant. Since then he has had an obsessive passion to understand the elements of power – and has read hundreds of different books and attended numerous lectures on power and influence, focusing on two pivotal influencers of the last generation, Hitler and Mahatma Gandhi (two polar opposites on the spectrum of power).

11. Continues to read books and attend seminars on strategies of war, elements of power & the art and practice of political persuasion.

12. Has listened to over 1001 hours of lectures from one of his favorite “unrutted” philosophers, Alan Watts.

12.5 Sean was born on May 12 (and has been told that he exhibits the best traits of his birth sign, Taurus the bull.)
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