Partner- Left Hook 

Amy Gooden is a partner and media consultant at Left Hook. Amy has won hard-fought battles and advised candidates up and down the ballot. Amy has also counseled corporate and nonprofit executives on strategic communications, public affairs, and political risk. She is skilled in preparing for and managing political crises, leading rapid response, and debate and speech preparation. Amy previously worked at another media firm, the DSCC, the DCCC, and cut her teeth on a U.S. Senate race. Amy is a cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University in Nashville. A recovering Washingtonian, she now lives in her native Chicago.