Dave Stroup

Lead Digital Advocacy within Pew’s Government Relations Operations and Partnerships division, advising leadership while designing communications and engagement that support relationships with policymakers and institutional partners.

• Redesigned communications governance through a risk-based review framework that reduced organizational friction while preserving executive oversight.
• Advise senior leaders on politically sensitive messaging, balancing mission priorities, institutional credibility, and a rapidly changing policy environment.
• Design digital engagement supporting relationships with congressional offices, House and Senate Chiefs of Staff, NCSL, the Western Governors’ Association, the National Association of Counties, and other state and local partners.
• Built an AI-assisted analytics tool that improved reporting accuracy and created a foundation for richer, organization-wide performance reporting.
• Led a major enterprise communications transition, coordinating Government Relations, Communications, IT, Salesforce, vendors, and external partners through complex organizational change.
• Develop team capability through coaching, expanded ownership, and opportunities for staff to become trusted cross-functional partners.

Taught composition, persuasive writing, research, and honors writing, helping students develop confidence in their voice and communicate complex ideas with clarity.

• Designed and taught courses emphasizing persuasive communication, critical thinking, authentic voice, and research for academic, professional, and civic settings.
• Helped shape departmental approaches to responsible AI adoption, teaching students to use generative AI for idea development while understanding its limitations and maintaining academic integrity.
• Mentored hundreds of students from diverse academic backgrounds through assignments rooted in their interests and lived experiences, fostering original thinking and effective communication.