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Candidate Research Books

Level One Book

\\ 1-2 Week Turnaround
\\ Candidates, Nominations, Government Transitions
\\ Custom Issue Set
\\ High Depth

When you need to know top vulnerabilities, ultra fast. The Level One Book provides a look at noteworthy statements and official positions, legal career, boards, and meetings via news reports; social media scan; campaign finance and contribution analysis; review of land records and personal finances; and pay-to-play assessment against networks and personal finances. Covers key votes reported in the media but does not include primary source key votes analysis.

Level Two Book

\\ 2-4 Week Turnaround
\\ Candidates, Boards, Nominations, Government Transitions
\\ Custom Issue Set
\\ Ultra-high Depth

Provides a vulnerability assessment including background and due diligence; social and traditional media; employment verification; land records and personal finances; and an assessment of primary source legal records and public acts. The Level Two Book covers key votes reported in the media and primary source key votes analysis. Suitable as the foundation for the most demanding public campaigns.

Level Three Book

\\ 4-6 Week Turnaround
\\ Candidates, Boards, Nominations, Government Transitions
\\ Custom Issue Set
\\ Ultra-high Depth

Broadest and deepest assessment. Provides a detailed vulnerability assessment including background and due diligence; social and traditional media; employment verification; land records and personal finances; and a detailed assessment of primary source legal records and public acts. The Level Three Book covers key votes reported in the media and primary source key votes analysis. Suitable as the foundation for the most demanding public campaigns. Includes fact checking and follow up support.

Vetting

Vet Your Enemies - Identify Threats - Vet Your Friends More

Level One Vet

\\ Same Day Turnaround
\\ Donors, Surrogates, Nominations, Government Transitions
\\ Custom Issue Set
\\ High Speed

Vet your friends and identify threat actors with our ultra-high volume scan. The Fast Vet provides a simple, high-speed scan of vulnerabilities, red flags, and major concerns designed for endorsements, large-scale political operations, media production vetting, or where a high-volume of reconnaissance on broad swath of targets is required. Triage social and traditional media, scan criminal and civil records, check partisanship and affiliations.

Level Two Vet

\\ 0-2 Day Turnaround
\\ Candidates, Boards, Nominations, Government Transitions
\\ Custom Issue Set
\\ High Breath

An expedited vulnerability assessment. Includes level one vet plus an abbreviated look at public records, political affiliations, official positions like boards, agendas, testimony, and meetings.

Level Three Vet

\\ 3-5 Day Turnaround
\\ Candidates, Boards, Nominations, Government Transitions
\\ Custom Issue Set
\\ High Breath

An expedited vulnerability assessment. Includes level two vet plus a deeper look at public records, political affiliations, official positions like boards, agendas, testimony, and meetings.

Tracking & Media Monitoring

Tracking

\\ Daily publication \\ Customized to your campaign \\ Unlimited recipients

Physically track targets at public (or virtual) events as they happen and feed this intelligence into your research and communications.


  • $750 per day
  • $3,500 per week
  • $8,500 per month

Media Monitoring

\\ Daily publication \\ Customized to your campaign \\ Unlimited recipients

Monitor media and websites for mentions of your targets and campaigns.



  • $7,500 per month

Daily News Clips

\\ Daily publication \\ Customized to your campaign \\ Unlimited recipients

Daily news brief tailored to your campaign and delivered to your team by email.

  • $190 per month

War Room/Virtual War Room Design

\\ Daily publication \\ Customized to your campaign \\ Unlimited recipients

Drive your message and counter disinformation with our war room operating model, staffing model, and specialized talent services to power your virtual communications war room based on your strategy.

  • Build to suit

Our Team On Your Project

Cristina Parrinello

Cristina Parrinello

Partner and President (she/her)

Cristina Parrinello is the President of Nesbitt & Parrinello, Inc., where she advises political campaigns and corporate leaders on strategic research, public policy, and cybersecurity. In 2018, Cristina's campaign work included serving as a lead consultant to John Chiang for Governor (CA), EMILY's List, and the winning campaign for Gil Cisneros for Congress (CA-39) -- the most expensive House race in the country. She began her political career in 2010 working on former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer's re-election campaign. Cristina has advised Am Law 50 law firms and Fortune Global 500 companies. Prior to her political work, Cristina worked at the LBJ Presidential Library and as a litigation paralegal. Born and raised on U.S. military bases overseas, Cristina grew up on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands and is now living in Nashville with her two sons.

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Allen-Nesbitt

Allen Nesbitt

Founder and CEO (he/him)

Allen Nesbitt is the founder and CEO of Nesbitt & Parrinello, Inc. Allen helps labor campaigns, climate causes, their allies, and senior government officials globally prepare for risks and win campaigns in volatile environments. In 16 years as a strategic advisor, Allen's teams have won multi-billion dollar fights, from better health care that is more affordable to fights to save our planet. Our wins include: the only Indian American in the 113th Congress; the first openly gay U.S. Representative from New York; the first openly gay mayor of Lexington, Kentucky; the first Black U.S. Representative from Nevada; and the first Black U.S. Senate nominee from Florida.

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