About Allen Nesbitt
Founder
As the Founder and CEO of Nesbitt & Parrinello since 2005, Allen built one of the most innovative advisory teams in politics and the first such firm founded by an African American. In just three years, we grew the firm to 10 staff and generated annual revenues exceeding $1,000,000.
Innovator
Allen is fanatical about innovation in the service of client success. At Nesbitt & Parrinello, he transformed political research by integrating cloud based collaboration, communication and workflow ideas adapted from social web enterprises. Our work has won awards and been featured in the New York Times.
History Maker
Allen has advised NGOs, labor organizations, and government officials. Among them he has counseled the first openly gay U.S Representatives 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.
Allen Nesbitt is the founder and CEO of Nesbitt & Parrinello, Inc. He helps labor campaigns, climate advocates, and democracy champions understand and dominate their competitive environments. With two decades of experience as a strategic advisor, Allen has contributed to efforts for affordable healthcare, stronger democracy, and exceptional leadership in small towns. At Monitor Deloitte, he helped build a new government transition strategy practice and advised the U.S. Intelligence Community.
Allen’s most noteworthy projects include supporting 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.
Allen is the first Black person to lead a Democratic opposition research firm.
In 2018, Allen advised several of America’s largest independent expenditure campaigns. In California, he helped create and shape the strategy for the Need to Impeach campaign, leading staffing and research team design during its first year—a period in which the campaign engaged more than six million supporters.
Before the 2018 election, Allen and the Nesbitt & Parrinello team played key roles in historic races across the country. In New York, his team supported Sean Patrick Maloney’s victory over Tea Party incumbent Nan Hayworth in one of the most competitive Democratic pickups of 2012, making Maloney the first openly gay member of Congress from New York. In California, Ami Bera defeated Dan Lungren by just 5,700 votes in a closely watched race that drew $8.65 million in outside spending. Bera became only the third Indian American to serve in the House and was the sole Indian American in the 113th Congress.
As a sought-after advisor on statewide elections, Allen helped Virg Bernero win a tough primary for governor in Michigan and guided Kendrick Meek to victory in a competitive U.S. Senate primary in Florida.
At the state and local level, Allen helped the Virginia Democratic Party win four seats in the House and regain control of the Senate for the first time since 1999. He and his team have provided research for state parties including the Maryland Democratic Party, the Minnesota DFL, and the Indiana Democratic Party. Allen has been a Democratic opposition researcher since 2001.
During his consulting tenure at Monitor Deloitte, Allen helped build a new government transition strategy practice and supported a team that won an HHS challenge for emergent blockchain technology strategy in healthcare.
Earlier in his career, Allen served on the research team at America Coming Together, the precursor to today’s super PACs. There, he designed and programmed finance pitches that helped drive a record $202 million operation during the 2004 presidential election.
Allen grew up in New York City and Kansas. A devoted Jayhawk, he now lives in San Francisco.