Jonathan Karush is a leading International expert in political technology and social media organizing. While an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania he founded Liberty Concepts Inc, one of America’s leading digital advocacy and marketing firms. 

Karush was a winner of the National Collegiate Entrepreneurship Award and the first-prize winner in Ohio State University’s national public policy essay competition.   In 2008, Campaigns and Elections Magazine named him a ‘Rising Star in American Politics.’  Karush’s projects have garnered numerous awards including the Webby, Golden Dots, W3 Awards, the Reed, and Pollies.  He has served as a consultant to numerous governments, candidates, advocacy groups, and corporations. 

Karush is a former Sagner Fellow at the Century Institute and has served as a US State Department Technical delegate on international assignments.  He is the former Chief Technology Officer for both Citylife and Democracy.com.   Karush serves on the advisory board of the Shorenstein Center at the Kennedy School of Government.  Jonathan graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with distinction in Political Science, and has a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University.