Maeve Ward

Maeve Ward is a Senior Advisor at Grow Progress, the progressive movement’s leading persuasion testing platform. Previously, as Chief Research Strategy Officer, she collaborated with the Harris campaign to develop the largest and most sophisticated message testing program in political history. She developed her strategic expertise at the Gates Foundation, where she managed a $20 million research and communications grant portfolio, and led the Research Insights team at Civis Analytics. She started her career at Hart Research Associates, creating opinion research programs for political, advocacy, and non-profit clients. Maeve holds a Master of Media and Public Affairs from George Washington University, where she also taught, and is an alumna of American University.