Blog: Our growth continues - promotions on our team
Our year of growth is continuing at New Politics as we’re proud to announce the promotion of Brendon Mills as our new Director of Campaigns and Raiyan Syed as our National Political Director! Brendon and Raiyan had previously served as senior campaign advisors and in their new roles will oversee critical strategic functions of the organization as we grow our reach.
As our first Director of Campaigns, Brendon will oversee our campaign and candidate advising work, managing our team of campaign advisors and specialists and our work to win elections up and down the ballot.
As our first National Political Director, Raiyan will oversee New Politics’ candidate recruitment, incumbent protection, and political partnerships, allowing us to effectively build our movement and plan for future election cycles.
Their promotions signal the continuation of our steady growth at New Politics. We are eager to hire a senior campaign advisor to advise our congressional challengers this cycle as well as two campaign advisors to grow our state and local advising. Check out our opportunities page for more information on these roles.
Brendon Mills
Brendon is the Director of Campaigns at New Politics, where he oversees our candidate advisory team and their work with phenomenal servant leaders running for office at the federal, state, and local levels. Prior to his current role, Brendon was a Campaign Advisor and then Senior Campaign Advisor at New Politics and advised and coached candidates and senior campaign staff.
Before coming to New Politics, Brendon was the Vice President for Analytics at the Glover Park Group and prior to that role, the Data and Analytics Director in Florida for a major Presidential campaign. He has consulted on races ranging from city council to US Congress.
A former Marine Corps Officer, Brendon is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and the Harvard Kennedy School. He is based in Washington, DC.
Raiyan Syed
Raiyan is the National Political Director at New Politics, where he oversees candidate recruitment, the incumbent protection program, and manages partnerships with external stakeholders to strengthen the organization’s brand. Prior to his current role, Raiyan was a Senior Campaign Advisor where he helped elect four freshmen members to Congress.
Previously, Raiyan served in leadership roles with education nonprofits where he led strategic communications and marketing efforts, managed teams and budgets, and worked with stakeholders to align coalition goals and priorities. He has also held senior leadership roles on U.S. Senate and congressional races, and state legislative campaigns, successfully guiding some of the most expensive races across the country.
He is an Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar and has appeared in major media outlets, including ABC, NBC, CNN, the Associated Press, and POLITICO, both as an on-the-record spokesman and commentator.