Jonathan Wachtel Email & Phone Number

Jonathan Wachtel is a Co-Founder / President / Acting COO at Ourco, Inc. based in New York, New York, United States, North America. CONTACT INFO jonathan.wachtel@ourco.com / X @wachteltweet OVERVIEW Serve as co-founder of OurCo Inc.—a platform-as-a-service, consulting, and analytical solutions company that helps leaders in state, local, and educational (SLED) markets protect their jobs, advance their missions, and better serve their communities. Advise government leaders, chief officers of for-profit, non-profit, and international organizations on strategic communications, public affairs,and policy. Provide analysis on major news outlets. KEY ROLES Handle strategic communications for Work to Own, a non-profit that empowers companies with a market-driven Employee Ownership (EO) Index to shape a new standard for broader-based employee ownership of company equity. Consult the United Nations Global Investors for Sustainable Development and Global Compact, providing content and editing reports on sustainable development financing Senior Policy Advisor / Director of Communications & Spokesperson at U.S. Mission to the UN, serving Ambassadors Nikki Haley and Kelly Craft On-Air Global Affairs Analyst—TV, radio, and podcasts, with primetime on-air appearances (News Nation, Fox, CNN, Sky News, etc.) TV APPEARANCES incl.: http://video.foxnews.com/v/5815326597001 https://twitter.com/FoxBusiness/status/1018797580338319360/video/1 REEL: https://vimeo.com/241453364 Op-Ed Writer Serve as Emcee for fundraisers, Moderator and Lecturer at the Hamilton Foundation, Washington Institute, NYU, and others JOURNALISM BACKGROUND Established the Moscow Bureau for Worldwide Television News (WTN—now AP) and covered the collapse of the USSR, with on-air interviews of Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Nazarbaev. Served as Eurovision Editor, Senior Producer, and Assignment Editor with ABC News and WTN in London. INTERVIEWS Bush, Clinton, Blair, Netanyahu, Ahmadinejad, Chavez, and many other world leaders Robin Williams, Elton John, Jennifer Lopez, Bono, and many other celebrities OTHER ACTIVITIES Reported and produced TV, radio, and digital news for ABC and Fox. Established the United Nations office. Directed newsgathering around Afghanistan, the Middle East, the Haiti Earthquake, and 9/11. Produced primetime specials/documentaries (The Real Road to Peace, Battle for Arab Democracy, Darfur, Three Days in January: Eisenhower and Khrushchev). LANGUAGES English, Russian, German ASSOCIATIONS UN Correspondents Association (Past Board Member) National Journalists Association TECH SKILLS MS Office, iNews, Avstar, Basys, Final Cut Pro