About Us
About Us
Mission
Cavendish Consulting LLC is a political strategist management agency, comprised of an unsurpassed pool of political talent. Strategists from across the country register with us and we market and promote them to candidates in need of campaign infrastructure. Cavendish Consulting offers one stop shopping for all candidates: neophytes and those more seasoned.
Our team specializes in all facets of running a campaign: field, finance, communications, digital, compliance, strategic planning, microtargeting, fundraising and media training. We will guide candidates through every phase of mounting a successful campaign.
Our consultants will work in close collaboration with candidates to design a campaign that will maximize candidate strengths and provide results based on expertise and best practices.
What Distinguishes Us
We have relationships with organizations that train campaign workers. We come in when the training is complete to find the best match for the campaign worker and the candidate.
We offer resources for both in one place
Campaign Workers - There are various organizations that are training campaign workers. However, there is currently no entity promoting and placing these workers once the training has ended. These workers will register with Cavendish Consulting. We will market, promote and help place them with candidates in need of campaign infrastructure.
Candidates – More people are deciding to run for office. We will work with candidates to match them with campaign workers that will best serve the needs of the campaign.
Leadership Team
Ed Lewis
Ed Lewis has over thirty years experience working for Fortune 100 Companies in all phases of communications, message creation, media training, speech writing, video production and public engagement. As industry spokesperson, he has worked with reporters, columnists and editors in placing stories that amplify the company position on major business and consumer issues of the day. Ed is an experienced professional with a proven track record of achieving results specializing in public affairs, public policy, crisis communications, and event management. He is a member of the National Press Club, Senior Executive on the National Press Club Journalism Institute Board and member of the National Press Club Speaker’s Committee. Ed holds a Master's Degree with a focus in Public Policy from the University of Maryland.
Yvette Lewis
Yvette Lewis is no stranger to voter mobilization campaigns. She has worked in the campaigns of Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Governor Martin O’Malley, Senator John Kerry, Congressman Steny Hoyer, and Congressman Kewisi Mfume. As a grassroots organizer, Yvette canvassed, phone banked and registered hundreds of voters to elect strong Democrats in Maryland and nationally. She helped form the first rapid response team in Maryland. As Chair of the Maryland Democratic Party, she worked to forge a seamless connection between elected officials and the activists on the ground, raise revenue, grow the state party and elect Democrats across the state. She was the Secretary of the Association of State Democratic Chairs. She currently serves as Maryland’s National Committee Woman to the Democratic National Committee and Eastern Caucus Representative to the Democratic National Committee Executive Committee. She also plans and executes constituent outreach events across the state of Maryland.
Keith Pressley, Senior Consultant
With nearly a decade of experience in electoral politics, Keith has helped to craft and lead campaign, field, communication, and fundraising strategies for highly competitive races across the country.
Most recently, Keith served as a Senior Advisor, on behalf of the DSCC, to the Florida Coordinated Campaign where he advised on turnout strategy for Senator Bill Nelson’s and Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum’s 2018 election. He then worked as a Senior Advisor on behalf of the DSCC, for the Florida recount.
Keith was the Deputy Campaign Manager for Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Campaign Manager on a Gubernatorial primary where he created a digital messaging campaign that resulted in a first of its kind viral ad that garnered 5.5 million views and international attention.
Keith was the prior State Campaigns Director of Engagement for the Maryland Democratic Party where he led efforts to enact and implement an unprecedented electoral shift campaign.
Keith served as Coordinated Director for the Maryland Coordinated Campaign, where he was responsible for designing and executing the strategy that led to Maryland bucking the Republican wave of 2016. His tactics caused a 104% increase in early vote turnout, going from 430,573 in 2012 to 880,673 in 2016, and his team out knocked the combined efforts of the two most pivotal states in the 2016 Red Wave: Wisconsin and Michigan.
His vast and extensive experience in field organizing and communications strategy led to Keith managing an elaborate communications experiment with the Analyst Institute. This revolutionary study will help campaigns save time and money by more efficiently and effectively managing team member's daily schedules.
Keith began his work in politics in Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer's office. Keith served in the field operation, communications and managing departments on Presidential, Gubernatorial, Senatorial, Congressional, Mayoral, and down ticket races.
Most notably he worked on campaigns for the Democratic Party of Maryland and Arkansas, Senators Claire McCaskill, Chris Van Hollen, Ben Cardin, Bill Nelson, and Mark Pryor, Representatives Steny Hoyer, Elijah E. Cummings, Jamie Raskin, Anthony Brown, and Mike Ross, Gubernatorial candidates Andrew Gillum and Rich Madaleno, and Mayoral candidate Christine Quinn for New York City.