About the Team

Meet Our Senior Management

 

Tom Herrity

Partner

A respected grassroots innovator and NextWave co-founder, Tom Herrity brings his passion for constituent engagement to his leadership role with the company.  NextWave also draws on the expertise Tom has honed as CEO of Global Telesourcing, a leading provider of sales and customer support services to Fortune 100 companies. 

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Bill Colton

Partner

From legislative work for the U.S. Senate to co-founding a teleservices company, the theme that ties together Bill Colton’s career is broad-based outreach.  In addition to his role as Partner with NextWave, Bill currently serves as President of Global Telesourcing, a company he co-founded with Tom Herrity. 

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Todd Benjamin

Managing Partner

With more than a decade of experience and over 200 grassroots and grasstops campaigns to his credit, Todd Benjamin has been a key driver in the inception of NextWave.  He now serves as the company’s Managing Partner.  In this capacity, he spearheads new business, strategy, and day-to-day program implementation.

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Jen Shedrick

Recruitment Manager

Jen Shedrick is a rare commodity in the public affairs industry—a recruiter who understands the staffing demands of grassroots outreach.  Most recently, she provided recruitment services to DDC Advocacy (formerly Democracy Data & Communications) during the start-up phases of its grassroots mobilization capabilities. 

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