Erin Fogg

Erin Fogg has more than a decade of experience working with nonprofits, foundations, government agencies, political candidates and elected officials. Prior to founding Spoke Consulting, Erin was the vice president and highest producing consultant at a boutique strategic communications firm in Marin County.
Before making the shift to consulting, Erin served as a legislative assistant to Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA 29). On the Hill, she conducted research, made policy recommendations, crafted talking points, met with lobbyists and members of constituent groups, drafted legislation and correspondence, collaborated with other congressional offices, and assisted in coordinating the Congressman’s participation in the 2004 Democratic National Convention (where she caught the media relations bug working the press for her boss). Following her stint on the Hill, Erin worked as a political research analyst, specializing in international affairs.
Erin brings a richly cross-cultural personal background to her work. She has called both Indonesia and Spain home, and has traveled extensively across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. In 2000, Erin helped coordinate donor retention efforts for the Southern California office of the U.S. Fund for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). She went on to found the U.C. Berkeley affiliate of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF (Bears for UNICEF) which will celebrate 10 years of service in 2011.
Erin graduated with high honors from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies and a Minor in Spanish. She earned an M.A. in International Policy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, where she specialized in negotiations and conflict resolution. She studied abroad at the Universidad de Alcala just outside of Madrid, Spain, and completed a graduate level course of study at the Universitas Sam Ratulangi in Sulawesi, Indonesia.