Senior Associate Bio: Sophie O'Keefe-Zelman

Sophie O'Keefe-Zelman joined FirstStrategic in the fall of 2006. She earned her BA in Political Science at the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University, summa cum laude, and her MA, with merit, in International Development and Social Policy at the Institute for Development and Planning Management at the University of Manchester in the UK. Previously, she interned with the US Department of State in the US Embassy in Asunción, Paraguay in the Economics and Commercial Section. She also served on the board of the Arizona Students' Association and as Student Body President of Arizona State University.

At FirstStrategic Sophie has been involved in several projects including designing and conducting a study of electoral reforms in Arizona for the Pew Charitable Trusts and serving as the project manager for Prop100: Protect Our Homes in 2008.

Sophie is a native of Brooklyn, New York.