Adam leads much of Spitfire’s climate and environment work, focusing on building winning coalitions that bridge ideology, geography, and race. He has guided message development and strategic communications for clients such as Global Impact Ventures, Linden Trust for Conservation, McKnight Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Monterey Bay Aquarium, National Academies of Sciences, and Walton Family Foundation. A seasoned media relations expert and spokesperson, Adam helped the National Domestic Violence Hotline secure confidentiality protections for survivors and prepared its advocates for a New York Times profile published in June 2024. Adam leads grantee trainings for JP Morgan Chase Foundation and Stupski Foundation, including SMART Chart 4.0, Smart Plan, media relations and related topics. Through Spitfire’s Executive Training program, he has coached leaders at The International Legal Foundation, Southern Africa Resource Watch, and the Trevor Noah Foundation. Adam guest lectures on crisis communications at University of San Francisco and New York University, and serves on the National Academy of Medicine’s Communications Advisory Group. Based in San Francisco, Adam lives with his partner, Jason, and their German Shepherd mix, Lupin. He’s guided by the Jewish tenet of tikkun olam—the call to “repair the world”—which fuels his lifelong commitment to social justice.