Adam leads much of Spitfire’s science, climate and environment work, with a focus on building winning coalitions across ideology, geography and race. He has led message development and strategic communications work with McKnight Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Monterey Bay Aquarium, National Academies of Sciences and Walton Family Foundation, and serves on the National Academy of Medicine’s Communications Advisory Group. Adam also trains on media engagement, message development, storytelling and other curricula. He led work with the National Domestic Violence Hotline to secure confidentiality for survivors and prepare its advocates for a profile in The New York Times, published in June 2024. He served as an executive coach to leaders at organizations like The International Legal Foundation, Southern Africa Resource Watch and Trevor Noah Foundation, and Emerson Collective and JP Morgan Chase Foundation call on him to train their grantees. Adam joined Spitfire from UltraViolet, where he led work to successfully protect the Affordable Care Act and change the NFL’s domestic and sexual abuse policy. He also led campaigns at Courage California and began his career at Progressive Strategies, LLC. The Jewish tenet of “tikkun olam” (repair the world) inspires Adam to pursue social justice.