Charles Hodges
Account Supervisor
Expert in media advocacy and public affairs. Specialties: nonprofits and infrastructure. On special occasions, trades his slacks for a tool belt – or a kilt. With more than a decade of experience, Charles has combined his two passions – public policy and communications – and offers clients seasoned insight into the places where they intersect. Through media and public relations, media advocacy and grassroots communications, he helps organizations harness the energy of supporters to change minds and policies. Prior to joining Capstrat, Charles worked in public affairs in Washington, D.C. at the American Heart Association, Ignition Strategic Communications and Hill & Knowlton. Charles graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BA in communications.
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Contact Me
chodges@capstrat.com
My Latest Tweets
- Interesting Kaiser poll http://tiny.cc/5y9u8 on how little Americans know about health care reform status #publicaffairs
- More trouble brewing for health care reform #publicaffairs http://tiny.cc/reg54
- Good coverage out of the Progress in Motion Forum: #publicaffairs http://bit.ly/dfUVHM via @addthis
- More money for transportation #publicaffairs in the Gov's budget http://tiny.cc/8dmjm
- Uh Oh! #publicaffairs Ruffin Poole plea agreement...who's next? http://tiny.cc/8chwk
- Disturbing news from the Tea Party folks #publicaffairs - they want to create a militia! http://tiny.cc/5iqyd
- Guess what happened 1.5 years ago#publicaffairs? That was the last time the Dow was above 11,000 pts http://tiny.cc/axmcm
- NC's most effective #publicaffairs state senators ranked http://tiny.cc/irxt9 - many are leaving the senate http://tiny.cc/xolux
- If this is what "Not Guilty" looks like http://tiny.cc/xblnf how bad is "Guilty?" #publicaffairs
- Drilling offshore? #publicaffairs No worse than gill netting or the other junk from development along the coast. http://tiny.cc/hchuk
- Pretty bad - only 16% of NC #publicaffairs thinks Reagan is a better choice than Ulysses Grant on the $50 bill? http://tiny.cc/0ueye
- Can you believe it? Here's some true numbers behind the health care bill from the Washington Post #publicaffairs - http://tiny.cc/9qq6j
My Latest Posts and Articles 
- 05.17.2011 Where in the World is....My World News?
- 04.08.2011 Transportation Planning Using the Rearview Mirror
- 03.03.2011 Can a Crazy Person Convince Me To Buy A Hybrid?
- 02.25.2011 Civics and Schoolhouse Rock
- 06.17.2010 Be careful: The camera's rolling
- 06.17.2010 The beautiful game
- 04.23.2010 Breathe Easy NC!
- 04.07.2010 Funding Equity: City Mouse versus Country Mouse
- 03.26.2010 Winning Because Someone Else Loses
- 02.11.2010 myfacetwittertube.com
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