Cara Morris Stern has spent more than two decades helping organizations communicate, adapt, and win — across every shift in how Americans get their information, form their opinions, and decide who to trust. As a co-founder of NP Agency, she brings a combination of strategic instincts and operational experience to clients navigating high-stakes policy fights, reputational challenges, and the ever-changing dynamics of the modern media environment.
From standing up organizations to managing their hardest moments, Cara has built and staffed 501(c)(4)s, trade associations, and advocacy coalitions from the ground up — recruiting leadership, standing up operations, and developing the communications infrastructure needed to influence landmark financial reform and health care legislation, secure major media merger concessions, and mobilize key constituencies to move swing votes in Congress and state legislatures across the country. She has managed crises, guided clients through congressional and criminal investigations, and helped organizations protect and rebuild their standing when it matters most.
Before founding NP Agency, Cara co-founded New Partners Consulting, served as a spokesperson for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and as a communications advisor on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. She also worked for U.S. Senator John Kerry and on statewide campaigns across the country. Cara is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and lives with her husband and two daughters in Washington, DC.