Bo is All Voting is Local’s Regional Director.

For more than twenty-five years, Bo Shuff has been at the forefront of transformational movements and policy campaigns that have shaped the American political landscape. Bo is a proven leader who not only knows how to win, but as importantly, knows that it takes creative thinking, calculated risk taking, and relentless persistence to bring about long-term change in. Bo has built a reputation as a thought-leader, strategist, and implementer of innovative tactics to run successful campaigns and drive narrative change. 

Bo’s career began in the hospitality and event management industry where he worked for some of the sector’s largest companies. Bo shifted his focus to political advocacy and campaign space in 2000, working in presidential electoral politics.

Bo’s electoral work continued through Iowa, playing a senior leadership position within the state-wide coordinated effort to re-elect former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin and Governor Tom Vilsack. The Iowa Democratic Party team served as the proving ground for new voter contact and engagement software and tactics which revolutionized how campaigns are run to this day. 

In 2003, Bo moved into direct issue advocacy and engagement working for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) in more than thirty states across the US. His work included on-the-ground electoral efforts to successfully pass legislation in Indianapolis, elect LGBTQ supportive candidates in Florida, and build organizational structures in Kansas, Arizona, and Ohio. Bo collaborated with local leaders in Ohio to charter Equality Ohio and then joined the organization as part of the founding staff, launching the Equality Ohio PAC and achieving a significant win rate in the first year. 

Working with FieldWorks Consulting, one of the nation’s leading field campaign firms, Bo rose to National Field Director, overseeing concurrent multi-state programs. His work included helping win Congressional races in upstate New York, flip control of the Washington state legislature, pass ballot initiatives in Colorado, and beat back anti-labor efforts in Ohio. 

In 2013, Bo Shuff was named the Campaign Manager for now-Mayor Muriel Bowser, bringing years of electoral experience to bear for an underdog campaign taking on a well-funded incumbent. Managing the overall program, the campaign team outraised the incumbent, secured notable endorsements, including the The Washington Post and delivered both primary and general election victories. 

Bo was selected in 2016 as the Executive Director of DC Vote, the leading voice on DC Statehood and representation for the people of DC. Bo crafted the strategic plan and built out the coalition of support needed to gain passage of DC Statehood in the U.S. House for the first (and second) time in history and driving a twenty-point increase in national public support. 

Before joining All Voting is Local, Bo served as Executive Director of the United States Bartenders’ Guild, returning to his hospitality roots with a focus on expanding member benefits and increasing the strength of their voices.