COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

ANTJUAN SEAWRIGHT, FOUNDER AND CEO OF BLUEPRINT STRATEGY LLC,

Antjuan Seawright is the founder and CEO of Blueprint Strategy LLC, a public relations, advertising, and political consulting firm based in South Carolina. He has led many extensive grassroots and strategic efforts for political clients at the national, state, and local levels. He has advised campaigns for Governors, the US Senate, the US Congress, State Legislatures, and other down-ballot races. He suggested the 2008 and 2016 presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton. He has advised the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), the South Carolina Democratic Party, the Georgia State Democratic Party, the New York State Democratic Party, the South Carolina State Senate Democratic Caucus, and Protect Our Vote (a Democratic Super PAC). He continues to serve as Senior Advisor to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). He is also a Senior Visiting Fellow at Third Way.

Additionally, Antjuan manages corporate, non-profit, governmental, and sports marketing clients.

Antjuan is a 2008 graduate of Winthrop University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Marketing, and a 2010 graduate of Webster University, where he earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA). Seawright is also a graduate of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute’s political boot camp.

Antjuan has been awarded both locally and nationally for his active involvement in the community. He serves on the boards of directors for several organizations. He has recently been inducted into the Cleveland (OH) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Seawright is a CBS News political contributor and an opinion writer for The Hill, BuzzFeed News, BETNews.com, and The Christian Recorder. He hosts “Insight with Antjuan Seawright,” a weekly public affairs radio show based in South Carolina. He is the co-host of “Hot Button Mondays” with Reverend Al Sharpton on the Keepin’ It Real with Al Sharpton national radio show.