Hi, I’m Marc
I’m a digital communications consultant who helps clients turn attention into action.
I got my start in digital communications in 2010. While managing a congressional campaign, I saw firsthand what happens when the right message reaches the right person at the right time. That experience led me to Blue State in 2011, where I spent five years running fundraising, advocacy, and mobilization programs for organizations including the NAACP, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, and the Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care.
In 2016, I founded Abanto Communications to bring that same caliber of strategy directly to the causes I care about most. For ten years and counting, I’ve helped nonprofits, advocacy groups, political and issue-based organizations, and partner agencies find the right words, select the right tools, reach the right people, and turn attention into action.
I moved to the DMV in 2004 to attend the George Washington University, and never left. When I’m not working you’ll find me running (training for a distance race or chasing after my two kids), at the beach, or watching the New York Yankees.
How I work
- I measure success by real outcomes — donations or purchases, letters or calls, supporters taking action.
- Every organization deserves bespoke strategy, planning, work, and training. I base mine on sixteen years of expertise and proven best practices.
- I focus on building your team’s capability, not your reliance on me — so you’re stronger than when I arrived.
- There’s no such thing as a permanent digital solution — things move too fast. So I build with the expectation that we’ll revisit and adjust as your needs and the landscape change.