Sam Hassell – Managing Partner
Sam Hassell is an accomplished political strategist, entrepreneur and national advertising and media executive. He has worked with a wide array of political candidates, issue and policy organizations, PACs and Super PACS as well as national and international brands, direct-to-consumer companies driving multi-million dollar national and state media and grassroots campaigns.
As the CEO of The Association of Mature American CItizens (AMAC), The Conservative Alternative to the AARP, primarily through political messaging, Hassell drove membership from a few thousand to more than 1.5 million members in two years, securing their position as the second largest senior advocacy organization in the country.
As CEO of his own companies, Marketel Media and Intelimarc, Hassell worked with Super Pac’s, PAC’s and issue organizations such as: Adelson-backed, Winning Our Future in support of Newt Gingrich for President, America Continues, Dinesh D’Souza’s record-breaking movie: 2016 Obama’s America, National Right To Life and the New American Energy Opportunity Foundation, among others.
Hassell also founded and led Cross Platform Media, which included USA Radio Networks and USA Headline NEWS with 24/7 news and nationally-syndicated conservative news talk programs reaching an estimated 15 million listeners weekly. Syndicated programs included The Steve Deace Show, Tony Perkins and Family Policy Council.
HIs company Intelirep, became the second largest media sales representation firm for Christian radio and web networks with an audience of over 45 million through clients K_LOVE, Keep the Faith, Focus on the Family, Todd Starnes, Moody Broadcasting and others.
Prior to building his own media, advertising and consulting firms, Hassell was National Sales Director for Salem Media Representative, a division of Salem Media where he worked closely with numerous campaigns and talk show hosts Dennis Prager, Bill Bennet, Hugh Hewitt, Michael Medved, Mike Gallagher and others.