Crystal is a senior communications and political professional with extensive experience in strategic communications, including earned and paid media, new media, social networking, rapid response, and crisis communications. She has led initiatives in fundraising, development, polling, research, and activist engagement. Crystal spent 7.5 years on Facebook's public policy team, focusing on digital strategy, elections, policy development, and lobbying. Before Facebook, she worked on Immigration and Diversity Policy at the Center for American Progress, served as Communications Director for U.S. Representative Tim Ryan, and was Managing Director at Petel & Co., a political consulting firm. She also specialized in strategic communications with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. During Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, Crystal led digital strategy and content creation. She launched Sen. Edward Kennedy’s first campaign website, supporting Supreme Cour