Brad Anderson has worked on campaigns and bipartisan causes for more than two decades. Since 2004 Anderson has managed local, national and international campaigns and assisted corporations and non-profit organizations with management and public relations strategies to grow their brand and strengthen their bottom line. Since 2015, Brad has led bipartisan efforts to address the issue of money in politics, worked with clients to strengthen the skills of America’s workforce, and led Above + Beyond Cancer, an Iowa-based cancer survivorship non-profit organization. In 2016 Brad co-founded RABA (Red America Blue America) Research, a bipartisan polling firm aimed at providing fair, accurate, non-biased polling to political, corporate and non-profit clients. 

Brad has served as AARP Iowa State Director since 2018 and lives in Des Moines with his wife Lisa, two children and dog Gracie Caramel.