David Urban

David Urban (born March 6, 1964) is an American lobbyist, consultant, political strategist, and senior political commentator for CNN. He serves as the managing director of BGR Group, Senior Advisor to Gothams, and Of Counsel at Torridon Law. Urban served as Executive Vice President for North American Corporate Affairs at ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok. He serves on the boards of directors of publicly traded companies Virtu Financial (NYSE: VIRT), SAIC (NASDAQ: SAIC), and Eos Energy Enterprises (NASDAQ: EOSE), as well as the private company SubCom. He is a member of Coinbase's Global Advisory Council and serves on the advisory boards of Voyager Technologies and Regent Craft. Urban also serves on the boards of the nonprofit Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, the Johnny Mac Soldiers Fund, and the International Republican Institute.

Urban served as a senior advisor to the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign and helped orchestrate the 2016 Republican National Convention in a successful effort to win Pennsylvania. He also advised Trump's 2020 and 2024 re-election campaigns. Provided by Wikipedia