Peter Ragone III is an American public affairs expert, entrepreneur and investor active in a range of political, corporate and civic efforts.
[3] In 2011, Ragone founded Exiles, Inc., a company devoted to organizing online clubs for sports fans that live outside the home market of their favorite teams.
He got his start in Democratic politics by recruiting young voters on behalf of Jerry Jennings, alderman who was running for Mayor of Albany.
Cuomo also remarked, “sometimes pros in politics become part of a business and lose the advocation" and that "Peter is principle first.”[2][8] In total, Ragone worked at HUD for nine months,[9] before leaving to join Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign for New York Senate.
Whenever the Vice President visited New York during this primary against Bill Bradley, Ragone was one of the handful of people who briefed Gore daily.
[2] In 2008, Ragone served in a volunteer communications role with Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign for President - working in California, Texas and North Carolina.
[6] Ragone played a crucial role in crafting then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom major policy issues on topics such as same-sex marriage, universal healthcare and homelessness.
[14] According to sources quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle, Ragone was one of a small group of government advisors that supported Newsom’s marriage decision.
After Newsom announced his plans to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, hundreds flooded City Hall with requests to marry, earning the young mayor and his staff national media attention.
Ragone was also a member of the board of directors of ChinaSF, a business organization committed to the development of ties between private companies in San Francisco and China.
The committee claims that it is dedicated to persuading the U.S. government to “disclose, declassify, and demystify all information related to UFOs.”[19] Ragone lives in San Francisco with his two children.