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A Colorado native, Eric Sondermann founded and now chairs SE2, a Denver-based consulting firm specializing in public persuasion, media relations, and all forms of mass communication in the broad realm of public policy. Clients include a mix of public, private and non-profit organizations, all requiring expert services in understanding and moving public opinion through effective positioning and message delivery.

Sondermann has directed this consulting business for over twenty years. During the early years, he did business under the title of The Sondermann Group. In the mid-1990's he teamed with Eric Anderson (with Susan Morrisey later joining the management team) as part of a shared commitment to business expansion, building critical mass, and providing distinctive and exceptional service in a highly specialized field.

Sondermann is particularly regarded for his strategic vision, his skill in crafting effective messages in various challenging contexts, and his ability to always see the forest no matter how many trees might be in the way.

A high-profile political analyst and media pundit, Sondermann has been interviewed by a laundry list of local, national and international publications and media outlets. He appears as a regular panelist on the weekly "Colorado Inside Out" program on local public television and as host of the “Colorado Decides” political debate series sponsored by CBS4Denver and KBDI-Channel 12 (and until recently, the Rocky Mountain News). He is sought after for his independent thinking, his ability to distinguish analysis from spin, and his forthrightness in calling things as he sees them.

Sondermann currently serves on the Boards of Get Smart Schools, a collaborative dedicated to opening 100 new high-performing, autonomous public schools along Colorado’s Front Range over the next decade, and the Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation which seeks to keep at-risk kids in school through graduation and then funds their college tuition. He also recently rejoined the Board of The Logan School, a highly-regarded, private K-8 school with an experiential and individualized focus. As part of a long-standing leadership commitment to Logan, he had previously served on its Board for nine years, including five years as Board Chair. He is a former Board member of Urban Peak, Colorado Public Radio, and the Children’s Museum of Denver.

Sondermann and his wife, Tracy Dunning, are the parents of two children, Katrina and Clarke. Beyond family time, recreational pursuits include travel, golf, NHL hockey, voracious reading, stimulating laughter in all possible venues, and circulating often provocative articles evidencing his non-partisan and evolving worldview.

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