By ARICK WIERSON
An internationally renowned columnist and political analyst for CNN, The Observer, CNBC, and Vice and a sixtime Emmy® Award-winning television producer who also works as a communications consultant to corporate and political clients across the United States, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Previously, Wierson served as a senior media and communications advisor to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and as the President of NYC Media Group, the largest publicly owned media organization in the United States.