“A breath of fresh air” is how viewers describe author and political analyst Keli Goff. As an expert on youth and minority voters, she emerged as one of the most recognizable pundits of the 2008 presidential election cycle. A popular blogger and commentator she is known for her ability to effortlessly traverse the worlds of politics and pop culture, covering subjects as diverse as Michael Jackson and Sarah Palin in the same week. She has appeared on numerous national programs including: “The CBS Early Show,” CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” FOX News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” MSNBC’s “Verdict with Dan Abrams” and BET’s “The Truth with Jeff Johnson,” for which she served as a regular contributor. She has also served as a source for news outlets ranging from the Wall Street Journal to USA Today.

Keli is currently a contributing political blogger for TheLoop21.com and a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. She previously covered the 2008 presidential election as an editorial contributor for RushmoreDrive.com, and was also the resident election expert for Seventeen Magazine’s Electionista blog. Her writing has also appeared in the magazines TIME, UPTOWN and Cosmopolitan.

A featured essayist in The Speech: Race and Barack Obama’s a more Perfect Union (Bloomsbury, August 2009), she is also the author of the critically acclaimed book Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence (Basic Books, March 2008). One of the very first books to chronicle the rise of “Generation Obama,” Party Crashing explores the cultural and political differences that define black Americans of the civil rights generation and their children and grandchildren, known collectively as the Hip-Hop Generation. Prof. Henry Louis Gates said of Party Crashing, “Keli Goff gets it right in this incisive and entertaining book,” while The Washington Post called it “engaging” and Arianna Huffington declared that it “Should be on the nightstand of candidates on either side of the political aisle.”

Keli’s career in politics and media includes a number of high profile political and public relations campaigns. She served as Campaign Manager for Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney’s successful re-election in 2002 and was Deputy Campaign Manager for “Vote No On 3,” a groundbreaking citywide campaign the New York Times labeled “hugely successful.” At Fenton Communications Keli served as the lead publicist on the launch of SheSource.org, an online media resource created to increase the presence of women experts on major networks. Since its inception, SheSource.org experts have appeared on numerous networks, including: ABC, BBC, CNN, FOX News Channel and many others.

She holds a B.A. from New York University and a Master’s degree in Strategic Communications from Columbia University. A native of Texas, Keli’s foray into politics began with an internship on Hillary Clinton’s 2000 Senate campaign.