Barbara Kittridge

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Global marketer Barbara Kittridge, in brief.

Barbara Kittridge

Home: Washington, DC.  Profession: Marketing and production.  Organization: Crews Control Inc.  Title: President.  Pronouns: She/Her/Hers.  Alma mater: Northwestern University (B.A.); Loyola University of Chicago (MBA).  Languages spoken: English and French.

Current project: Defeating Republicans everywhere.  Latest accomplishment: Promoted to President of Crews Control Inc.  What’s been your big (or biggest leap)? Launched my own progressive political agency.  Hobbies: Politics, global travel and classic cocktails.  Recent travel or adventure: From Saint Germain de Pres, Paris to the French Quarter of New Orleans.  Recently viewed and recommended: British Acorn channel.  Delicious.  Recent unique acquisition: Oil on canvas with gold leaf of the Mona Lisa.  

Personality profile: Auntie Mame personified.  Moral compass: I trust my conscience.  How do you define a perfect friendship? Friendship is like fine wine, to be aged, drunk but once, and shared.  What is your greatest joy? Visiting my friends who are now spread across the world.  What is your guilty pleasure? A balanced French 75.  What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Journalism.  What is your favorite place (or way) to spend money? Window shopping in Paris or London or Rome.  What ingredient is essential to your perfect vacation? A skilled bartender

What was your favorite college course? European History.  What’s the best advice you received growing up? When a door closes, a window opens.  What’s the best advice you received in your career? You will always be the smartest person in the room, and no one likes the smart one. What modern technology innovation do you most appreciate? iPhone.  What is your favorite app? Twitter.  What is your go-to source of news and information? MSNBC and Twitter.  What is your go-to source of creative inspiration? Paris.

What is your big idea?

National Gun Buy Back Program.

What change are you working on to effect in your profession or field? Gun control.  What change would you like to see in the world? The end of the Republican party.  What message do you want to send out into the world? A revolution begins with you.  What widely held belief do you reject? That gun ownership by the individual is protected by the 2nd Amendment.  

What title would you choose for the movie about your life? Sarge.  What actor would you choose to play you in the movie about your life? Janeane Garofalo.  Who would you like to spend an evening with, in heaven? Alan Rickman.  As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? A lawyer.  After your loved ones, what object would you first save from your burning home? My dog, Bella.  How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? At the bar in the Hotel de Crillon in Paris.  What advice would you give your younger self? You will get to the other side.

Personal mission: Making the Republican party extinct.  Personal motto: You can sleep when your dead.  Favorite quote: “I would rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints” (Billy Joel).  Desired epitaph: What’s next?

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