Tusk created '' ' Tusk Philanthropies ' '' . Tusk Philanthropies has funded and led state legislative campaigns to expand school breakfast programs in states like Illinois , Pennsylvania and Washington . In 2017 , Tusk Philanthropies launched an initiative to popularize the need for mobile voting to citizens and elected officials across the country . The New Yorker reported on the mobile voting initiative , describing Tusk 's efforts as " searching for a way to make it easier for people to vote . " Tusk began his career in politics as an undergraduate student working for former Mayor of Philadelphia , Ed Rendell , during Rendell 's widely documented efforts to save Philadelphia from bankruptcy and decline . After graduating college , Tusk became the spokesperson for the New York City Parks Department and helped run various divisions of the agency , most notably launching a successful campaign to change the way New Yorkers obey the leash law . Tusk later returned to serve as Senior Advisor to New York City Parks Commissioner Henry Stern , Tusk then joined U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer as Communications Director from 2000-2002 , handling communications , strategy and policy for the Senator , most notably in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks on New York City
September 11th attacks
September 11 attacks
Bradley Tusk