O. Casey Corr is son of a police officer and a nurse. A Seattle native, he's a writer and marketing communications consultant, author of two books on business leadership, and former communications director for the Seattle mayor.
As a journalist, he reported from the Middle East, Europe and Asia on technology, aerospace, education and other issues. His writings have appeared in the Seattle Times, Context, Governing, MSNBC.com, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Washington Post. He co-founded Seattle-based Crosscut.com. Casey earned a bachelor’s degree from Pomona College and a master of public administration degree from Harvard University. He was a Knight Fellow at the University of Maryland.