Andy Spahn: Political matchmaker extraordinaire

In the high-stakes mating dance of political fundraising, Andy Spahn is Hollywood’s matchmaker extraordinaire. See the whole list Spahn, the founder of the Gonring Lin Spahn strategic consulting firm, sits squarely at the crossroads where political aspirations meet the deep Hollywood pockets needed to turn those ambitions into votes. On the donor side, the roster of people he’s advised reads like the guest list at Vanity Fair’s Oscar party: Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Clooney, to name a few. After a stint in Washington, Spahn returned to Los Angeles and worked with Norman Lear to weave environmental plots into popular television shows, such as “thirtysomething.” He then joined Geffen’s company to advise his political and charitable donations, a role he continued when Geffen formed DreamWorks SKG with Spielberg and Katzenberg.