Padden is Managing Parter at Foundry Ten, a boutique Communications and Marketing firm that helps build the companies that will shape the next century. Padden was previously SVP of Communications & Public Affairs at REEF, Head of Global Public Policy & Social Impact at WeWork, Policy Partnerships at Lyft, and Business Development at Getaround. Padden is a Sr. Fellow at the National League of Cities, served on the board of Bunker Labs, and co-hosted of The Mayors Podcast with Richard Florida. Padden lives in Bozeman, Montana with his wife Lumay and their young children Wilde and Maven.