Daniel Cruz Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Assist the CEO with operating the nation’s third-largest Public Housing Authority and enhance the agency’s efforts to provide affordable housing to Chicago residents and deliver community development projects. Manage.
• Oversee developing and implementing policies, objectives and deploy broad organizational strategies to increase the agency’s effectiveness.
• Serve as the lead liaison on intergovernmental, legislative, and regulatory matters with the City of Chicago, Members of Congress, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Served as a senior advisor to the CEO and executive team on government relations, policy, public affairs, and crisis management. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to increase affordable housing.
• Serve as the primary intergovernmental liaison for federal, state, and city government officials.
• Propose legislative strategies, lead advocacy efforts, and build coalitions with partners.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Communications consultant driving integrated public relations projects to support clients' business and operational objectives. Serving a client base of national nonprofits, public relations and consulting firms.
• Lead earned media placements, plan large-scale events, create social media marketing, provide expert writing and editing, and book television appearances.
• Create strategic communications plans, conduct research, and develop content to engage key stakeholders.
• Deliver media training, advice, messaging guidance for clients' most critical communications challenges.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed media relations, public events, and social media content for the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization. Led media outreach for annual conference and rapid response to breaking news.
• Planned media strategies for conferences, research papers, policy analyses, and advocacy efforts, resulting in digital content, news coverage, and engagements with reporters.
• Conducted research and media analyses on corporate social responsibility, current events, immigration, diversity, civic engagement, economic policy, legislation, and regulations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed external communications and advised the C-suite on media engagement and regulatory affairs.
• Wrote press releases, talking points, official statements, and remarks regarding the company's business-to-business services, Internet of Things technology, and telecommunications.
• Summarized regulatory filings to create briefings for reporters and third-party validators.
• Oversaw twelve consultants and guided the quality and delivery of their work.
• Managed official social media accounts, including digital advertising campaigns that reached target audiences and led to increased impressions and followers.

Washington, DC

• Served as the chief media spokesperson for consumer finance, financial technology (fintech), small business loans, and community development policies and programs. Assisted in planning and staffing large-scale public.
• Ensured reporters were apprised of government policies, programs, and regulations on the financial industry resulting in earned media placements.
• Provided press releases, remarks, talking points, reports, and congressional correspondence.
• Facilitated briefings for principals and prepared them for interactions with top-tier media.
• Worked closely with White House staff to highlight Obama administration's economic agenda.

Washington D.C.

• Served as the chief on-the-record spokesman for the federal agency responsible for $60 billion in annual procurements, government real estate, vehicles, technology services, and travel tools.
• Advised the agency’s principals on media strategy, remarks, and public events.
• Edited and approved press releases and statements issued by the agency to the media.
• Provided public affairs team with guidance and direction on communications priorities resulting in coordinated external communications efforts across all regional offices.
• Collaborated with White House staff to promote Obama administration initiatives.

Washington, DC

• Developed public messaging and crisis management strategies that included interviews with top-tier print and broadcast media.
• Responded to press inquiries, planned interviews, and wrote press releases and talking points.
• Served as the blog and social media editor, which included creating content, managing official accounts, and establishing social media guidelines for employees.

Washington, DC

• Wrote press releases, memos, and researched issues about current events and legislation.
• Compiled daily press clippings and archived television and radio interview transcripts.
• Monitored congressional hearings and legislative actions and provided staff with briefings.

Boston, MA

• Managed press inquiries, proactively pitched stories, and drafted press releases about job creation, unemployment data, worker safety, and government funding.
• Wrote memos and talking points for Governor Deval Patrick’s daily briefings regarding regional workforce and employment data.
• Provided senior leaders with daily news clippings about the economy and employment rates.

Boston, MA

• Served as community liaison and legislative assistant and managed public events, press, and correspondence.
• Created a steady stream of press releases, mass mailings, and HTML email distributions about the committee chairman's district. wrote, and booked guests for community access television show.
• Drafted and tracked legislation and met with advocacy groups, lobbyists, businesses, and constituents.

Boston, MA

• Managed all aspects of health insurance authorization, which included payments and appeals.
• Managed daily correspondence between the hospital and insurance companies.
• Trained employees on health insurance protocols and terminology, which improved the department’s quality of work.

Education record

Civic Leadership Academy Fellow 2022

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Political Science And Government