I have managed PR and public affairs efforts for three Governors, a billionaire philanthropist, a high-profile member of Congress, labor unions, and Fortune 500 companies, including Google, Facebook, and Boeing.I currently lead a team of highly-skilled public affairs professionals for the legislative branch of King County (Seattle), a government with 2.4 million constituents, 19,000 county employees, and a $7.5 billion annual budget. I previously spent years on the executive team at the largest public affairs firm in the western US and covered politics as a journalist working for public radio. In my free time I serve (remotely) as a writing instructor at the Wharton School of Business at UPenn (WH 201, Management Communication: Persuasive Speaking and Writing for Business).I can be reached at davidbrianshurtleff@gmail.com or dshurt@wharton.upenn.edu
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