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For more than 25 years, I have provided services as a corporate communications and public affairs consultant, providing strategic counseling, executive speechwriting and media training to clients in the public and private sectors. I co-founded two nonprofit organizations -- Patients Rising and Patients Rising NOW -- and served as Policy Director. I am a former Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and presently a Fellow with USC's Unruh Institute of Politics.I have been a featured on-air commentator for ABC News, NBC News, Fox News Channel, CNN, several national radio programs and international networks in England, Australia and Japan. His editorial commentaries have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, National Review, Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Times, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News. I have written extensively for numerous corporate executives, including the Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch, the CEO of Coldwell Banker, the Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank and the Deputy President of McDonnell-Douglas. I was also a leading speechwriter for California Governor Pete Wilson. In 2003, I served as Communications Director for Rescue California, the lead committee organizing the successful recall of former Governor Gray Davis. In 2012, I was a Senior Consultant for Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch and Communications Director for Congressman Darrell Issa in 2016.I served as a Principal for Public Strategies Incorporated (PSi), serving as a senior strategist for Southwestern Bell Communications (SBC), overseeing multi-state ventures and representing SBC at legislative conferences and debates. I was the designated corporate point of contact for the national “open access” issue and managed the campaign leading to the adoption of historic legislation in St. Louis.I am a graduate of the University of Southern California.

Listed skills include Public Speaking, Strategic Communications, Public Relations, Media Relations, and 18 others.