Mark Busse Email & Phone Number

Jupiter, FL, US

Juno Beach, FL

Please see job description under NextEra Energy, Inc.; FPL is a subsidiary of NEE, and one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S.

Juno Beach, FL

• Prepared presentations, speeches and talking points for two CEOs (Lew Hay and Jim Robo) as well as several other senior executives at the largest electric utility company by market capitalization in the world.
• Developed a presentation skills curriculum and led classes, trainings and workshops in both in-person and virtual formats to improve presentation and storytelling skills for hundreds of employees, including through the.
• Led several corporate and financial communications functions, including corporate media relations, design and production of corporate reports, and news releases related to financial results and corporate finance.
• Managed a team of three individual contributors and a budget of around $200,000.

See description under "Senator John Cornyn/ U.S. Senate"

• Provided professional advice on a daily basis regarding the Senator’s public policy priorities, political objectives, and strategic communications goals.
• Served on the senior management team of both the Senator’s official office and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
• Wrote and edited remarks for the Senate floor and committee hearings; policy addresses to think tanks and opinion leaders; speeches at major political conventions; op-eds for regional and national papers; and talking.
• Developed and implemented strategic communications plans to alert Texans to the Senator’s work on their behalf, to strengthen support among key constituencies at the state and national levels, and to build fundraising.
• Advised Senator Cornyn as he became one of the most credible national spokesmen for the Republican Party in a very challenging environment, which included an ongoing economic crisis; debates over health care reform.

• Speechwriter for President George W. Bush, National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley, and other senior White House officials.
• Wrote remarks for some of the most formal and diplomatically sensitive events conducted by the President, including South Lawn arrival ceremonies for Queen Elizabeth II and other heads of state; toasts at state dinners.
• Wrote and edited major presidential addresses to national audiences in the United States, Europe, and Asia, as well as remarks for the National Security Adviser and other White House officials to key opinion leaders.
• Worked in an environment in which public words are public policy, and in which misstatements could have serious diplomatic and political consequences.
• Navigated multiple bureaucratic structures to gather research, resolve internal differences of opinion, address comments from Cabinet Secretaries and senior White House staff, and deliver drafts that reflected the.

See description under "The White House"

• Speechwriter for Under Secretary Karen Hughes and Assistant Secretary Dina Powell.
• Advised Ambassador Hughes in the first six months of her tenure, as she was drawing new high-profile international media attention to U.S. public diplomacy effortsefforts.

• Represented the Governor of the fourth-largest U.S. state in negotiations with legislators, business leaders, and citizen groups regarding pending legislation.
• Advanced Governor Bush’s policy objectives in such areas as election reform, faith-based programs, and constitutional ballot initiatives.
• Managed teams of policy experts within the Governor’s Office and multiple state agencies.
• Ensured that strategic communications and policy development reinforced each other within the Executive Office of the Governor.

• Speechwriter for the Governor of the nation’s fourth-largest state, who was building a national reputation as a dynamic policy innovator and champion of government reform.
• Wrote and edited major policy speeches, including the “State of the State Address;” op-eds for state and national papers; congressional testimony; and remarks for Florida audiences ranging from corporate leaders to.
• Won approval to hire and supervise a Deputy Speechwriter to expand the production of op-eds; devote more research to high profile speeches; and better leverage the Governor’s bilingual fluency and relationships within.

See description above.

• Managed the office of a senior creative executive at a major Hollywood television studio.
• Evaluated writing and directing samples of candidates for positions on Frasier, Becker, Star Trek: Voyager, and dozens of other series.
• Helped develop software to track scripts and director’s reels submitted for studio consideration.

• Managed the office of two Hollywood talent agents.
• Evaluated writing and directing samples of potential clients.

Mipp, Strategic Studies

A.B., Public And International Affairs