Meaghan Smith Email & Phone Number

Meaghan Smith is a senior communications strategist with 15+ years of extensive people, project and brand positioning/messaging experience at the highest levels of public, private and nonprofit sector leadership. Meaghan advises on brand and vision alignment for principals and organizations across the legislative, executive, political, non-profit and corporate landscapes, crafting results-driven, award-winning public affairs campaigns and messaging strategies that impact and shape public opinion across a broad range of issues, including high priority rollouts for multi-party coalitions, Cabinet Heads, United States Senators, political campaigns and Fortune 500 CEOs. Her extensive background in issue elevation, crisis communications and response proves invaluable to companies. Prior to her transition into the private sector, Meaghan served as the Director of Communications and a Senior Advisor on Health Care at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under President Obama. She was instrumental in the successful rollout of the Affordable Care Act's second open enrollment, in addition to proactively leading the Department's national media teams for all regional and national press coverage. Meaghan's previous roles include Communications Director for Senator Brian Schatz, where she served as his primary spokesperson and member of his senior leadership team, and Deputy Communications Director & Press Secretary for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee.In addition to being a crisis & strategic communications subject matter expert, Meaghan is also a deeply experienced media liaison who maintains an expansive network of high level press and other third party contacts with broad and influential reach across multiple communications platforms and mediums.

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  Washington University In St. Louis

  Political Science And Government