By Greg Hazley
Sean Smith, who led public affairs for the Dept. of Homeland Security until April, has been named a senior VP in Porter Novelli’s crisis communications unit.
Smith, a former aide to Sen. Joe Lieberman, will split time between New York and Washington, D.C., reporting to PA chief Kiki McLean.
Smith was 2006 campaign manager and spokesman for Lieberman during the senator’s primary loss to Ned Lamont. Lieberman went on to defend the Connecticut seat as an independent.
Since leaving the DHS this spring, Smith has been teaching media, politics and global affairs at Yale University.
He penned a Huffington Post piece in July on media coverage of the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which he handled while at DHS. He was also at the agency during crises like the H1N1 outbreak, border violence sparked in Mexico, and attempted terrorist attacks.
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