By Greg Hazley
Howard Opinsky, a 10-year Powel Tate exec and former press secretary for Sen. John McCain’s 2000 presidential bid, has left the Interpublic unit for a new post at JPMorgan Chase in New York.
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Joseph Evangelisti, managing director and head of worldwide corporate communications and media relations for the investment bank, told O’Dwyer’s that Opinsky joined the company on Monday as managing director in its corporate media relations group.
The D.C. veteran will split time between the capital and New York.
Opinsky joined the D.C. office of BSMG, later folded into Powell Tate parent Weber Shandwick, after the McCain campaign in 2000.
He was a key PR adviser to former AIG chief Hank Greenberg, including through his tumultuous separation from the insurer. among scores of corporate PR and lobbying assignments at PT.
Prior to the McCain bid, he worked for the National Republican Senatorial Committee and on the White House run of Sen. Phil Gramm (Tex.). He started out as a media affairs intern at the White House under President George H.W. Bush.
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