Morgan Hook, former communications director for New York Gov. David Paterson, is stepping down as communications head of the State University of New York system to open an Albany office of PR and political consulting firm SKDKnickerbocker.
Hook will exit the 64-campus SUNY as assistant vice chancellor for communications, where he moved after nine months with Paterson and a stint in the press office of Paterson’s predecessor, the disgraced Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
A former TV reporter, Hook was SUNY’s principal spokesman, handling comms., marketing and external relations.
At SKDK, which he’ll join in November, he’ll take on a VP post in its public affairs unit to build a presence in Albany for the firm, which has offices in New York and D.C.