By Kevin McCauley
Howard Opinsky joins Hill+Knowlton Strategies' Washington office on
March 1 as general manager and executive VP. He replaces Michael Kehs, who left last January. Duncan Burns has
served as interim general manager for the past year.
The 10-year Weber Shandwick veteran most recently served as managing
director-global corporate communications at JPMorgan Chase & Co. At
the banking giant, he handled operations, corporate social
responsibility, legislative and regulatory issues.
While at Weber Shandwick, Opinsky was executive VP and leader of the
firm's PA and corporate work at Powell Tate in D.C., counseling
clients such as Bank of America, Cisco, U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
Siemens, Business Roundtable and the U.S. Government.
Opinsky has been active in Republican politics, serving as national
press secretary for Sen. John McCain's Presidential run, communication
strategist at the National Senatorial Campaign Committee, and
operative for Sen. Richard Shelby and former Sen. Phil Gramm. |