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| Michael Schoenfeld |
Brunswick Group has recruited Michael Schoenfeld, VP for public affairs, government relations & chief communications officer at Duke University. He will join the firm on Aug. 15.
As a Brunswick partner, he will counsel higher education institutions and academic medical centers.
Prior to his 14-year run at Duke, Schoenfeld spent a dozen years at Vanderbilt University, exciting as vice-chancellor of public affairs.
He also was senior VP for policy and public affairs at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Brunswick CEO Neal Wolin sees a big opportunity to support colleges as they deal with social and political issues and believes Schoenfeld will become an invaluable asset as the firm grows its capabilities in the academic space.
Notre Dame hires Pedro Ribeiro, who most recently served as SVP for communications and PA at the Association of American Universities, as VP for PA and communications, effective Oct. 2.
Former Brooklyn Congressman Edolphus Towns represents 2U Inc. the online higher education company that has partnered with Morehouse College on the Morehouse Online offering.
Mica Stark, chief communications officer at the University of New Hampshire, has joined Brodeur Partners to bolster the Boston-based firm’s higher education offering.
Finn Partners has signed on to provide earned media and marketing support for the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area on its 120 Initiative effort to address gun violence.
Jason Alderman has been named senior VP-global communications and government relations at BYJU’s, the fast-growing Bangalore, India-based education technology company that is making a big push in the US.
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Jun. 17, 2022, by Bill Huey, Strategic Communications
Brunswick has obtained the services of one of the best in the business in Michael Schoenfeld. He will certainly help "polish the firm's escutcheon," as Ben Sonnenfeld used to say.