Samantha Levine, director of communications for the Children's Defense Fund - NY, has moved to SKDKnickerbocker as a senior VP in its public affairs unit.
Levine, who also served as acting executive director for the non-profit CDF-NY for five months, was a deputy press secretary on health and human services issues during the Bloomberg administration, handling the mayor's bids to curb sugary beverages and smoking. She also directed marketing and communications for Brooklyn Hospital Center.
Levine held PR and marketing posts for NARAL Pro-Choice New York and Planned Parenthood of New York.
The principles of liberty, self-government and individual rights are often discussed as matters of history. Last week in Odesa, Ukraine, I was reminded they are also very much matters of the present. 
How risks and opportunities have evolved for communicators in the second Trump administration.
Too many executives view public affairs as a technical task. They think that if their policy is strong, their facts are correct, and their lawyers are ready, the outcome will naturally follow. That’s a dangerous misconception.
A majority of Americans (52 percent) say president Trump launched the invasion of Iran in part to distract voters from the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal. Forty percent disagree, according to Drop Site/Zeteo/Data for Progress survey conducted March 6-8.
