 Scott Reed |
Reed is founder and chairman of Washington-based government relations consulting firm Chesapeake Enterprises. He was previously Bob Dole’s campaign manager during that retired Senator’s 1996 presidential run, and was executive director of the Republican National Committee during the GOP's historic 1994 Congressional takeover. He was also chief of staff to HUD Secretary (and former Dole running mate) Jack Kemp during the Bush administration, and previously helped run Kemp’s presidential campaign in 1988.
Reed is currently senior political strategist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which he joined in 2011. He will maintain this role while serving in the senior advisor role at H+K.
H+K’s D.C. outpost is led by executive VP Ellen Moran, who previously served as chief of staff at the U.S. Commerce Department and was President Obama’s first communications director.
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.
