Chad Kolton is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Blueprint Communications. He had previously co-founded and worked as a partner in the American public relations firm HDMK.[1][2] Through that role he was also a hired spokesperson for Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund.[3][4]

He lived in Moscow from 1998 to 2000 as program director for the International Republican Institute, which promotes democratic values.[5] He later worked as public affairs chief for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).[5] From 2003 through 2005 he was press secretary for the Office of Management and Budget.[5]

In March 2005, Cassidy & Associates selected him to be senior vice president in charge of their new strategic communications practice.[6]

In August 2006, Kolton returned to his work in the Bush administration as a spokesperson for the Director of National Intelligence.[7] Kolton was credited with making the DNI's office more accessible to journalists, such as by providing regular off-the-record briefings by senior analysts on global hotspots.[8] He left that position in June 2007.[8]

He would later become a spokesperson the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Terrorist Screening Center,[9] before again returning to the private sector in 2010.[10]

References

  1. ↑ McCarthy, Aoiffe (2007-10-22). "Suite Talk: New shop in town". Politico.
  2. ↑ Palmer, Anna; Tau, Byron; Parti, Tarini (2013-04-02). "Exclusive ... HDMK announces reorganization, elevates Hacker to partner". Politico.
  3. ↑ McConnell, Dugald; Brian Todd (August 16, 2012). "Former special forces officers slam Obama over leaks on bin Laden killing". CNN.
  4. ↑ Mundy, Alicia (August 15, 2012). "Faulting Obama, Former Officers Plan Ads on Bin Laden Leaks". Wall Street Journal (blog).
  5. 1 2 3 Kamen, Al (February 25, 2005). "In the Loop: Going Private". Washington Post. p. A19.
  6. ↑ Holmes, Paul (2005-03-18). "Cassidy Launches Strategic Communications Unit". Holmes Report.
  7. ↑ "Intelligence czar gets new press spokesman". UPI. August 23, 2006.
  8. 1 2 Waterman, Shaun (June 24, 2007). "DNI spokesman leaves for private sector". UPI.
  9. ↑ Bowley, Graham (May 10, 2009). "A World of Least-Wanted Lists". New York Times.
  10. ↑ Kitto, Kris (November 11, 2010). "The speaker who speaks softly". The Hill.


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