Howard Opinsky

Howard Opinsky is a business and political communications strategist and a special advisor to digital reputation management company Five Blocks. He was the national press secretary for U.S. Senator John McCain’s (R-AZ) 2000 presidential campaign. He was also a campaign strategist and spokesman for other Republican candidates at the national and state levels.

Opinsky has been quoted in the media as a spokesman for candidates and causes and as a political strategist commenting on a variety of breaking news events. He has also been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Penn State, and various trade groups to discuss communication, the media, and politics.

He was the executive vice president at the Washington, D.C., office of Weber Shandwick. He was the executive vice president and leader of the US Corporate Advisory Practice of Hill+Knowlton Strategies and the managing director of Global Corporate Communications at JPMorgan Chase & Co.