Sean Crowley

About Sean Crowley

Award-winning public affairs strategist and former award-winning TV producer with 20+ years media experience. Capitol Hill/Federal Agency/Presidential Campaign Experience: • Press Secetary, Gore presidential campaign • Communications Director, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy • Press Sec, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation • Communications Dir, U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) • Press Secretary, U.S. Representative Sander Levin (D-MI) Grassroots/Lobbying/Public Affairs Consulting Experience: • Former grassroots organizer, lobbyist and PR consultant for corporate, labor and nonprofit clients, including: 1. Amnesty International 2. Physicians for Social Responsibility 3. Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights 4. Rockefeller Family Fund 5. Working America 6. World Wildlife Fund • Lead strategist in two winning PR/Grassroots-Internet legislative campaigns despite presidential veto threats: 1. Human Rights First’s “Stop Torture Now” campaign that utilized retired admirals, generals and online human rights advocates to help pass Senator John McCain’s legislation banning torture of detainees at U.S-operated detention facilities, such as Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay 2. Rockefeller Family Fund’s “Restore The Trust” campaign that utilized former SEC official Nancy Smith, defrauded Enron and Worldcom stockholders to help pass the Sarbanes-Oxley accounting reform law Journalism Experience: • Former network and local TV assignment editor, producer and reporter Public Relations Award Experience: 1) 2020 Sharecare Award in the Caregiving/End-of-Life category 2) Environmental Defense Fund’s “Staff Award for Outstanding Achievement” 3) O’Dwyer’s PR Report Award for Public Communications 4) League of American Communications Professionals’ Gold Magellan Award 5) U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Special Recognition Award 6) Intl. Assoc. of Business Communicators’ Silver Inkwell Award Specialties: Grassroots Organizing, Journalism, Lobbying, Public Affairs

Experience

1. Senior National Media Relations Director

   Compassion & Choices

   May 2013 — Present · DC, US

   Lead/execute national PR strategy to promote policies to expand end-of-life healthcare options. 1) Increased C&C’s news media hits 1,400% in 3 years (7,600+ media hits in 2016 vs. 530 in 2013). 2) Led record-setting Brittany Maynard PR campaign to expand death-with-dignity laws nationwide. 3) Co-produced/wrote three Brittany Maynard videos that generated 17 million views on YouTube.

Education

• Georgetown University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)