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Gene Grabowski

Gene Grabowski

www.levick.com
Senior Vice President
Levick Strategic Communications
Washington, DC

Gene Grabowski is a seasoned communications professional and former journalist with a reputation for creating and implementing high-level strategic communications plans, conducting effective media training, and working with the national news media.

Mr. Grabowski is a distinguished crisis communications counselor who leads high-profile crisis accounts for major law firms, Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, and government agencies. He speaks on crisis communications frequently around the world to boards of directors and other professional audiences.

Before joining Levick, Mr. Grabowski served as the Vice President of Communications and Marketing for The Grocery Manufacturers of America – the world's largest food trade group representing brand-name food, beverage, and consumer-product companies. In addition to developing and implementing GMA's media outreach programs, he was the organization's chief communications strategist and spokesperson. A former White House news reporter, Mr. Grabowski is an authority on a variety of issues, including crisis communications, food and consumer product recalls, financial regulation and media training.

Before joining GMA, Mr. Grabowski served as a Director in the Washington office of Burson-Marsteller, where he developed and managed national advocacy and media relations campaigns for agencies of the federal government and leading U.S. corporations. He has taught media relations and strategic media planning to corporate executives, scientists, and U.S. and foreign government officials in many countries, including Russia, Kazakhstan, Tanzania, and Uganda. As part of his responsibilities at Burson-Marsteller, Mr. Grabowski trained other professionals in how to conduct media training programs.

For more than 12 years, Mr. Grabowski worked as a journalist, primarily in Washington, D.C. He reported on congressional issues for The Associated Press, specializing in labor, food and manufacturing issues, and served as White House reporter for The Washington Times, where he covered the U.S.-Soviet arms treaty summits, national election campaigns, and the federal budget.

Education:
Mr. Grabowski earned a Bachelor of Arts in Writing and History at the University of Pittsburgh, and has done graduate work in Management at the University of Michigan. An avid chess player, he holds a rating with the U.S. Chess Federation.