Chris Senecal

Background

About Chris Senecal

Specializing in strategic communications, media relations, community relations, advertising, public affairs, government relations, grassroots advocacy and legislative strategy, provides clients with a variety services to assist them in their efforts to tell their stories in the media and educate and influence opinion leaders as well as the general public. Has played a leading role in some of the state's most aggressive grassroots initiatives including the effort to construct Rentschler Field for UConn's Division 1 Football team and UConn 21st Century infrastructure initiative, as well as Connecticut's indoor smoking ban initiative. Has led award winning public relations campaigns for a diverse group of clients including the CT Department of Agriculture and the Connecticut Nonprofit Alliance. Served as a campaign manager and/or communications director for a variety of state and municipal political campaigns. Included among these races were a number of Congressional and statewide campaigns as well as state legislative races, a number of municipal campaigns. In his capacity as a campaign manager, was responsible for volunteer coordination and recruitment, fund-raising, development and implementation of direct mail programs, design of print and radio advertising, and coordination of phone banks. Has close working relationships with members of the Connecticut media. Successfully assisting clients in the development and placement of dozens of op/ed pieces, press releases, by-line articles and letters to the editor in all of Connecticut’s major daily newspapers as well as ensuring that clients receive favorable media coverage by all of Connecticut’s major broadcasting media. Chris graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1992 with a Bachelors degree in Communications Sciences. Specialties: Crisis Communications, grassroots campaigns, media relations, legislative strategy, new media campaigns, and media and public/community relations.