Michael Paranzino
I have extensive experience working at the nexus of policy, politics and communications. Below, I link to writing and other work product samples, as well as media hits by or about me. But first, a brief outline of my past work.
Chief of Staff, Legislative Director and Press Secretary for Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ] (1995-99)
Litigation Attorney at Brown & Bain (now Perkins Coie) in Phoenix, AZ (1991-94)
Psoriasis Cure Now, nonprofit patient advocacy organization Founder and President (2005-Present)
—-> Reaches about 20,000 patients monthly through its websites, Facebook and YouTube
Elizabeth Dole for President Exploratory Committee Press Secretary (1999)
Jon Kyl for US Senate Research Director (1994)
PPC Strategies: Communications, government affairs and political consulting Co-founder (2001-Present)
—-> Has included serving as Adjunct Fellow at Lexington Institute, researching and writing on bilingual education reform and postal reform issues; representing U.S. solar energy industry trade group (PRE-Solyndra era, members included BP, Shell, Siemens); victims’ rights and anti-crime advocacy; and various other projects
At home dad (2001-Present)
—-> Harder than anything else listed above
Sample work product, media profiles and appearances (let me know if you would like to see additional samples):
* NY Times profile about my role in successful effort to stop CBS smear of President Reagan: newspaper image; NYT website
* My National Review Online essay about the CBS campaign
* Excerpt of Neil Cavuto interview with me on CBS News’ Rathergate, January 2005
* Excerpt of Fox News interview with me about the death penalty for four-time killer Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams, December 2005
* Energy Lobbyists ‘Fess Up: We met with Cheney (2001), published in Sunday LA Times, Houston Chronicle and elsewhere, regarding solar energy and the Democrat attacks on President Bush’s Energy Task Force
* Throw Away the Key (2003), National Review Online op-ed on violent crime
* Co-authored, published and sold: From Bailouts to Beer Summits: This Day in Obama History 2012 Page-a-Day Calendar
* Beware a Taxpayer-Funded Postal Bailout (co-author, 2001)
* Lessons Learned from California’s Bilingual Reform Experience (co-author, 2001)
* Developed Aimee’s Law (signed into law 2000), which allowed for the transfer of some federal crime funds from a state that released a murderer or sex offender, to a second state that subsequently convicted that offender of a later murder or sex crime
* Helped craft Proposition 103, a successful Arizona ballot measure (2002), which allows judges to deny bail in certain serious sex offenses and passed with 80% of the vote
* Testified before a Congressional Subcommittee about psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (2005)
* Participated in FDA Advisory Committee Hearings and presented at Medicare Model Guidelines public meeting (2004-07)
* USA Today profile about me being an at home dad
* Washington Post profile about me being an at home dad
* My extensive communications experience includes more than 500 print, radio and TV interviews, including by ABC, CBS, FOX, CNN, MSNBC, BBC, Court TV, NPR, NYT, WaPo, Time, Newsweek, etc.; and dozens of op-eds
Education
New York University School of Law
JD, 1991
Associate Editor, Law Review
Yale University
BA in Political Science, 1988
Editor-in-Chief, Yale Herald
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Michael Paranzino, 5620 Oakmont Ave., Bethesda, MD 20817
(202) 253-4863
mike@paranzino.net
