Steve Carpinelli assists the Center’s communications department with media strategy, procedures, and public outreach efforts. Before joining the Center in 2006, he worked in the research and intelligence practice group at Public Strategies, Inc.‘s Washington, D.C., office, focusing on client issues in the telecommunications, finance, manufacturing, health care, and technology sectors. Carpinelli has more than 12 years of experience in Washington public affairs, media relations, and crisis communications issues with policy makers, corporate executives, and all forms of the media. He graduated with honors from American University’s School of International Service with a master’s degree in international communication and policy.