Thomas Calcagni

Tom Calcagni is a retired communications professional with more than 40 years experience in strategic communications, public relations, advocacy & public affairs, brand reputation management, crisis communications, media training and television news. He formed Calcagni Media after joining the American Automobile Association (AAA) National Office as managing director of Public Relations & Community Affairs. As a spokesman for AAA, he appeared on NBC's "Today Show" and ABC's "Good Morning America," and testified before a committee of Congress. Before joining AAA, Calcagni served as senior vice president, B2B Technology, at the MWW Group Office in Seattle, Washington. He also held positions as director of corporate communications at CyberCash, Inc., the first, public online payments company, a vice president at Ruder-Finn, Washington, where he co-directed the firm's Institutional Practice Area, and as the executive director of University Communications at Montana State University. His Washington, DC experience also includes positions as director of communications for former U.S. Senator Robert Stafford of Vermont, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and for Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas. Most recently, he served as regional director of public & government affairs at AAA Club Alliance in thre nation's capital. Calcagni also is an award-winning television journalist who worked as a reporter and/or anchor at network-affiliated television stations in Virginia, North Carolina, New York and in the Boston ADI. His reporting was seen frequently on CNN in the early days of the cable network. He also is the author of Tough Questions - Good Answers: Taking Control of Any Interview (Capital Books Inc). Specialties: Strategic Communications, Media & Public Relations; Advocacy & Public Affairs; Branding & Marketing; Web & Social Media; Brand Reputation Management & Crisis Communications; Publications; Internal Communications and Media Training