Zac Petkanas is a veteran communications strategist and messaging expert with more than 15 years experience working at the highest levels of Capitol Hill and on the toughest political and advocacy campaigns in the country. 

He cut his teeth and rose quickly in the trenches of Congress, beginning as press secretary to the House Committee on Rules and finishing as Communications Director to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He spent nearly a decade living on the road,  running communications for the hardest fought congressional, state and presidential campaigns in the country from Harry Reid’s legendary 2010 Senate re-election to running rapid response for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential operation.

Petkanas is an expert at building and running communications War Rooms. As Senior Advisor to the Democratic National Committee, he built and ran the acclaimed Trump War Room to hold the new administration accountable through its first 100 days, including through the cabinet confirmation process, Supreme Court confirmation of Neil Gorsuch and policies like the Muslim Ban. 

Since then, he’s built dozens of rapid response operations for coalitions and organizations, including around the Coronavirus pandemic, the Mueller Report, both Trump impeachments, passing the Inflation Reduction Act, the Trump indictments, and attacks on voting rights in the 2020 election. 

Petkanas is a frequent commentator on cable news and appears regularly in the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press and many other major media outlets.