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Michael Steel
Partner
Experience
Senior Advisor for Policy and Communications, Governor Jeb Bush Presidential Campaign
Press Secretary, Speaker of the House John Boehner
Press Secretary, 2012 Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan
Biography
After nearly two decades working in journalism, on Capitol Hill and for political campaigns, Michael Steel joined Hamilton Place Strategies in 2016, where he advises a range of clients on strategic communications and public policy.
Steel is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. He is a former Rankin Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina’s School of Media and Journalism and currently serves on their Board of Advisors.
Steel is a frequent guest on MSNBC, NPR, and Bloomberg TV and radio. He has written op-ed columns that have appeared in The Washington Post, The Washington Examiner, NBC’s ‘Think,’ and elsewhere. Steel is frequently quoted on Congressional and political issues, including in The Economist, Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, POLITICO, Roll Call, and The Washington Post.
Before HPS, he was a senior policy and communications advisor for Governor Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign. Before that, Steel was the press secretary for Speaker of the House John Boehner. He was involved in debates over spending, taxes, health care, financial regulations, energy, and national security.
During the 2012 Presidential election campaign, he served as Press Secretary to Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan and traveled with him throughout the campaign.