Jonathan Prince, Veteran Obama and Clinton Official, Joins Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter & Associates as Partner

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jonathan Prince, a senior political strategist and communicator in the Obama and Clinton Administrations, has joined Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications firm Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter & Associates as a partner.  Prince most recently served in the Obama Administration as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State with responsibility for strategic communications and public diplomacy for Middle East Peace, and a member of Special Envoy George J. Mitchell's regular delegation.  As a senior advisor in the Clinton White House, Prince managed communications and message strategy at NATO during the war in Kosovo, during the impeachment and trial of the President, and for other major Clinton Administration initiatives.

"Jonathan has worked on some of the world's most challenging issues for more than 20 years and is one of Washington's most skilled, respected and versatile strategists," said Bob Chlopak, CLS's founder and chief executive officer. "We are incredibly fortunate to have Jonathan join our team, counsel our clients and help lead our firm for years to come."

In addition to his foreign policy work in the Obama and Clinton Administrations, Prince served in senior domestic positions in the Clinton White House.  He also worked in senior roles on the presidential campaigns of President Clinton and former Senator John Edwards, where he served in 2008 as national deputy campaign manager and co-chief strategist.  He was a partner at the strategic communications firms Isay, Klores, Prince and Brunswick Group where he served a wide range of corporate and not-for-profit clients.

"At CLS, I've found smart colleagues, high-stakes challenges and an impressive record of results," said Prince. "I'm very excited to join this team and get to work for its roster of top-tier clients."

An accomplished writer and author, Prince was a top speechwriter for President Clinton and co-wrote the New York Times bestseller "Survival of the Sickest" with Sharon Moalem and edited the bestselling "Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives" with former Senator John Edwards and his daughter Cate.  In 2005, Esquire named Prince one of America's Best and Brightest for his work on issue and political advertising.

Prince graduated with honors from Georgetown University Law Center and has a B.A. from Boston University.

For more information about Jonathan Prince and CLS, visit www.clsdc.com.

About CLS  
Founded in 1993, Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter and Associates provides strategic counsel and communications support at the senior-most levels to leading companies, major trade, professional and non-governmental organizations, prominent individuals, and foreign governments and political leaders.  Our areas of expertise cover public affairs, corporate and crisis communications, global public relations and international political consulting.   Staffed by veterans of politics, journalism and business, the firm thrives in highly adversarial and competitive situations.  Among our successes, CLS helped its client Sirius Satellite Radio win government approval to merge with XM, built support for legislation that increased fuel efficiency standards for the first time in more than 30 years, and helped the mortgage insurance industry achieve tax deductibility for its products for the first time ever.

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