WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Waxman has joined FENTON as a senior vice president in its Washington, D.C.office, helping corporate and non-profit clients reach opinion leaders, media, elected officials and other stakeholders.

Waxman has appeared on CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox Business News and been quoted by The New York Times, National Journal, AP and Bloomberg on behalf of his clients. His projects have won the Silver Anvil and Toth Awards from the Public Relations Society of America and the Nonprofit PR Award from PR News.

Waxman joins FENTON from Hyde Park Communications, where he was Senior Vice President. He was an elected boardmember of the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2006, helping to manage the largest community college district in the country, with nine colleges and more than 130,000 students.

Waxman has worked at several consulting firms, including his own, plus at Charter Communications and Fleishman-Hillard, as well as serving as Manager of Community Affairs at Falcon Cable TV in California. He was also Director of the Speakers Bureau for the California Coordinated Campaign to elect Clinton/Gore in 1996. He is a graduate of Brandeis University.

Waxman brings solid government, corporate and advocacy experience to our D.C. office," explained CEO David Fenton. "He is a big part of our evolution to larger projects in government and corporate social responsibility work. He will also contribute to our office in Los Angeles and throughout the firm." 

About FENTON Fenton opened its doors 30 years ago to create issue campaigns thatserve the public interest. We have been part of some of the defining movements of the past quarter century, from ending apartheid to curbing global warming. Today, Fenton is the largest public interest communications firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C and London. We combine decades of expertise with creativity and innovation to accelerate progress on today's most pressing global and national issues. www.fenton.com.

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