MATTHEW TRAUB
managing director/chief of staff
Matthew Traub serves as managing director and chief of staff at DKC. In addition to being a member of the DKC’s executive team and supervising several of DKC’s divisions, he is a key player in the firm’s media business and crisis management areas. Traub supervised the media relations campaigns around Howard Stern’s move to SIRIUS Satellite Radio and the launch of Air America Radio, and he represented Vivendi Universal in the sale of its entertainment assets to NBC. He has managed the media strategy for an array of complex cases involving civil and criminal litigation, and has represented a diverse array of corporations including Thomson Reuters, Cantor Fitzgerald, General Motors, Court TV, Coach, EMI Recorded Music, Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company, Sirius Satellite Radio, Emmis Communications and Rainbow Media.
Traub joined DKC after nearly a decade on Capitol Hill working for three different members of Congress. As chief of staff and press secretary to Rep. Nita Lowey, a New York Democrat, Traub supervised a staff of 20 people in three offices and served as Lowey’s spokesman and liaison to the New York and national media. He also served as her legislative director and House Appropriations Committee aide. Prior to joining Lowey’s staff, Traub worked for Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and former Rep. Thomas Downey (D-NY).
Traub received a bachelor of arts in political science and journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a member of Planned Parenthood of New York City’s board and is the board chair of the organization’s political arm. He is also the chairman of the South Orange Redevelopment Committee, and serves as an annual judge for the PR Week Awards.