During 25 years as a reporter and public relations executive, David has become one of the most respected communication leaders in Michigan. Winning major state and national awards as a reporter and for public relations campaigns, David melds words, ideas and credibility with relationships with political, business and media leaders, creating powerful advocacy communications capable of motivating policymakers, opinion leaders and the public into actions that benefit his clients and make Michigan a better place to live and work.

Among David's career highlights was managing the "No on Prop. 4" campaign of 2002, taking a campaign that was losing 2 to 1 and turning it into a landslide winner by Election Day. That campaign was recognized by the Public Relations Society of America as the top public relations campaign in the nation, and PRSA awarded the campaign the Best of Silver Anvil Award in 2003.

David earned his bachelors degree in journalism from Northwestern University, with a major emphasis in his studies on economics and history. He served as a reporter at Belleville, Illinois News Democrat, before moving to Michigan in 1980 where he reported for the Flint Journal. In 1982, David was assigned to the Booth Newspapers Capitol Bureau. For eight years, David was chief political writer for Booth's group of eight Michigan newspapers, covering three national presidential conventions and coordinating coverage for two. He received 1988 Morgan O'Leary Award as top political reporter in Michigan for data-base driven investigative analysis of connections between political contributions and specific votes in the Michigan Legislature.

Advocacy Campaign Achievements

• Won state legislative approval for the Michigan Safety Belt Coalition's mandatory safety belt law in 1997.
  
  
• Oversaw development of Michigan's Click it or Ticket campaign, considered by the U. S. Department of Transportation as one of the most successful highway safety campaigns ever
  
  
• Passed the state's first Native American gaming compact in 1993, which was negotiated by Gov. John Engler, approved by the Legislature, and signed at a ceremony at the Hannahville Indian Reservation near Escanaba, where David served as event manager.
  
  
• Handled public relations for the telecommunications and electricity coalition responsible for passage of Michigan's tort reform legislation, considered a blueprint for national legislation.
  
  
• Helped the Michigan Insurance Federation during the mid-1990s to develop a legislative outreach campaign that brought company managers into contact with lawmakers for legislative advocacy. The successful campaign was recognized as one of the best in the nation by the American Society of Association Executives.
  
  
• Developed the concept and implemented the Michigan Manufacturers Association first-ever Michigan Manufacturing Agenda, recognized by the Michigan Society of Association Management as the state's top large expenditure association campaign for 2003.