Christopher Klose

brings more than 20 years of experience in crafting messages for public officials, government agencies and candidates to the table. At the federal level he served as chief of staff to Indiana Congressman Jim Jontz from 1989-1991 and as acting director of communications for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1993. In his home state of Indiana he has served as deputy chief of staff to the mayor of Ft. Wayne, media director of the House Democratic Caucus and communications director for Secretary of State Joe Hogsett. Although Christopher is new to LKK Partners, he has been a media and message consultant for more than a decade. In 1994 Christopher joined the Philadelphia-based firm Shorr & Associates (later Shorr Johnson Klose) where he helped create winning message and media campaigns for progressive organizations and candidates including the United Federation of Teachers, the AFL-CIO and U.S. Senators Pat Leahy and Dick Durbin.