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Michael Schoenfeld, Visiting Professor of the Practice  

Office Location: 807 E Capitol Street Se, Washington, DC 20003
Office Phone: +1 919 451 1238
Duke Box: Box 90028
Email Address: michael.schoenfeld@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Media and Communications, Public Affairs Journalism

Education:
M.S., State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1986
B.A., Duke University, 1984

Office Hours:
By appointment.

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Michael Schoenfeld

Michael is a partner in Brunswick Group’s Washington, DC office and heads the firm’s higher education sector.  He has more than three decades as a chief public affairs officer, counselor, and strategist for some of the world’s leading research universities, academic medical centers, and media organizations.

An expert in communications strategy, executive positioning, media relations, issues and crisis management, stakeholder engagement, government relations and policy advocacy, Michael advises corporate and nonprofit boards, CEOs, and high-profile leaders on critical issues in higher education, research, health care and sports, among other areas.

Michael joined Brunswick in 2022 after 14 years as vice president for public affairs and government relations, chief communications officer, and spokesperson at Duke University  He previously served for more than a decade as vice chancellor for public affairs at Vanderbilt University.  Earlier, Michael was senior vice president for policy and public affairs at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in Washington, D.C. and held news reporting and executive leadership roles at the Voice of America and U.S. Information Agency.   

A founder and former chair of Futurity.org, a digital network of more than 70 prominent U.S. and international universities and research centers, Michael is a visiting professor of the practice of public policy at Duke and serves on the boards of WUNC-North Carolina Public Radio, PBS-NC, the Seminar, and the Institute for Public Relations.

Michael graduated from Duke and received a master’s degree in public policy from Stony Brook University. 

 

Michael Schoenfeld