Frank Howard, Jr., is President & CEO of Howard Consulting Group, Inc. (HCG), a policy, public affairs and strategic communications firm with offices in Washington, D.C.; Annapolis; Wilmington, Delaware; and San Francisco with affiliate offices in Dubai, UAE, and London, England. Prior to the establishment of HCG, Howard served as Managing Director and Senior Vice President of National GrassRoots & Communications, Inc. from 1993-1995 and was responsible for various domestic and international grassroots, political and referenda campaigns; and public relations and communications programs for many of the company's clients.
During the past 14 years, Howard has represented numerous domestic and international energy, water and infrastructure organizations; health care, bioscience, communications and trade associations; non-profits; and non-governmental organizations. His firm works extensively on a broad spectrum of issues which currently include water, infrastructure and logistics projects in Iraq and Afghanistan and securing funding from single-source and multilateral institutions.
In 1993, Howard served as an in-country representative for the International Republican Institute in Cambodia working with the Khmer political parties to prepare them for the United Nations-sponsored elections. Before his work in Cambodia, Howard operated as a Communications Field Advisor for the western United States (CA, NV, OR, HI, AZ, NM, & UT) at the Republican National Committee and later as a consultant.
Howard also worked for numerous political operations including Pete Wilson's Senate and gubernatorial campaigns, Re-elect Governor George Dukemejian '86, Victory '92 Ohio, Victory '88 California, RNC Marshall Program-Ohio '04, and the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush '00 & '04, Jack Kemp '88 and Ronald Reagan '80 & '84.
Prior to professional endeavors in public affairs and politics, Howard worked as an options and stock trader/strategist for Shearson-Lehman Brothers, Sutro & Co. and on the Options Floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange. He holds a Master's Degree in Education-Counseling Psychology, with an emphasis in Behavioral Pharmacology, from the University of San Francisco and a Bachelor's Degree in Latin American Studies from St. Mary's College of California and several certificates in investment strategies and public relations.
Howard often lectures on public affairs advocacy, health care communications, political campaigning and communications, both domestically and internationally. He also sits on many corporate, non-profit and association boards and committees throughout Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, the District of Columbia and California.
