Matthew Traub

Managing Director, Chief of Staff

Matthew Traub serves as managing director and chief of staff at DKC. In addition to assisting in the general management of the firm and supervising several of DKC’s divisions, he is a key player in the firm’s media business and crisis management areas. Matthew supervised the media relations campaign around launch of Air America Radio and represented Vivendi Universal in the sale of its entertainment assets to NBC. He has managed the public relations for an array of complex cases involving civil and criminal litigation, and has represented a diverse array of corporations including Cantor Fitzgerald, General Motors, Court TV, Coach, EMI Recorded Music, Sirius Satellite Radio, Emmis Communications and Rainbow Media. He 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, Matthew 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, Matthew worked for Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and former Rep. Thomas Downey (D-NY). He received a bachelor of arts in political science and journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.