Matt Mackowiak

Matt Mackowiak (Mack-o-VEE-yack) is an Austin and Washington, DC-based political and communications consultant and President of Potomac Strategy Group (PSG), LLC, which provides political consulting to conservative campaigns and media relations and crisis communications assistance to companies, groups and individuals. He has served in senior roles for two U.S. Senators and a Governor, in the Bush administration, and in winning campaigns, and has developed a deep network of media and political relationships nationwide. Matt's consultancy, PSG, which he founded in 2009, provides corporate communications services, including public affairs, media relations, writing, opposition research, digital strategy and other services and has been actively working in the energy, health care, transportation and tech sectors, among others. From 2007-2009 Matt served as Press Secretary to U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and from 2005-2007 he served in the same role for former U.S. Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT). From 2003-2004 he was a political appointee at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security serving Under Secretary Asa Hutchinson. In 2004 he managed the second largest county in Iowa on the 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election campaign. In 2005 he performed White House Presidential advance nationwide. Matt is currently serving as Chairman of the Travis County Republican Party, where he manages three staff and an annual budget of over $350,000. He is a Director of the Center for Public Policy and Political Studies at Austin Community College. A native of Austin, Matt graduated with a B.S. in Political Communications from the University of Texas in 2003.