Jill Zuckman specializes in crisis communications, working with many of the country’s best-known corporations, institutions and organizations to combat reputational threats, prepare for high-stakes investigations and prevent situations that can shake consumer confidence. She has longstanding experience working on transportation, tech, national security and congressional oversight matters. She also leads issue advocacy campaigns to shape the media atmosphere and advance policy priorities in Washington and around the country.
Jill knows the media world inside and out. That’s because she worked as chief congressional correspondent and national political correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and The Boston Globe for over two decades, covering four presidential campaigns. She is a recipient of the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Coverage of Congress and the New Hampshire Primary Award.
In addition, Jill has worked extensively with families of Americans held hostage or unjustly imprisoned abroad. She ran the successful communications campaign to free Alan Gross, an American imprisoned in Cuba for over five years, and she led a team that assisted American families with loved ones held hostage in Gaza following the October 7th attack on Israel.
PR News named Jill as one of the “Top Women in PR;” she has received the PRovoke Media’s SABRE Award for PR Agency Citizenship; and Washingtonian magazine named her to its most influential list in Washington.
Before joining SKDK, she served as assistant to the secretary and director of public affairs for Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
Jill serves on the board of directors of Sasha Bruce Youthwork, which is dedicated to building young people’s life skills to help them avoid homelessness. She is a past board member of the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Jewish Foundation for Group Homes.
