Peter Cunningham

Peter Cunningham is a communications consultant specializing in message, strategy, public affairs and speechwriting. He has worked for private and public sector clients, political candidates, non-profits and governments at the local, state and federal level. Most recently, Peter served as Executive Director of Education Post, a Chicago-based non-profit communications organization promoting efforts to improve public education. Previously, Peter was President of Cunningham Communications, a Chicago-based communications company serving public, private and non-profit sector clients. He recently served as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach in the U.S. Department of Education during the Obama Administration’s first term. Prior to that he worked with Arne Duncan when he was CEO of the Chicago Public Schools. For several years Peter was affiliated with the political consulting firm Axelrod and Associates, and also served for five years in the administration of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. He earned an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia and a B.A. in Philosophy from Duke.