Rebecca Kirszner Katz

Rebecca Kirszner Katz is a Partner at Hilltop Public Solutions, and most recently served as Special Advisor to Mayor Bill de Blasio. In this position, she played a senior role in guiding the overall communications strategy for the Mayor and First Lady, while also helping manage long-term media planning and outreach.

Rebecca has nearly 20 years of local, state, and national communications experience. She has worked in government – at the local and federal level — and on political campaigns, and in issue-advocacy efforts on behalf of non-profit groups. In addition to her work for Mayor de Blasio, Rebecca’s career includes time spent running Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid’s War Room, assisting with the planning and execution of the White House’s communications strategy for Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation, and helping Planned Parenthood fight back against the unprecedented assault on women’s health after Republicans assumed control of Congress in 2010.