John Earnhardt
Senior Manager, Media Relations
Cisco
John Earnhardt is Senior Manager of Media Relations for Cisco Systems in the Public Relations Department. He manages the PR team’s media strategy, Finance and CFO PR, corporate op-ed program, broadcast media strategy, executive media training and is the “blogger-in-chief” and “tweeter-in-chief” for the company…follow on Twitter @CiscoSystems.
Previously, he managed policy communications in Cisco’s Global Policy and Government Affairs department where he was responsible for using communications channels to advance Cisco’s state, federal and global public policy objectives. This is where he started the first blog for Cisco in 2005. He also handled media relations on public policy issues in addition to starting and managing Cisco’s political action committee. He joined Cisco in 1999 as Corporate Public Relations Manager in the Office of the President.
Prior to Cisco he was the Director of Media Relations for the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, DC. Earnhardt previously worked for Senator Joseph R. Biden, the Senate Judiciary Committee and for the Presidential Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. In 1996, he worked for Vice President Al Gore doing press advance on the Clinton/Gore Presidential campaign.
John is married, has a young son and lives in Menlo Park, CA. He graduated from Wake Forest University with a BA in English and Philosophy.
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