9/11 Public Discourse Project



Alvin Felzenberg

Alvin Felzenberg
Senior Director of Communications

Alvin Felzenberg is the Deputy and Senior Director of Communications for the 9-11 Public Discourse Project. He served in a similar position with the 9/11 Commission, acting as its chief spokesperson, where he devised and directed communication strategy and prepared all statements, articles, speeches, press releases and policy statements issued or delivered in the commission’s name.

A long-time public servant, Al Felzenberg has worked in the past decade as the Special Assistant and Adviser to the National Broadcasting Board of Governors (Voice of America), as a communications consultant to Secretary of the Navy Gordon England, and the Director of Community Outreach and Public Liaison for the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense. Also a former fellow at the Heritage Foundations, he directed the Heritage Foundation’s “Mandate 2000” project on the presidential transition process, and was editor of Keys to a Successful Presidency. A presidential historian, he is the co-author of Evolution of the Modern Presidency: A Bibliographical Survey. He held several senior staff positions with the House of Representatives, including Staff Director of the Empowerment Subcommittee of the Small Business and Senior Majority Staff for the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, Government Reform and Oversight Committee. Alvin Felzenberg earned a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University.

 


News


December 5, 2005: Report Card on Recommendations
Final Report on 9/11 Commmission Recommendations

November 14, 2005: Report Card on Recommendations
Part III: Foreign Policy, Public Diplomacy, and Nonproliferation

October 20, 2005: Report Card on Recommendations
Part II: Reforming the Institutions of Government

September 14, 2005: Report Card on Recommendations
Part I: Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response

National Archives: 9/11 Commission Records

Board of Directors


Thomas H. Kean
Lee H. Hamilton
Richard Ben-Veniste
Fred F. Fielding
Jamie S. Gorelick
Slade Gorton
Bob Kerrey
John F. Lehman
Timothy J. Roemer
James R. Thompson

Staff


Christopher Kojm
President

Alexis Albion
Director of Policy

Dianna Campagna
Director of Finance and Operations

Al Felzenberg
Deputy and Senior Director for Communications

Adam Klein
Director of Communications

Michael Hurley
Senior Director of Policy

Erin Smith
Senior Assistant to the President