Matthew Klink

Matthew Klink

Partner

Matt Klink specializes in strategic/crisis communications, issues public affairs and political campaigns. He has more than three decades of experience working on complex, controversial and high-profile issues for public and private sector clients, as well as candidates for elected office and ballot measure campaigns. During the last decade years, Matt has worked on some of California’s and the L.A.-region’s most high-profile and expensive political issues, winning more than 80% of the campaigns on which he has worked.

Throughout his career, Matt has worked for numerous heavily regulated and taxed clients encompassing a range of industries and subjects, including automotive, cable, energy, fast-moving consumer goods, finance, healthcare/pharmaceutical, oil and natural gas, retail, shipping, sports and entertainment, telecommunications, water and other regulated and taxed industries. Additionally, Klink has worked on candidate and initiative campaigns at multiple levels of government, where he has performed a variety of roles that include general consulting, campaign management, media consulting, campaign spokesperson, direct mail design and production, and coalition building.

Matt is an adept communicator skilled at crafting and implementing strategic campaigns, risk management and crisis communication programs. He has substantial experience in integrating grassroots outreach and alliance development efforts to support lobbying activities. An award-winning writer, Klink has developed effective messaging and captivating copy to meet a variety of client needs, including targeted direct mail, speeches, brochures, op-eds, and other types of traditional, online and digital materials. Skilled at working with the news media, Matt has functioned as a spokesperson and primary media contact for a number of corporate clients and statewide initiative campaigns. He appears regularly on international, national and local television news broadcasts on behalf of his clients and offered political analysis and commentary.

Matt’s past work experience includes a senior-level position as Director of Global Government Affairs for Philip Morris International, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. He led a team that created and executed communications and stakeholder outreach programs on regulatory and fiscal issues in more than 35 countries on six continents. Klink has also been an owner and partner of two Los Angeles-based public affairs and government relations firms. Matt worked as a corporate communications consultant to America Honda Motor Co., Inc. and, while living in Arlington, Virginia, as a media consultant to candidates for U.S. Congress and the Virginia House of Delegates.

Matt holds an MA in political management from The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management and a BA in history from the University of California at Berkeley. He is the immediate past president of the International Association of Political Consultants and travels and speaks around the world on the importance of preserving democracy.

Expertise

Education
Energy
Gaming
Media & Presentation Training
Political Campaigns & Issues Management
Real Estate & Land Use
Strategic Communications
Technology & Innovation
Telecommunications
Water
Career Highlights
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Conducted public affairs campaigns for clients in 35 countries on six continents.
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Frequent guest on national and local television news broadcasts on behalf of his clients offering political analysis and commentary.
3.
Media consultant to candidates for U.S. Congress and the Virginia House of Delegates.
4.
Corporate communications consultant to America Honda Motor Co
5.
Lead consultant in opposition to a controversial property tax measure in the greater Los Angeles area

Contact Matthew Klink

310-283-6267
California Strategies Partners Shine at the 25th Discovery Ball at California Science Center
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“The special counsel released a report that he (Trump) will position as highlighting a two-tiered justice system. The U.S. government won’t prosecute Biden but will Trump,” Klink agreed. “Better still...
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Matt Klink discusses in today’s Newsweek, outcomes if DeSantis exits the Presidential race
He told Newsweek that, “because DeSantis supporters are typically more conservative populists than Haley’s supporters, they would naturally flock to Trump”. “[It will] allow her (Nikki Haley) to go head-to-head with Donald...
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Matt Klink in Newsweek on how Nikki Haley could be a rival challenger to Trump
In a recent development within the Republican presidential race, Nikki Haley has been garnering significant attention from key players in the business sector, as well as rising in the polls....
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Matt Klink in Newsweek remarks on Nikki Haley's recent rise as a Trump Challenger.
CalStrat’s Matt Klink commented on the significance of the high number of first-time attendees at Nikki Haley’s town hall event in New Hampshire. He regarded this as a positive indicator...
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Matt Klink Discusses the Dynamics of How a Vice Presidential Selection Could Evolve in ’24.
“Trump is likely to look elsewhere for a vice president, specifically governors who are not running for the presidency.” – Matt Klink Read More