Chuck Tanowitz

There’s a feeling you get when the story hits just right. When the anecdote delivers the message and you get to show, not tell. When the emotion matches the message and the audience doesn’t just hear things, they understand what you mean on a visceral level.

I chase that feeling with every project I work on.

I take stories and help make them matter to the people who matter to you.

Each audience is different, whether it’s their experiences, their needs, or their motivations. Policymakers, donors, journalists, customers, employees, and constituents all care about something different. My job is to help others care as much as you do.

I started my career in journalism and over the past 20 years I’ve worked in public relations, communications, tech, and economic development. I'm not a press-release factory. I'm someone who sits with you, figures out what story you're actually trying to tell, and helps you tell it consistently, across your reports, your website, your funder pitches, your media outreach, whatever the moment calls for.

Master of Public Administration, Harvard Kennedy School — competition policy, technology governance, information markets

Chair, Newton Economic Development Commission — twelve years leading place-based economic strategy

Director of Marketing Communications, Paytronix — executive communications, content marketing, and media relations

Director, N-Squared Innovation District — stakeholder communications and coalition strategy

Twenty years, In technology and innovation communications, across startups, nonprofits, and economic development organizations

Journalism background, In local radio and television, and extensive freelance work