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Before founding New Vistas, he was the Associate Dean at Northwestern University School of Law where he was responsible for strategic planning and public relations. He continues to teach a course that includes crisis management and the law. Pete served for 17 years as Vice President-Corporate Communications and Law for Helene Curtis Industries, Inc., where he led all aspects of the company's public relations program, including reputation management, investor relations and crisis communications. Pete next served as a principal and general manager for the Chicago office of The Dilenschneider Group, a strategic public relations and crisis management firm. In that capacity, he provided reputation enhancement and crisis management counseling for corporations, internet businesses, including a leading brokerage firm, investment banks and law firms. Pete is a graduate of Trinity College and Northwestern University School of Law. Before joining Helene Curtis, he was an attorney at Sidley & Austin and, prior to that, a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden. |
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