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Nick Ashooh, Senior Director at APCO Worldwide in APCO’s Washington office, provides corporate communication services to C-suite clients. He is also a member of APCO’s International Advisory Council. Mr. Ashooh has nearly 50 years of experience in corporate communications, serving as senior communications officer at five Fortune 500 companies across several sectors, including energy and utilities, financial services, metals and mining, and entertainment.
Before joining APCO, Nick served as vice president of corporate affairs for Alcoa, a global metals and mining concern, where he was responsible for media relations, community relations, internal communications, marketing communications and corporate reputation. He also oversaw the Alcoa Foundation, one of the largest corporate foundations in the United States, and was a member of Alcoa’s executive council, which sets strategy for the company.
Previously, Nick was senior vice president of communications at American International Group (AIG), where he led all internal and external communications, including crisis communication strategies during the global financial crisis.
Earlier in his career, Nick spent 28 years in the utility and energy industries and served as the senior communications executive at American Electric Power, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and Public Service of New Hampshire. At PSNH, he led communications during the contentious licensing and construction of the Seabrook nuclear power plant.
He also served as vice president of corporate communications for Paramount Communications Inc., where he managed financial communications, media relations and internal communications, and provided oversight of the communications activities of Paramount’s principal subsidiaries including Paramount Pictures, Simon & Schuster and Madison Square Garden.
Nick is past chairman of The Seminar and The Wisemen, two of the oldest organizations for senior communications professionals. He is also a former trustee of the Arthur W. Page Society, and a past member of the Civilian Public Affairs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He received the Milestones in Mentoring Award from the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations in 2012 and was named Communicator of the Year by Marquette University in 2001. He was inducted into the Arthur W. Page Society Hall of Fame in 2013.
Nick earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism with honors from Marquette University in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.