Sean F. Cassidy, President of DKC, joined the company in 1992. He has extensive experience in corporate, media, health care and legal public relations as well as crisis management. Named a Partner 1996, Sean built DKC’s health care practice into one of the United States’ largest and most reputable providers of public relations services to hospitals and health related not-for-profit organizations.
Sean assumed the role of President in January 2004, overseeing all of the company’s day-to-day client service operations and senior management teams, while leading several of the company’s largest accounts.
During Sean’s tenure as President, the firm has been named the Holmes Report’s “Consumer Agency of the Year” while experiencing a 40 percent growth in overall revenue. In 2006, Cassidy was named one of the “Most Influential New Yorkers” by New York Magazine.
Sean’s recent and present clients include: Delta Air Lines and Song Airways; Sprint; United Airlines; Vivendi Universal; The United Technologies Corporation; Us Weekly; Esquire; Giuliani Partners; New Balance Athletic Shoe; Mike’s Hard Lemonade; Cantor Fitzgerald; Robert F.X. Sillerman/CKX; Michael Eisner/The Tomante Company; Continuum Health Partners; St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers; Grand Central Terminal; The Children’s Health Fund; The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore; The Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University; The New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association and WQHT-FM/Hot 97.
Sean holds a bachelor of arts degree in American history from Tufts University.