Our Team

In addition to Senior Counselor to Hyde Park, Sean Hughes is also an Account Supervisor at PRCG with specialties in media relations and public affairs. For nearly a decade, Sean has worked with a broad range of corporate and nonprofit clients -- including professional service firms, healthcare organizations, associations, advocacy groups and alternative dispute resolution organizations.

Sean joined PRCG after starting his career at one of the countries top 10 largest public relations firms. Over the years, he has gained significant experience from managing and advising many clients on national public relations and public affairs campaigns. He has been active in some leading public policy debates such as Puerto Rican statehood, medical liability reform, arbitration issues, election reform and anti-tobacco campaigns. He also has significant experience in healthcare by advising associations, hospitals and medical societies with their public relations initiatives.

Sean also has considerable crisis communication experience, working on issues that include women's health, election fraud and consumer rights. He has advised multiple clients as they prepare to present their issues to all three branches of government (United States Congress, Judicial including the Supreme Court and the White House).

Sean is very active in politics. He worked for two Members of Congress and a New Jersey State Senator, and has worked on numerous federal and state campaigns with a variety of responsibilities including media, community outreach and grassroots activities.

Sean's work in the public relations field has won numerous awards, including the 2003 and 2005 Gold Mercury Awards, and the 2003 SABRE and PR WEEK award for Public Affairs Campaign of the Year. He is active in the American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association and Project Children, which provides humanitarian relief to the children of Northern Ireland. He won the Project Children Humanitarian award in 1995.

Sean received his B.A. from Bloomfield College, majoring in Political Science with a minor in Communications. He has also attended professional development programs at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University and the United Nations.