Steven Maviglio

Steven Maviglio
Residence Sacramento, California
Nationality American
Education University of New Hampshire
Occupation Political consultant, President of Forza Communications
Political party Democratic Party
Website http://forzacommunications.com/

Steven Maviglio is a political consultant.[1][2][3][4] He is also the founder and President of Forza Communications, a public affairs and campaign firm based in Sacramento, California and the California Majority Report.[5][6] Previously, Maviglio served three terms as an elected member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[7]

Early life and education

Maviglio received his bachelor's degree in public relations from Boston University and master's degree in public administration from the University of New Hampshire.[1]

Career

After graduating from college, Maviglio served three terms as an elected member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and ran a variety of campaigns.[1][7][8] Maviglio served as field coordinator of New Hampshire Asks, a group devoted to making health care a major issue in the 1992 campaign.[9]

In 1994, he moved to Washington, D.C. to serve in two posts in the Clinton administration which included Director of Public and Legislative Affairs in the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program as well as Special Assistant for Public Affairs to the Director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.[1][10] Maviglio later served as Executive Director of the House Democratic Caucus and then Administrative Assistant to Rush D. Holt.[10]

Maviglio became Gray Davis’ press secretary in 2000.[1][5] From 2003 to 2004 Maviglio was a member of the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.[11] He served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez as well as his successor Karen Bass.[2][5][12]

Maviglio founded Forza Communications, a public affairs and campaign firm in 2008.[1] The firm has worked for Californians for Retirement Security, a public employee union coalition that opposed pension reforms adopted in 2012.[2] In 2008, he served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention for Hillary Clinton.[13] Maviglio became the campaign manager for Kevin Johnson, Mayor of Sacramento, that year and ran two successful campaigns.[1][14] Maviglio has also worked on the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton, Gov. Michael Dukakis and Sen. Gary Hart.[14]

In 2010, Campaigns and Elections listed Maviglio on its list of the top 50 Democratic "influencers" in California.[15] That year, he served as the spokesman for the No-on-23 campaign backed by a coalition of environmental, labor, health and progressive business groups in California.[16] Proposition 23, an attempt by out-of-state oil companies to repeal AB32, was defeated by a 23% margin during the statewide election.[17] Maviglio opposed California Proposition 31, an initiative that would have established a two-year budget cycle for California and made a host of other changes to state and local budgeting in November 2012.[18] Voters defeated the vote by a 21% margin.[19] He served as spokesman for Assembly Speaker John Pérez in September 2013.[2] Maviglio was named on Capitol Weekly’s “Top 100” list in August 2014.[7] That November, he helped lead “California vs Big Plastic”, a campaign to protect California’s plastic bag ban.[20]

Personal life

Maviglio lives in Sacramento, California where he serves on the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Natural Foods Cooperative.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Allen Young (June 20, 2014). "Steve Maviglio -- 'He's all about picking a fight'". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Melody Gutierrez (March 18, 2013). "Steve Maviglio returns to Capitol as Pérez spokesman". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Josh Richman (April 2, 2014). "'OneCalifornia' formed to oppose 'Six Californias'". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ Leslie Larson (July 16, 2014). "Petition to split California into six smaller states gets 1.3 million signatures". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Thomas Elias. "Bad blood brewing among 'progressives' over health plans". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  6. ↑ "NewsConference: Steve Maviglio, California Majority Report". May 6, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Capitol Weekly's Top 100 List". August 19, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ Chris Reed (April 24, 2007). "The Dems are coming, the Dems are coming". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Survey: Health care second only to economy with voters". Sun Journal. January 16, 1992.
  10. 1 2 "Steve Maviglio". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Governor Brown Announces Appointments". September 30, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  12. ↑ Karl Kurtz (April 9, 2007). "Crossing State Lines to Commit Public Service". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  13. ↑ Dan Morain (August 24, 2008). "Californians' feelings are still mixed". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  14. 1 2 Kelly Johnson (July 9, 2008). "Maviglio signs on as Johnson campaign manager". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  15. ↑ "The list of California's influencers is up". December 17, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  16. ↑ Kate Sheppard (October 12, 2010). "Will Big Oil Burn California's Climate Bill?". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Prop. 23 campaign concedes defeat". November 3, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Proposition 31 Will Weigh Down the Constitution". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Proposition 31". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Californians Against Waste". Retrieved January 7, 2015.
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