{{Short description|American executive}} '''Chad Kolton''' is a co-founder and Managing Partner of [http://blueprintcomms.com/ Blueprint Communications]. He had previously co-founded and worked as a partner in the American public relations firm HDMK.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2007/10/suite-talk-new-shop-in-town-006480 |title=Suite Talk: New shop in town |first=Aoiffe |last=McCarthy |publisher=Politico |date=2007-10-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-influence/2013/04/exclusive-hdmk-announces-reorganization-elevates-hacker-to-partner-meyers-and-associates-picks-up-two-first-quarter-fundraising-appeals-go-out-like-a-lion-010350 |title=Exclusive ... HDMK announces reorganization, elevates Hacker to partner |first1=Anna |last1=Palmer |first2=Byron |last2=Tau |first3=Tarini |last3=Parti |date=2013-04-02 |publisher=Politico}}</ref> Through that role he was also a hired spokesperson for Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund.<ref name=McConnell>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/16/politics/former-seals-obama/index.html |title=Former special forces officers slam Obama over leaks on bin Laden killing |first=Dugald |last=McConnell |author2=Brian Todd |publisher=CNN |date=August 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/08/15/faulting-obama-former-officers-plan-ads-on-bin-laden-leaks/ |title=Faulting Obama, Former Officers Plan Ads on Bin Laden Leaks |first=Alicia |last=Mundy |publisher=Wall Street Journal (blog) |date=August 15, 2012}}</ref>

He lived in Moscow from 1998 to 2000 as program director for the International Republican Institute, which promotes democratic values.<ref name=Kamen/> He later worked as public affairs chief for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).<ref name=Kamen/> From 2003 through 2005 he was press secretary for the Office of Management and Budget.<ref name=Kamen>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51516-2005Feb24.html |title=In the Loop: Going Private |first=Al |last=Kamen |date=February 25, 2005 |page=A19 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>

In March 2005, Cassidy & Associates selected him to be senior vice president in charge of their new strategic communications practice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.holmesreport.com/news-info/3978/Cassidy-Launches-Strategic-Communications-Unit.aspx |title=Cassidy Launches Strategic Communications Unit |first=Paul |last=Holmes |date=2005-03-18 |publisher=Holmes Report}}</ref>

In August 2006, Kolton returned to his work in the Bush administration as a spokesperson for the Director of National Intelligence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2006/08/23/Intelligence-czar-gets-new-press-spokesman/UPI-41191156379751/ |title=Intelligence czar gets new press spokesman |publisher=UPI |date=August 23, 2006}}</ref> Kolton was credited with making the DNI's office more accessible to journalists, such as by providing regular off-the-record briefings by senior analysts on global hotspots.<ref name=Waterman/> He left that position in June 2007.<ref name=Waterman>{{cite web |url=http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2007/06/24/DNI-spokesman-leaves-for-private-sector/UPI-29821182724846/ |title=DNI spokesman leaves for private sector |first=Shaun |last=Waterman |publisher=UPI |date=June 24, 2007}}</ref>

He would later become a spokesperson the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Terrorist Screening Center,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/weekinreview/10bowley.html |title=A World of Least-Wanted Lists |first=Graham |last=Bowley |date=May 10, 2009 |work=New York Times}}</ref> before again returning to the private sector in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/capital-living/75443-the-speaker-who-speaks-softly/ |title=The speaker who speaks softly |first=Kris |last=Kitto |date=November 11, 2010 |work=The Hill}}</ref>

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