New Future Communications

Jamal Simmons, president of New Future Communications, is one of the most experienced communications professionals of his generation. He has handled media issues on five continents for the U.S. government, political organizations, non-profits and corporations. Whether he is setting up media tours of corporate facilities in China or Latin America, promoting the launch of a new beverage in print or speaking forcefully on CNN on behalf of causes, he is well prepared to handle any problem or opportunity.

Prior to embarking on a successful consulting business, Simmons was a senior aide to several Democratic political candidates, handling long term strategic planning and day-to-day crisis management. Most recently, he was a media consultant to Florida Congressman Tim Mahoney's successful 2006 campaign against Congressman Mark Foley and managed a successful come-from-behind City Council race in Atlanta. He also served as traveling press secretary to 2004 presidential candidates U.S. Senator Bob Graham and Retired General Wesley K. Clark.

During the 2000 presidential campaign, Simmons managed media relations in 40 states for Vice President Al Gore before spending four weeks in West Palm Beach as a Gore spokesman during the Florida recount effort. Prior to that, he served as chief of staff to U.S. Congresswoman and current Congressional Black Caucus Chair Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI) and as a political appointee in the Clinton Administration under U.S. Trade Representative and Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor. Simmons got his start in politics and communications by managing logistics for dozens of national reporters while traveling with President Bill Clinton during his successful 1992 campaign.

Simmons has extensive international experience as well. Throughout the Clinton Administration, the White House called upon him to help create and manage public events in Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia for both President Clinton and Vice President Gore. In spring 2004, he promoted an internationally telecast charity concert produced by Quincy Jones in Rome and in 2007 he was a member of the media team at Live Earth n Hamburg, Germany. A former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he has been invited to share his political experiences in Europe and Asia by the French American Foundation, the government of Taiwan and the German Marshall Fund.

Raised in Detroit, Michigan, Simmons received his B.A degree from Morehouse College and his Master of Public Policy degree from the Kennedy School at Harvard University. His opinion writings have been published in major national news outlets and he is a frequent guest on cable and network news shows analyzing the events of the day.