Josh Isay
Josh Isay has spent fifteen years running and consulting for Senate, Gubernatorial, House and Mayoral campaigns and high profile corporate communications clients. Josh managed Chuck Schumer's 1998 upset of Al D'Amato and served as Schumer's first Chief of Staff in the U.S. Senate. After leaving Senator Schumer's office, Josh worked as the head of public affairs for DoubleClick and later as a crisis communications consultant for clients ranging from financial services giant Cantor Fitzgerald to the Israeli government.
KnickerbockerSKD Co-founder and Communications Guru
Since co-founding KnickerbockerSKD in 2002, Josh has helped elect or re-elect New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Senator Joseph Lieberman, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Manhattan District Attorney Bob Morgenthau and Governor Anibal Acevedo-Vila of Puerto Rico. He has also run communications campaigns for the firm's many corporate, labor and nonprofit clients, including the New York State Transportation Bond Act, the Working Families Party, 1199 SEIU, the Communication Workers of America, National Public Radio and Procter & Gamble.
Winning Direct Mail
In 2008, KnickerbockerSKD was one of the direct mail firms on Barack Obama's successful presidential campaign and produced all mail sent to North Carolina and New Hampshire along with national mail to seniors and GOTV/early vote.
Top Political Strategist
In 2006, the Washington Post wrote that Josh's work as lead consultant to Senator Joseph Lieberman's general reelection campaign "totally changed the dynamic of the contest," to effect a "remarkable political turnaround" that earned the campaign a spot on the Post's list of "Ten Best Incumbent Campaigns."