David Duschene

David Duschene is a Senior Managing Director in the Public Affairs practice within FTI Consulting’s Strategic Communications segment.

With more than two decades of strategic communications expertise, Mr. Duschene has counseled companies across multiple sectors, helping them understand and respond to reputational vulnerabilities, including at the intersection of their businesses and pivotal societal moments.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Duschene was a partner at Alpha Advisory Group, where he co-created the firm’s strategic communications practice and served a variety of clients across the food and agriculture, chemicals, water, cannabis and energy sectors. He also spent nearly 24 years at the global public relations firm Golin, where he helped establish and grow the agency’s $6 million employee engagement practice and headed the agency’s global issues and crisis team. Prior to Golin, Mr. Duschene served as a vice president in the corporate communications practice at H&K Strategies and as a communications advisor to the C-suite at Kemper Insurance Companies.

Mr. Duschene began his career as a political and city journalist in Illinois for the Associated Press, the Daily Herald and the Northwest Herald. He graduated with a B.S. in Journalism from Northern Illinois University and an M.A. in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield.

Mr. Duschene currently serves as a guest lecturer on issues management and crisis response at DePaul University in Chicago.