Peter Donolo

Peter Donolo leads The Strategic Counsel’s strategic communications practice.

From 1993 to 1999, Peter served as Director of Communications in the Prime Minister’s Office and chief communications strategist for Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his government. In that position, Peter established a strong record in developing successful communications strategies for the most important government initiatives and most contentious political and public policy issues of the past decade. In the process, he established a strong personal reputation in one of the most intense and high-pressured jobs of its kind.

Following his tenure in the PMO, Peter served for two years as Canadian Consul General to Milan, and later as Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs and Government Relations at Air Canada.

Peter and his wife, Mary Cruden, have three children: Annie, Maggie and Michael.

Along with a love of history and travel (a bug that’s bitten the whole family) among Peter’s more arcane interests are the music of Frank Sinatra, the films of Rita Hayworth and losing at Scrabble.