Eric Moses, Vice President
Eric Moses joined Consensus Planning Group in April 2006 bringing with him a decade of public affairs and strategic communications experience from a career built in journalism, politics, public policy and public relations. With the knowledge of how the media works from the inside out, he specializes in using the media to manage clients’ reputation.

Mr. Moses provides communications counsel on a variety of clients, including Amgen, Los Angeles World Airports, John Laing Homes, and Republic Services’ Chiquita Canyon Landfill.

Mr. Moses began his career as a journalist, working as a reporter at City News Service in Los Angeles, where he covered state and federal courts (including the O.J. Simpson civil trial), and Los Angeles city and county government. He then worked for the Daily News of Los Angeles as a reporter and editorial writer.

After six years of covering government issues as a member of the media, Mr. Moses joined the office of Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan as a Policy Analyst, beginning the first of two stints in Los Angeles City Hall.

As an assistant deputy mayor in the Riordan administration, Mr. Moses oversaw policy initiatives for the Department of Water and Power, Port of Los Angeles, Transportation Department, Environmental Affairs Department and Community Redevelopment Agency. He served as the mayor’s top aide on energy issues during California’s energy crisis in 2001. He later served as Communications Director for City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo. He guided the communications for the city attorney through several reputation management issues, including fending off claims that Delgadillo did not legally have the right to hold office.

Mr. Moses combined his media and government backgrounds as a member of the public affairs teams at two of the world’s largest public relations firms. Most recently, he was a Vice President at Hill & Knowlton, focusing on labor issues, economic development, media training, communications strategy and media relations. He worked on reputation management programs for Wal-Mart Stores, an architecture firm facing potential lawsuits and a state higher education agency facing labor strife.

Mr. Moses is a vice president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and serves as the chapter officer to the national PRSA Advocacy Advisory Board. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Rochester and a Master of Arts degree in Print Journalism from the University of Southern California.

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