About the Event
Michael R. Caputo provides strategic communications counsel to corporate and
political clients. With 35 years of global public affairs experience with
government, political campaigns, trade groups, and Fortune 500 corporations, he
has worked closely with world leaders and top journalists from across the
spectrum on some of the biggest news stories of modern times.
A senior advisor to the 2016 and 2024 campaigns of President Donald Trump,
Michael also served as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the US
Department of Health and Human Services in 2020, leading the agency’s
communications through the President’s controversial and high-stakes COVID
response. There, he helped establish and guide Operation Warp Speed, the
President’s signature pandemic initiative.
A veteran of the US Army’s 25th Infantry Division, Michael has also worked with
US President Ronald Reagan, Congressman Jack Kemp, US President George
HW Bush, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the US, Russian and Ukrainian
national legislatures, and many more political clients. His seven years working in
Moscow made him a high profile target of the Russia Collusion hoax.
Michael has also advised leading corporations like Mercedes Benz, Koch
Industries, Merrill Lynch, Best Buy, and more. He resides in southwest Florida
with his wife and daughters.