Vice President for Public Affairs
pete@naicu.edu
Pete Boyle joined NAICU in 2013 as Vice President of Public Affairs. Prior to joining NAICU, Boyle spent nearly 15 years working on national higher education policy issues and directly with colleges and universities for two Washington, DC-based public relations and communications agencies. At NAICU, Boyle oversees the Association’s internal and external communications activities, including media relations, publications, the website, and social media strategies.
Boyle joined NAICU after leading the Education and Advocacy practice in the Washington, DC office of Lipman Hearne. There he helped publicize and advance the agendas of his clients in the media, on Capitol Hill, with key publics and constituencies, and at the grassroots level. Boyle provided expertise and counsel on message development, media relations, branding and marketing, crisis communications, market research, issue advocacy, and awareness building. His clients included colleges and universities, higher education nonprofit and membership-based organizations, as well as foundation and foundation-funded grantees working on issues of access and accountability, persistence, cost of college, and college completion.
Before joining Lipman Hearne, Boyle served as vice president and director of the higher education communications team for Widmeyer Communications. In this role, he managed public affairs and enrollment management research efforts for a diverse group of organizations and higher education institutions.
Earlier in his career, Boyle served as a political communications director providing counsel for candidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, and ran campaigns for the Ohio State Legislature. Boyle served as Ohio deputy press secretary for Clinton/Gore ’96.
Boyle graduated from Stonehill College in North Easton, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in business administration with a marketing concentration, and a minor in journalism.