Dean Pagani has been named senior vice president of Hartford-based communications firm McDowell Jewett Communications. Pagani has been involved in Connecticut public affairs as a journalist, public relations consultant and political adviser to elected officials for more than 30 years. During the last year, he worked with MJC as a Washington, D.C., strategic partner and will now work full time from MJC offices in Hartford.
Pagani’s experience includes serving as communications director and chief of staff to former Gov. John Rowland from 1996-2004, serving as press secretary to former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and working journalist in Connecticut.
