Roy Occhiogrosso brings more than 25 years of experience in communications, media relations, and public affairs to bear on behalf of his clients. For 17 of the past 20 years, Roy was a Managing Director at Global Strategy Group (GSG), where he helped found the Communications arm of the firm, and then helped grow the firm’s practice areas in public affairs, strategic communications, media relations, political strategy and public policy for a broad array of political, corporate and advocacy clients at the state and national levels.

Roy is an experienced communications strategist who has worked on many important public policy issues, helping clients achieve important public policy successes in many industries, including health care, gaming, energy, financial services, telecommunications, criminal justice reform, and human and civil rights. Some of Roy’s current and former clients include General Motors, Access Health CT, Dalio Education, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, MGM, Tenet Healthcare, CT Water, Motorola, Sun Edison, and Cablevision.

Prior to joining GSG, Roy oversaw all communications operations for the Office of Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy. Roy was the chief strategist on Gov. Malloy’s winning gubernatorial run in 2010, a role he reprised on Gov. Malloy’s successful 2014 reelection campaign. Earlier in his career, Roy served as a communications and political strategist for numerous candidates for public office at the local, state and national levels. In 2012, Roy was named one of Connecticut’s “50 Most Influential People” by Hartford Magazine.

Roy graduated from UConn with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and a Master’s Degree in Public Affairs.