Matthew Triaca
Vice President

Matthew Triaca is a vice president at The Harbour Group, where he provides public relations counsel to clients and manages the development and execution of public affairs programs. Mr. Triaca joined the firm in 2007.

A seasoned media relations professional and issues/crisis counselor, Mr. Triaca was most recently employed by DCI Group. While at that firm, he served as the chief media strategist and program manager for a number of the firm’s corporate clients.

Mr. Triaca has extensive experience managing programs for clients in the aviation, transportation and homeland security sectors. He led Burson-Marsteller’s aviation and transportation specialty practice, where his work included managing communications for industry clients that were facing severe operational crises, regulatory scrutiny, labor actions, litigation or competitor-driven pressures. A campaign to reposition L-3 Communications Security & Detection Systems’ explosives detection products among aviation industry and homeland security customers was honored with multiple PR industry honors, including PR Week’s "Business to Business Campaign of the Year" award. He also provided strategic communications counsel to senior executives at US Airways while the company reorganized twice through Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and completed a merger with America West Airlines.

Before joining Burson-Marsteller, Mr. Triaca was media relations manager for United Airlines, where he was responsible for developing and managing the execution of communications programs throughout the airline's global operations. He also served as a spokesperson on critical company issues.

A graduate of Susquehanna University with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, Mr. Triaca also holds a Master of Arts degree in Public Communications from American University.