Michael Shank Heads for the Hill

Michael Shank, ICAR’s Communications Director, bid farewell to the Institute to pursue a new challenge as the Communications Director for U.S. Representative Mike Honda from California. During Michael’s tenure at ICAR the institute made giant leaps forward in media presence and communications savvy. Among his many accomplishments, Michael is responsible for developing the ICAR News Network - ICAR’s online news and analysis portal. Michael designed, developed, and hosted Analyze This - ICAR’s weekly radio and online broadcast. These initiatives have helped expand ICAR’s reach, offering analysis on current conflicts that is accessible around the world. Michael also developed and published the ICAR Newsletter and assisted faculty, students, and staff with writing and publishing Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor in regional, national, and international newspapers. But with all the visible accomplishments in print, on the web, and in video, Michael’s biggest accomplishment was building confidence among ICAR’s faculty, staff, and students in our capability to reach the larger world with ICAR’s message. We wish Michael well with his new undertaking and know he will continue to open doors for the ICAR Community.