Paul Raymond Jr. is the founder of PDR Strategies and Corrections Communicated, providing crisis and strategic communications expertise to corrections and public safety agencies nationwide. He is a former assistant commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections and has also served as public information officer for the New Hampshire Department of Safety and the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he led the state’s Joint Information Center at the direction of Gov. Chris Sununu. One of only 179 FEMA Executive Public Information Officers worldwide, Raymond teaches FEMA’s Public Information Basics (L0105) and Advanced Public Information Officer (E0388) courses.
