Local & International Experience
In 1998 Salazar served as a Presidential Appointee at the United States Department of Agriculture during the Clinton Administration. While there, Salazar assisted on day-to-day news operations as a News Analyst to former Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman. He later transitioned and joined the campaign media team in Nashville for Vice President’s Gore Presidential bid in 2000 where he worked aggressively to get top Democratic surrogates such as New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros and Vice President Gore on targeted Hispanic media markets throughout the United States.
In the summer of 2001 Salazar took his expertise to Buenos Aires, Argentina and teamed up with Democratic Strategists James Carville and Associates to handle the day-to-day communication and messaging efforts for Argentina’s Economic Minster Domingo Cavallo. The following year, Salazar joined the presidential team of Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Losada in La Paz and worked closely with the President’s communication staff and President Sanchez de Losada.
Salazar then continued his success back in his home state and managed the campaigns for California’s Border Congressman Bob Filner by delivering victories in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008.
During the 2006 Election season, Campaigns & Elections magazine named Frank Salazar “one of the nations ‘Rising Stars’” and La Prensa San Diego newspaper recently considered him as one of the best Hispanic “behind the scenes” consultants for the 2006 election cycle.