Lives of Consequence
Clarence V. McKee '65
President and CEO, McKee Communications
Clarence McKee's wide and varied career has taken him from Central New York, where he had his first job shoveling snow on the railroad line, to Florida, where he now heads a communications firm specializing in government, community, political and media relations for a wide range of clients.
After graduating from Hobart, McKee entered Howard Law School (during which time he worked as a deejay) and later earned admission to the Bar in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
McKee served on the U.S. Senate Staff for Senator Jacob K. Javits (R-NY), working on food stamp and school lunch legislation. He was a legal adviser at the Federal Communications Commission to former FCC Commissioner and NAACP President Benjamin K. Hoods, drafting Equal Opportunity Rules for broadcasting and cable television industries.
McKee held a number of posts during the Reagan-Bush administrations and served as Washington Counsel for the Angolan Freedom Fighters. He was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush and reappointed by Governor Charlie Crist to the 17th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission serving Broward County.
At McKee Communications, McKee has worked with Wal-Mart, the City of Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., the School Board of Broward County, Fla., the Florida Department of Children and Families, Florida Children's First and the Republican Party of Florida.
McKee has made appearances on national and local media and his opinion pieces have been published in The Washington Post, The Washington Times and The Tampa Tribune among others. In 2012, he became an insider-contributor for Newsmax.com, where he writes the column "The Silent Minority."