Dan Mahoney
Vice President, Communications and Community Relations Oklahoma City Thunder
Air Date, August 19, 2012
Dan Mahoney joined the Oklahoma City Thunder as vice president of Corporate Communications and Community Relations in August 2008. In that role he oversees the Thunder’s business public relations efforts, website (THUNDER.NBA.COM), broadcasting operation and community relations outreach.
From 1995-2003 he was director of communications for Gov. Frank Keating of Oklahoma. He later worked with Gov. Keating as senior vice president of communications and public affairs at the American Council of Life Insurers in Washington, D.C.
Consulting with the Gooden Group of Edmond, Okla., Mahoney coordinated public relations efforts for the Skirvin Hilton Hotel, a historic Oklahoma City landmark which reopened in 2007 after being closed for 18 years. He also assisted the Hornets during their relocation and two-year stay in Oklahoma City from 2005-07.
As director of communications for Gov. Keating, Mahoney was responsible for public information coordination for the State of Oklahoma and the governor’s office. That included the public information efforts during the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Following that tragedy, he consulted businesses and other government agencies on crisis communications.
Mahoney spent 18 years in radio and television as a news director, news reporter and sportscaster in Richmond, Va.; Albuquerque, N.M.; and Oklahoma City. He is a native of Philadelphia and attended Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of New Mexico.