Joseph Santoro is a principal at Bannon Communications Research where he is the Project Director. Joseph oversees the operation of the Washington DC office and the projects conducted there-in while providing home office support for those being conducted in other parts of the country.

Before joining the team at Bannon Communications Research in early 2006, Joseph served for the Embassy of Croatia as a Congressional Liaison and Advisor on economic issues. Previous to that, he worked for Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island on Health Policy, HELP Committee issues, Press, and was a Regional Coordinator for the New Hampshire Democratic Party during the 2004 election where he was hired to direct communication in southern NH for the Kerry/Edwards campaign in the final push.   

During that time, Joseph interned for Dow Jones News Service writing political briefs in Florida during the early days of the 2004 election cycle. He also coordinated the Fairfield Virginia Democrats in the 2006 election cycle, aiding Gov. Warner and Sen. Webb to their wins in the crucial and affluent Northern Virginia county. Beyond this, he writes issue statements used to inform members of Congress for the Communications Consortium Media Center.

While it's easy to see that Joseph loves Politics, he got his start in strategy and marketing during the "Dot Com" boom of the late 90's/early '00's. He was an integral part of a series of start-ups such as CustomChip which offered custom made and adaptive automotive performance computer chips and Captain CD-ROM which introduced the first commercial-grade recordable CD's at consumer prices.

Joseph holds a Certificate in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University, a B.S. in Commercial Finance from Roger Williams University, and a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Brown University with a concentration on Neuropsychology and Economic Theory. He is currently pursuing his Masters at Georgetown University.