Former DNC Communications Director Talks Politics At Iona Prep

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A former Democratic National Committee communications director returned to his alma mater March 8 to speak about the 2016 presidential election.

Adam Hodge, a 2000 graduate of Iona Preparatory Upper School, is now vice president of SDK Knickerbocker. Before that he was with the DNC. He also served as the deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Treasury Department.

For an hour, Hodge candidly answered questions from Iona Prep students ranging from how and where Hillary Clinton lost the elections to the current role of Democrats as the “party of opposition.”

According to a spokesman, Iona Prep’s Political Science Club pressed Hodge on issues such as the Democratic counter to the president’s immigration policy and national security, as well as how the Democrats can take back key seats in the mid-term election.

Photo caption: Front row — Jack Magarelli, 17, New Rochelle, Noah Darden, 17, New Rochelle, Tim Brennan, 14, New Rochelle, Noah Cohen, 17, Croton-on-Hudson, Will Colasante, 14, Rye Brook, Matthew Multari, 16, Pound Ridge. Back Row: Social Studies teacher Richard Salerno, James Evans, 16, Wilton, CT, Mr. Adam Hodge ’00, Social Studies Chair Mr. Frank Conroy ’75, Robert Baldoni, Jr., 17, Rye Brook, Matthew Buck, 17, Amawalk, Nigel Dawson, 17, Bronx. Photo credit: Submitted.