Steve Scheibal

Steve Scheibal has been solving communications problems in Austin and Texas for nearly 15 years. As co-founder of the strategic communications firm New West Communications, he specializes in crisis communications, media and messaging strategy, and alignment of a wide variety of tools and tactics to help clients achieve their goals. Before launching New West, he served as director of media relations and community engagement for the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. He also has served as a policy and communications director in the Texas Senate, and before that was the Austin American-Statesman's lead reporter covering Austin politics and regional growth and environmental issues.

Credentials: 

Scheibal received a bachelor's degree in English from The University of Texas at Austin.

Steve Scheibal