Anthony Cignoli (Tony) is the President of the A. L. Cignoli Company, the public relations, political and governmental affairs company he founded eighteen years ago.
The company has satellite offices in Boston, MA; Washington D. C.; Tallahassee, FL; and Lima, Peru. Springfield Massachusetts is the home office as well as Mr. Cignoli's home.
The firm has built a reputation for creating success for clients from challenging situations - taking on the toughest assignments, from referendum campaigns other firms will not touch to assisting in turning around political and corporate campaigns in trouble.
Some of Tony's corporate clients include and have included: Hilton Hotels, El Paso Energy Ventures, Berkshire Physicians and Surgeons, RedFlex Traffic Systems, Bally's, AT&T, Verizon, The Sisters of Providence Health Systems, Tennessee Gas, Aspen Reality, Six Flags New England, Mass Mutual and Peter Pan Bus Lines, The Dewey Square Group and Bally International.
Personal public relations and advance services have included work for: Muhammad Ali, Bob Hope, Curtis Jackson- aka 50 Cent, The New England Patriots, Tipper Gore, Al Gore (environmental work), President Bill Clinton and numerous members of the U. S. Congress and the governors of several states.
Tony is a veteran of many political campaigns, including the recent presidential elections in Peru, the 2006 Italian Prime Minister and Parliamentary campaigns and was engaged in 2006 in governor's races in Iowa and Maryland.
Tony is a frequent commentator and political analyst on local radio and television news programs in Western Massachusetts, as well s on New England Cable News, CNN and MSNBC. He is a regular resource to newspapers such as The Republican, The Boston Globe, The Berkshire Eagle, Worcestor Telegram, The Boston Herald, The Atlanta Constitution and the Wall Street Journal.
In the presidential race, Tony has been an advisor and analyst during the CNN Republican and Democratic Debates as well as for the MSNBC sponsored Democratic Presidential Debate.
Tony is invloved in many philanthropic and pro bono activites. He is a long time counsel for and former board member of The Pine Point Citizen's Council. He is an executive board member of the Catholic Youth Organization which organizes sports activites for some 40,000 children.
He served on Springfield's Racial Balance Committe and as an elected member of the Hampden County Charter Commission. He contributes his services to The Urban League, Headstart, The Ronald McDonald House and UNICO International. His efforts are eclectic, from fighting to re-open a neighborhood fire station closed due to budget cuts to fighting for the demolition of a neighborhood crack-house in Springfield.