Speaker

Sean McCormack is vice president for communications at Chevron Corporation, a position he has held since 2022. As Chevron’s lead communications official, McCormack directs and coordinates the company’s global communications. 

McCormack was a Managing Director at TrailRunner International, a global communications consultancy, prior to joining Chevron. From 2009 to 2018, Sean served as Vice President, Communications at The Boeing Company first in the company’s Washington, DC office and then as the lead communications official for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He was Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and State Department spokesman from 2005 to 2009 after having been confirmed by the United States Senate. From 2001 to 2005, McCormack served as spokesman for the National Security Council and Deputy White House Press Secretary. During this time, he also received a commission as a Special Assistant to the President. 

Sean entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1995 and served in Ankara, Turkey and Algiers, Algeria, as well as in Washington, DC. He retired from the Foreign Service in 2009 before joining Boeing. 

McCormack joined Chevron in 2022 in the position he currently holds. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Colby College and a Master’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park.