Dan McFadden is new spokesman for Electric Boat
Groton — Dan McFadden, Mystic Seaport Museum’s longtime director of communications, has taken a similar position with another maritime operation: Electric Boat.
“This is an exciting time to join Electric Boat as the company ramps up construction of the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and continues to deliver the Virginia class,” McFadden said this week in an email. “Recent developments on the world stage underscore how important those capabilities are to the Navy and our national defense, and I am honored to have the opportunity to help support that effort.”
McFadden’s title at EB is director of communications and public affairs, a post previously held by Liz Power, who earlier this year returned to Pfizer, where she had worked before.
During his 11-year stint at Mystic Seaport Museum, McFadden, 53, of Stonington, was responsible for all “external messaging,” including public relations, a website, social media and a magazine, as well as marketing and advertising.
Some highlights of his tenure, he said, were the 38th voyage of the Charles W. Morgan in 2014, a tour of historic New England ports that marked the completion of the 1841 whaling ship’s five-year restoration; the opening of the Thompson Exhibition Building in 2016; and a 2019-20 exhibition of paintings by J.M.W. Turner, a famed 19th-century English artist.
McFadden co-authored the book “Charles W. Morgan: A Picture History of an American Icon,” published in 2014.
He serves on the Stonington Economic Development Commission and the board of the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce and previously was a member of the Connecticut Tourism Coalition’s executive committee.
Before joining the museum, he was a television news producer for nearly 20 years with such outlets as CBS News, MSNBC and NBC. He was part of the team that launched MSNBC.com in 1996 on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash.
Museum hirings
In January, Kevin O’Leary joined Mystic Seaport Museum as vice president of business development and marketing, having spent the past 12 years leading business development and project management for marketing agencies in Burlington, Vt.; Sausalito, Calif.; and New York City. Before that, he worked in luxury real estate development, special events and the music industry.
Sophia Matsas, the museum’s new director of marketing and communications, will assist O’Leary. She has been working at the museum on a freelance basis the past two years.
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