Micho Spring is chairperson of the U.S. Corporate practice, and leads the New England office for Weber Shandwick Worldwide. Her practice focuses on enabling corporate clients to use communications to better support their business strategies and respond to public policy challenges.
Micho brings extensive experience as a senior manager in both the public and private sectors to her work as a communications strategist. Her experience includes six years as president and CEO of Boston Telecommunications Company and four years as deputy mayor of the City of Boston. She also served as chief of staff to Boston Mayor Kevin H. White, after four years of service in New York City government.
As a government, civic, and business leader, Micho has helped shape public debate on numerous issues in Boston and beyond. She has managed numerous political and advocacy campaigns, and is a frequent independent media commentator. On multiple occasions she has been named one of the “20 Most Powerful Women in Boston” by Boston Magazine.
Micho currently sits on the executive committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the Partners HealthCare Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee (ESCRO), a member of the Visiting Committee of the Women's Cancers Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and a founding member of the WBUR Group Executive Council. She holds numerous board memberships including the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, The Boston Foundation and the Massachusetts Women's Forum, of which she is a past president. She is also a past member of the board of trustees of Partners HealthCare, the board of directors of Brigham & Women's Hospital, the board of trustees of Catholic Charities, and director of Citizens Bank of Massachusetts. She also served on the host committee for the 2004 Democratic Convention in Boston.
Micho has received many awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's Women's Network and the Order of Isabel La Catolica Award presented by King Juan Carlos of Spain. She attended Georgetown and Columbia Universities and received an MPA from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.