Strategy, structure, and story are essential to the success of any enterprise. That's what experience has shown me, no doubt you as well. I work hand in hand with you to build all three.
Every organization that wants to bring about important and lasting change faces the same fundamental challenge: getting the right people to understand what you are doing, why it matters, and why they should pitch in. That challenge takes different forms at different moments — a new leader who needs to establish credibility, a crisis that threatens to define you on someone else's terms, a policy goal that requires building a broader coalition, a brand that no longer reflects who you have become. It always requires strategy, structure, and story.
I work with organizations at exactly those moments. Here is what that can look like in practice:
Crisis Communications
When something goes wrong — and in complex organizations, something too often does — the difference between a crisis that defines you and one that you manage is almost always preparation and speed. I build crisis communications plans before organizations need them, and I provide real-time counsel when they do. I have managed communications through hurricanes, leadership controversies, federal scrutiny, and political attacks in some of the most visible and contentious environments in the country.
Executive Communications
Leaders earn credibility not just by what they do but by how they show up in the world. I help executives and organizational leaders find and strengthen their public voice — through speeches, op-eds, social media, interview preparation, and the kind of strategic visibility that builds trust with the audiences that matter most. I have written for governors, CEOs, and nonprofit leaders, and placed their work in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and many other national, regional, and trade publications.
Strategic Communications Leadership
I help organizations think clearly about what they are trying to accomplish, who they need to reach, and what they need those people to believe and do. That means communications audits and strategic planning, positioning and messaging development, and the kind of honest counsel that tells you not just what is possible but what is wise. I have done this work for national nonprofits, advocacy organizations, academic medical centers, government agencies, and growing companies.
Advocacy and Policy Communications
Moving policy requires more than good arguments. It requires building coalitions, cultivating champions, owning and earning media that reaches key audiences, and sustaining momentum when attention moves on. I have driven advocacy at the national, state, and local levels and I know how to connect the work organizations do every day to the conversations that shape policy.
About the photographs: I met Christian Fuchs on the first day of high school. We bonded through the proximity of our last names in teacher gradebooks and a love of soccer. Christian has spent his life serving others -- in the Navy and as a photojournalist at the Jesuit Refugee Service. I am honored to share his work.