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Bio Summary
  • Specializes in communications strategy, message development, audience segmentation, and grasstops mobilization at Dezenhall
  • Sees strategic communications as both charm offensive and direct combat
  • Advises politicians (as a hobby) on how to communicate authentically
  • Studied economics at Ohio University
  • Serves on the Board of Directors of the Valentine Theater in Toledo, Ohio
Fun Fact

Josh is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with his wife in 2025 for his 40th birthday.
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Josh Culling

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Josh Culling, President of Dezenhall Resources, co-directs the firm’s client services and specializes in corporate strategy, public affairs, crisis management, state and federal government, and regulatory advocacy. Culling also leads Dezenhall’s grassroots, grasstops, and digital advocacy teams. 

With more than a decade of developing and implementing crisis management and public affairs strategies to combat acute and chronic threats, his clients include multi-national corporations, trade associations, prominent individuals, sports organizations, nonprofits, and educational institutions. Culling’s work spans various sectors such as energy, legal, healthcare, financial services, technology, manufacturing, emerging markets, consumer products, and insurance.

Prior to joining Dezenhall, Culling worked in state and federal advocacy roles for prominent national public policy organizations. Throughout his career, he has assembled and led several diverse coalitions supporting a variety of free-market policy agendas.

Culling is actively engaged in his community of Toledo, Ohio as a board member of the Valentine Theatre, and of the Panther Pride Foundation, which supports his alma mater, Maumee High School. Josh and his wife Sally established a scholarship fund for Toledo Public School students interested in careers in public service.  They named the fund after his late grandfather, who served as a Toledo police officer for 40 years.