WHO WE ARE

The Team

Crisis Management Team

Our veteran team leverages decades of experience in solving complex challenges.

We are former investigative reporters and producers, management consultants, congressional press secretaries, White House and federal agency advisors, political campaign managers, and trade association and corporate communicators.

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Riley Althouse Beck Senior Director
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Michael Bova Senior Vice President
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Fred Brown Senior Vice President
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Josh Culling President
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Kaci Donegan Counselor
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By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. – Benjamin Franklin
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Eric Dezenhall Chairman and Co-founder
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Mark Emerson Senior Director
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Jennifer Hirshon Vice President
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William Kim Counselor 
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. – President George Washington
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Anne Marie Malecha Chief Executive Officer
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Annie Moore Senior Director, Digital 
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Colby Nelson Vice President 
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Steven Schlein Of Counsel
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Maya Shackley Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

“Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”

– Vince Lombardi
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