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.

Team

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In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway. – Bear Bryant
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John Bates Senior Director
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Nathaniel Beach Senior Advisor
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Riley Althouse Beck Vice President
Amma Boateng Senior Director, Coalitions
Phillip Bogdan  Senior Director
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By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. – Benjamin Franklin
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Michael Bova Senior Vice President
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Fred Brown Senior Vice President
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Diane Chaaban Senior Director
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Josh Culling President
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Jessica DeLoach Vice President
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. – President George Washington
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Kaci Donegan Director
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Mark Emerson Vice President
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Sean Halpin Executive Assistant to President
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Jennifer Hirshon Managing Director of Administration & Culture
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Sam Jefferies Senior Vice President
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William Kim Senior Advisor
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Natalie Kopco Vice President
MaryGrace Lucas Vice President
Anne Marie Malecha, a woman with long, straight brown hair, smiles at the camera. She is wearing a black blazer over a black top and is standing on a city sidewalk lined with trees. Buildings and parked cars are visible in the background.
Anne Marie Malecha Chief Executive Officer
Madeline Nagler
Madeline Nagler Associate
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Colby Nelson Vice President 
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Steffen Newman Associate
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Abagail Rios  Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer
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Katie Runkle Associate
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Maya Shackley Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
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Ava Sheehan Graphic Designer
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Jana Spacek Managing Director of Organizational Development and Operations
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Helen Taylor Advisor
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If you’re on a hill, driving in neutral, there’s only one direction you will go. – Pete Richards

Board of Directors

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Eric Dezenhall Chairman Of The Board (retired)
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Steven Schlein Partner (retired)

“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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