I counsel executives and corporate boards on mission-critical issues impacting their brand, bottom line, and license to operate. My expertise includes crisis management, litigation and legal affairs, geopolitical issues, workforce issues and employee experience, and reputational risk mitigation. As Senior Vice President and Crisis + Issues lead for North America at WE Communications, I've counseled companies from Fortune 10s to unicorn startups through bet-the company litigation, business and shareholder disputes, labor relations and corporate campaigns, environmental crises, data breaches, corporate espionage, sexual abuse and misconduct, high-profile government investigations, DE&I and cultural transformation, and geopolitical risk management. I also have experience in guiding clients through leadership transitions, private funding rounds, executive Congressional testimony, rebranding, and other critical events in the life of a company. I regularly provide expert commentary to media outlets on crisis management, reputation risks, and the business of law, and I have been ranked among Lawdragon's Global 100 Leaders in Strategy & Consulting since 2022.Highlights include:- Acting as spokesperson for the trustees of an elite research university during a high-stakes investigation- Preparing a tech CEO for a Congressional committee hearing (including authoring testimony) that led to the passage of the $52B CHIPS Act- Guiding a global financial company through the announcement of a multibillion-dollar fine and rare corporate guilty plea tied to the resolution of DOJ and SEC investigations- Helping defend a $6B federal contract from legal challenges and political attacks- Helping to secure major investments for workers while avoiding reputation-damaging conflict in collective bargaining In addition to my work in the corporate world, I am a cofounder of Foundlings Press, an independent literary publisher of books and broadsides, with a focus on poetry. From its beginnings as a regional magazine, Foundlings has grown into a nationally recognized publishing brand with a diverse catalog of boundary-pushing books by both acclaimed and emerging writers.I also regularly publish my own writing, both in literary and business outlets. I have written on topics related to crisis management and corporate responsibility in Corporate Counsel, Law360, PRSay, and PR News, and have published nonfiction, memoir, and cultural criticism in Humanities Magazine, CNN International, The Millions, Public Books, The White Review, The Skinny, and elsewhere.
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