“He ranks among the top practitioners of his trade.” – Editorial board of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginia's newspaper of record“I’ve worked with a lot of spokesmen in my job, but there’s something about Brian that inspires confidence. He’s really that good.” – Newsweek's Zev ChafetsSKILLS SUMMARY:• Developed media and messaging strategies that resulted in thousands of news stories, interviews, and op-eds in outlets such as CBS News, CNN, Fox News, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, National Review, and The Washington Post. • Over 20 years of experience in almost every environment: PR agency, corporate, government, nonprofit, political, and issue advocacy.• Served as a spokesman and speechwriter for over 15 years.• Served as a key member of executive teams, handling issues management, reputation management, and crisis communications.• Developed messaging for social media campaigns that reached 20-25 million people a month.• Founded a public relations and marketing consulting agency and spent over 10 years managing teams of PR, marketing, design, and web professionals.• Former columnist for a daily and a weekly newspaper. • Created, syndicated, and hosted a weekly Virginia talk radio show heard in 10 cities.• Wrote and produced TV and radio ads and developed other marketing and ad materials (print and digital ads, websites, brochures, etc.) to promote clients’ products and services. • Former Capitol Hill staffer. • Created a Capitol Hill and White House government relations program for an employer that resulted in Congress adopting its messaging, a joint Capitol Hill news conference with members of Congress, and invitations to the White House.• Created the messaging strategy and built grassroots momentum for a state public policy organization to successfully lobby for the passage of several bills in the Virginia General Assembly.