Chris Rochester Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wi, Us

Madison, Wisconsin

Handle all external communications, assist with health care policy and Joint Finance Committee work on the 2021-23 biennial budget, run point on legislation mainly on professional licensure (several signed into law), and assist with constituent relations during multiple crises.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Advise candidates for office on strategic communications and assist with execution. Nearly 100 campaigns so far. Specialize in direct mail design and copywriting.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Managed all external communications and built out social media and audio capabilities, including helping script and produce a new news segment broadcast on WISN-AM and a Milwaukee Press Club award winning Scott Walker retrospective.Researched, analyzed, and wrote about a range of policy issues, including energy and health policy, and co-wrote analyses of the state's 2015-17, 2017-19, and 2019-21 biennial budgets. Professional development includes on-air media training with District Media Group, video storyboarding and production training with TaliesinNexus, training in social media and strategic communication, numerous policy workshops, and the nine-month Liberty@Work program at the Charles Koch Institute in Arlington, VA.

La Crosse, Wisconsin Area

La Crosse, Wisconsin Area

Coordinated all campaign fundraising efforts for Kurtz for WI-03, ensured FEC compliance, and oversaw accounts payable and receivable. The campaign independently raised more than any previous challenger who was an outsider to elected office.Also assisted with the campaign's communications and policy efforts, recognizing the appeal of a conservative, populist message two years before Donald Trump.

La Crosse, Wisconsin Area

La Crosse, Wisconsin Area

Managed external communications, producing all creative materials in-house including logos, literature, graphics, direct mail, photos and video, billboards, print ads, and TV and radio ad scripts.

La Crosse, Wisconsin Area

Managed newsletters for service technicians in North America for Trane and Hussmann brands, produced marketing materials for the Trane sales organization throughout the Americas, and assisted global public relations and marketing efforts.

Onalaska, Wi

Supported communications functions for three multinational companies (Trane, Thermo King and Hussmann) within Ingersoll Rand amid the merger of Trane and Ingersoll Rand.

La Crosse, Wisconsin Area

Shared governance reporter, news editor, managing editor, and editor-in-chief. As editor, I overhauled the staff structure and style guide and implemented innovations that generated the first profitable year in a long time.

West Salem, Wi And Holmen, Wi

B.S., Business Management (Emp. On Human Resources); Minor In Professional Writing

Activities and Societies: The Racquet, SHRM, College Republicans, campus radio station.Graduated with honors from the AASCB Accredited.

Communication, Management, And Free Market Principles

Graduate of the 9-month Liberty@Work program via CKI that teaches a free market oriented approach to organizational management.

Broad Field Social Studies; Biology Minor

Activities and Societies: Sr. Celestine Cepress Alumni Scholarship, Viterbo scholarship, Viterbo Honors Program, history and English.