MY MISSION 🧭 - Leading with a deep value for human connection, I provide high-quality communications and public relations consulting services to federal stakeholders and independent clients.#########################################################################A Public Relations and Communications nerd grounded in finding meaningful ways to contribute to something bigger than myself and fostering genuine relationships with my team. A true fact-finder and life-long learner, my constant hunger for knowledge is vast and deep. You won’t find me resting for long and far more often than not, I will choose the harder thing; it’s just my nature. I love a challenge and revel in blazing my own trail.I have always found the key to professional success to be humanity - countless corporate ills can be solved with just a dash of it. If you treat people with respect, kindness, and make a genuine effort to empower them to be successful, wonderful things begin to occur. A team is only as good as the trust shared between its members, and I believe trust grows only when you water it with respect and compassion. I am strong in my conviction that everyone has something unique and meaningful to contribute and my joy is in helping people connect the dots to make that 'something' come to life.When outside the office, I can usually be found with my nose in a good book, enjoying a hot cup of coffee, planning my next big adventure, or agonizing over my next big paper. Three four-legged children keep me busy, and I try to travel as often as I can.My Grandmother used to say 'Colton, I swear you would talk to a fence post if it would talk back to you.' - My point? Don't be shy!