I lead the Brunswick Group's U.S. energy & resources team, managing multi-disciplinary teams and advising clients around the world on a range of public affairs, crisis communications and corporate reputation issues. My experience includes advising Saudi Aramco on communications strategy on its initial public offering; BP on communications related to litigation over the Deepwater Horizon accident; and two of the world's leading auto makers on financial and public-affairs communication. I have also led multiple successful campaigns around legislation in Congress affecting the energy, rail and trucking industries. My skills include:Conceiving and executing media strategy to influence decisionmakers in WashingtonAdvising clients in crisis and litigationWriting op-eds, speeches and advertising for top executives at major publicly traded companies.Moderating panel discussions at the National Press Club and on Capitol Hill.

Led the paper's coverage of U.S. energy and environmental policy and politics.Contributed to the WSJ's award-winning coverage of the Deepwater Horizon accident, recognized as a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in the category of national reporting.Frequent guest on major TV and radio programs, including the Diane Rehm Show, "On the Record "with Greta Van Susteren, the PBS News Hour, and C-Span's "Morning Journal" and "Newsmakers."

Led the paper's coverage of the European auto industry.Broke multiple stories related to the unraveling of the DaimlerChrysler merger; boardroom power struggles at Volkswagen; Europe's effort to control greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles; and the collapse of Ford Motor Co.'s strategy for reviving Jaguar and Land Rover.Frequent guest on CNBC Europe and the BBC.

Covered the Department of Transportation from The Journal's Washington bureau. Honored by the National Press Club with the Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Political Reporting.

Served as Washington correspondent for papers in Oregon and Washington state.

Covered local business; the Dallas police department; and general news across Texas and the Southwest.

Covered political news in Washington and general news on the paper's Metro desk.