What I do...

Twenty-five years of Minnesota public affairs experience, available by the project. No retainers, no account team, no catalog of services you’ll never use. Keep me on speed dial and pay only when you need me. Here’s how it works: we agree on what winning looks like, we agree on the deadline and the fee, and then I get to work. When the job’s done, I’m gone. Below are six ways to put a battle-tested strategist to work.

The Breaking Story

Crisis Communications

You can’t predict a crisis, but you can decide how it ends. When the story breaks, I help you figure out what to say, who says it, and what happens next. Before it breaks, I’ll stress-test your plan, prep your spokespeople, and run the drills so nobody freezes when the cameras show up. Here’s what one of those crisis situations looks like.

The Capitol Push

Public Affairs And Media Campaigns

Your bill is stalled, your issue is invisible, and the reporters at the Capitol have stopped returning calls. I build the campaign that changes that: the message, the messengers, the moment, and the earned media that makes legislators pay attention. Sometimes that means a well-timed op-ed. Sometimes it means setting a living room on fire.

The Stuck Room

Strategic and Fractional Counsel

Your team has circled the same tired idea for three weeks. I walk in with no baggage, no office politics, and no interest in protecting last year’s plan. Book a half-day session to break the logjam, or bring me on for a few months as your senior strategist without adding one to the payroll.

When Words Matter

High-Stakes Writing

Op-eds, press releases, statements, position papers. The pieces with your name on them, where the wrong word will cost you. I write in your voice and know what makes an editor say yes. Not intern work. Not AI slop.

The Empty Chair

Interim Comms Lead

Minnesota’s Paid Family and Medical Leave law lets employees take up to 20 weeks off a year. When your key communications staffer steps aside, I step in, for a week, a month, or as long as it takes, and am ready to step away when it works best for you.

The Wild Card

Wait. Do you...?

The short answer: Yes!

The longer answer: In my twenty-five years in Minnesota public affairs I’ve probably done it. And things I haven’t done yet? To me that’s where the fun starts. Call me.