Steve is now available for consulting. If you are interested in having a free initial consultation with him, please contact Rachel Brooke via email at [email protected] or call her at 615.844.6273 office / 615.708.2718 cell

Political and Issue Advocacy Consulting:

Steve’s experience includes issue advocacy consulting and political consulting to gubernatorial, U.S. Senatorial, U.S. Congressional, statewide and local campaigns. Armed with unique expertise in the arenas of both media and politics, Steve can assist candidates and organizations in crafting and implementing winning election and communication strategies built upon powerful media messaging and policy development. Creative grassroots communications campaigns can also be developed, such as the “Gas Can Man” project which focuses on energy policy issues.

Legal and Strategic Business Consulting

• Working with businesses to insure effective use of outside legal counsel; assisting in development of representation agreements with legal counsel/law firms, including negotiation of fee structures, monitoring legal representation, and review of billings and other consultation as a quasi -“in house” counsel on a consulting basis.

• Review and development of crisis management plans with incorporation of business, legal, media and public policy perspectives.

• Development and implementation of strategic business plans with incorporation of business, legal, media and public policy perspectives.

Corporate Political and Public Policy Consulting

• Development and management of company and/or special interest PACs

• Recruitment, retention and management of lobbyists at the state and national level

• Development and implementation of grassroots public policy and communications initiatives on behalf of companies and organizations

• Development and implementation of political and policy messaging

• ”War Room” crisis management when political, media or public policy issues erupt unexpectedly – including message development and management, response development and implementation and strategic consultation for both long term and short term business impact.