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Ally Development & Coalition Building IAC Members

 
Don Bonker Don Bonker


Don Bonker, former U.S. congressman, is currently a member of APCO Worldwide’s International Advisory Council and an executive director at APCO. He is a leading authority on international trade and investment and foreign policy issues.    ...
Barie Carmichael Barie Carmichael


Barie Carmichael has more than 25 years of experience in corporate communication. Ms. Carmichael has managed strategic communication in a variety of industries involving regulatory issues, corporate branding, media relations, litigation, employee and...
Timothy Cost Timothy Cost


Timothy P. Cost, former executive vice president, corporate affairs, PepsiCo, has more than 30 years of experience in corporate affairs and investor relations, with executive experience at several of the world’s top health-care companies.

Mr....

Bertrand Cousin Bertrand Cousin


Bertrand Cousin has more than 30 years of experience in French government affairs and media relations and has advised numerous high-ranking elected officials and heads of companies. Mr. Cousin is a former member of the French Parliament and State Council...
Craig Fuller Craig L. Fuller


Craig Fuller is the co-chair of APCO Worldwide’s International Advisory Council and president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Since arriving in Washington, D.C., in 1981, Mr. Fuller has held numerous high-level government and corporate...
Peter Hannaford Peter D. Hannaford


Peter Hannaford, president of Hannaford Enterprises, Inc., has served as an APCO senior counselor since 2001. His clients have included the New York Stock Exchange, General Motors, Citibank and 3M. Before forming his own company, he was assistant to...
CT Hew CT Hew


CT Hew began his career as a public affairs consultant over 30 years ago and provides APCO Worldwide’s clients with strategic advice on a range of communication issues throughout the Asia region. He is an honors graduate of the University of Malaya....
Kenneth Jarrett Kenneth Jarrett


Kenneth Jarrett, chairman of APCO Worldwide’s greater China region, has more than 20 years of experience in U.S.-Chinese affairs. Mr. Jarrett previously served as the U.S. consul general in Shanghai, a position to which he was appointed in 2005. Mr....
Aleksander Kwaśniewski Aleksander Kwaśniewski


Aleksander Kwasniewski is the former president of Poland. During his 10 years in office, President Kwasniewski navigated Poland through the delicate transition from communism. He successfully led the adoption of a new national constitution...
Vada Manager Vada Manager


Vada O. Manager, senior counselor in APCO Worldwide’s Washington, D.C., office is a premier global business and communication strategist with particular expertise in sport and product marketing, branding and positioning, crisis management, litigation...
James McGregor James McGregor


James McGregor is a senior counselor for APCO Worldwide in China and author of two highly regarded books: No Ancient Wisdom, No Followers: The Challenges of Chinese Authoritarian Capitalism, published in October 2012, and One Billion Customers:...
Mark Michelson Mark Michelson


Mark Michelson, senior counselor at APCO Worldwide, helps corporations, governments and other organizations develop, communicate and achieve their goals; build support for their reputations, positions, products and services; anticipate and advocate...

Michael Oxley Michael G. Oxley


Michael G. Oxley is former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. One of the key authors of the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act, he provides high-level strategic counsel to domestic and multinational clients regarding corporate governance, financial...
Wayne Pines Wayne L. Pines


Wayne L. Pines, member of APCO Worldwide’s International Advisory Council and president of health care for the consultancy, provides strategic counsel to clients facing crises or media, legislative, regulatory or marketing challenges.

Mr. Pines has...
Andrés Rozental Andrés Rozental


Andrés Rozental has more than 35 years of service as a diplomat and holds the lifetime rank of eminent ambassador of Mexico. A former deputy foreign minister, he served as Mexican ambassador to both the United Kingdom and Sweden and acted as the permanent...
Richard Swett Richard N. Swett


Richard N. Swett was nominated to be ambassador to Denmark in 1998. In 1990, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. He served on the U.S. Congressional Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament; the Congressional Human...
Tevi Troy Tevi Troy


Dr. Tevi D. Troy is the former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). As deputy secretary, Dr. Troy was the chief operating officer of the largest civilian department in the U.S. federal government, overseeing...

Ludolf von Wartenberg Ludolf von Wartenberg


Dr. Ludolf von Wartenberg was a member of the presidential board of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Germany’s leading federal industry association, and a member of its U.S. board. In addition, he served as BDI’s director general for 17 years...

Ally Development & Coalition Building Team

 
Jerry Azevedo Jerry Azevedo


Jerry Azevedo, director in APCO Worldwide’s Sacramento office, provides clients with expertise in issue management, crisis communication and ballot measure campaigns.

Mr. Azevedo has managed public affairs campaigns for clients on a wide...
Gad Ben-Ari Gad Ben-Ari


Gad Ben-Ari, senior advisor in APCO Worldwide’s office in Israel, has held a variety of consulting and executive positions in Israel and other countries.

Prior to joining APCO, Mr. Ben Ari was the director general of Keren-Hayesod-United...

Tresja Bolt Tresja Bolt


Tresja Bolt, executive director based in APCO Worldwide’s Brussels office, leads the company’s health care practice in EIMEA and the food and consumer products (FCP) practice in Brussels. She has an in-depth understanding of the external political, policy,...
Nicolas Bouvier Nicolas Bouvier


Nicolas Bouvier, executive director for the EMEA region and managing director of APCO Worldwide’s Paris office, has more than 20 years of consulting experience in public affairs and strategic communication. Before joining APCO, he was an executive vice...
Maggie Brown Maggie Brown


Maggie Brown, managing director of APCO Worldwide’s Seattle office, offers a background that combines a decade of experience as a professional journalist with 30 years as a public affairs, communication and media relations consultant. She specializes...
Neal Cohen Neal M. Cohen


Neal M. Cohen is president and chief operating officer of APCO Worldwide. Mr. Cohen is also a member of APCO’s board of directors, serves on the company’s executive committee and chairs its management committee. In addition to his...
Linda Distlerath Linda Distlerath


Linda Distlerath, senior counselor, based in APCO Worldwide’s Washington, D.C., office brings to clients 20 years of experience in public affairs, public policy and global health policy. She formerly held the position of vice president of global health...
Kristi England Kristi England


Kristi England, director in APCO Worldwide's Seattle office, has 16 years of experience as a public affairs and community relations professional. Ms. England has managed political campaigns and strategic plan development for clients in the education,...
Véronique Ferjou Véronique Ferjou


Véronique Ferjou, senior director, APCO Worldwide, has eight years of professional experience and benefits from a dual French and European public affairs expertise. Following nearly three years with APCO's Brussels office, she joined the APCO...

Nelson Fernandez Nelson Fernandez


Nelson Fernandez, managing director of APCO Worldwide's New York office, provides counsel to APCO clients on corporate communication, corporate giving, issues and crisis management, and media training. As a member of the New York office's leadership...
Gregory Gilligan Gregory Gilligan


Gregory Gilligan is the managing director of APCO Worldwide’s Beijing office. Mr. Gilligan joined APCO after serving as general manager of corporate affairs for McDonald’s (China) Co., Ltd., where he developed and executed strategies to enhance McDonald's...
Nancy Heffernan Nancy Heffernan


Nancy Heffernan, senior counselor in APCO Worldwide’s Sacramento office, provides clients with expertise in strategic planning, litigation communication and media relations.

With an extensive background in journalism and experience managing global,...
Jose Hermocillo Jose Hermocillo


Jose Hermocillo, managing director of APCO Worldwide’s Sacramento office, has extensive experience in public affairs advocacy and corporate communication on a wide range of issues.

For more than three decades, Mr. Hermocillo has played a...

Mike Hotra Mike Hotra


Mike Hotra, senior director in APCO Worldwide’s Washington, D.C., office, leads the corporate communication and issues management service group, a practice that helps Fortune 500, trade association and nonprofit clients develop and execute communication...

Tony Housh Tony Housh


Tony Housh is a senior counselor for APCO Worldwide based in Warsaw. During his 15 years in Poland, he has worked with many U.S. and multinational companies in the aerospace, manufacturing, energy, food processing, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications...
Emily Johnson Emily Johnson


Emily Johnson, associate director in APCO’s Sacramento office, provides clients with expertise in public policy and strategic communication.

Ms. Johnson's client work has included management of a community-based chronic disease prevention...
Terry Judd Terry Judd


Terry Judd, senior director in APCO Worldwide’s Washington, D.C., office, manages large communications and advocacy programs for a diverse base of clients. 

Mr. Judd has managed issue campaigns on the federal and state levels – coordinating...
Steven King Steven King


Dr. Steven King, senior director in APCO Worldwide’s New Delhi office, has a broad range of experience in global public affairs and strategic communication. He has extensive experience of working with a number of important government and corporate clients...
Evan Kraus Evan Kraus


Evan Kraus is executive director, digital strategy, of APCO Online®, a service group that delivers powerful, results-focused online communication strategies for APCO Worldwide’s clients around the world. Under his leadership, APCO Online has...

Margery Kraus Margery Kraus


Margery Kraus, founder and chief executive officer of APCO Worldwide, a global consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., specializes in public affairs, communication and business consulting for major multinationals. Ms. Kraus founded APCO in...
Pazanne Le Cour Grandmaison Pazanne Le Cour Grandmaison


Pazanne Le Cour Grandmaison, director in APCO Worldwide's Paris office, has spent the past 15 years working...

Jin Ling Jin Ling


Jin Ling is an associate director for APCO Worldwide in Beijing. Ms. Jin has worked closely with multinational clients from the health care, food and consumer products and media sectors, by providing policy analysis, due diligence, stakeholder analysis...

Philippe Maze-Sencier Philippe Maze-Sencier


Philippe Maze-Sencier, managing director, and executive director of our EMEA region, heads APCO Worldwide’s Brussels office, having previously worked in a pan-regional capacity, servicing clients and helping to manage APCO's operations in Africa,...
Layle Nelson Layle Nelson


Layle Nelson, senior director in APCO Worldwide’s Washington, D.C., office, leads the firm’s award-winning grassroots and coalition practice. Ms. Nelson advises clients on strategies for building and mobilizing support for their issues, and designs...

Katie Payne Katie Carr Payne


Katie Carr Payne, director in APCO Worldwide’s Boston office, helps companies, trade associations and nonprofits use communication and stakeholder engagement to support business strategies, strengthen and protect reputation, and achieve desired public...
Riccardo Perissich Riccardo Perissich


Riccardo Perissich, senior counselor in APCO Worldwide’s Rome office, assists clients on international public affairs issues and European Union policy-making.

Prior to joining APCO, Mr. Perissich spent 12 years at Pirelli SpA where he served...

William Pierce William Pierce


William Pierce, senior director of APCO Worldwide, joined the firm in 2005. Mr. Pierce specializes in providing strategic advice and counsel, tactical execution and representation to health care clients. He helps clients develop strategies and tactics...
Bill Romanelli Bill Romanelli


Bill Romanelli, director in APCO Worldwide’s Sacramento office, provides clients with expertise in strategic communication, media relations, coalition development and grassroots advocacy.

Since joining APCO in 1996, Mr. Romanelli has managed numerous...
Martin Sawer Martin Sawer


Martin Sawer is a senior counselor based in APCO Worldwide’s London office. Mr. Sawer left Whitehall to join the public affairs industry in 1987, having previously worked for nearly three years at 10 Downing Street in the private office of the then Prime...
Robert Schooling Robert Schooling


Robert Schooling, president, Americas & chair, global practices, is based in APCO Worldwide’s Washington, D.C., office. He brings to clients two decades of experience advising corporations, nongovernmental organizations and trade associations on...
Jessyca Sheehan Jessyca Sheehan


Jessyca Sheehan, director in APCO Worldwide’s Sacramento office, specializes in corporate and public policy issues.   

Ms. Sheehan has particular expertise in helping regulated industries manage crises and public education programs...
Kirsten Thistle Kirsten Thistle


Kirsten Thistle, senior director in APCO Worldwide’s Washington, D.C., office, specializes in communication and ally development on science and health issues. Ms. Thistle has 20 years of experience advising corporate and nonprofit clients on communicating...
Martina Tydecks Martina Tydecks


Martina Tydecks, executive director for the EMEA region and managing director of APCO Worldwide’s offices in Germany, provides public affairs support and strategic advice on the German market to APCO clients. She specializes in highly regulated markets...
Richard VanOrnum Richard VanOrnum


Richard (Van) VanOrnum, associate director at APCO Worldwide in Boston, is a member of the corporate communication and issues management service group. He specializes in building results-driven public affairs, stakeholder engagement and communication...
Cassandra Walker Pye Cassandra Walker Pye


Cassandra Walker Pye, senior director in APCO’s Sacramento office, counsels senior executives and political professionals on corporate positioning, market entry, labor relations and crisis communication.

Ms. Pye has led project teams, directed...

Garry Walsh Garry Walsh


Garry Walsh, managing director for Southeast Asia at APCO Worldwide, has more than 15 years of senior consulting experience. Before moving to Singapore in 2010, he was managing director of APCO’s European headquarters in Brussels. He has a strong...

Amy Wendholt Amy Wendholt


Amy Wendholt, managing director of APCO's Hong Kong office, brings to clients nearly a decade of experience advising corporations, governments, nongovernmental organizations and trade associations on communication strategies to optimize their businesses,...
Jonathan Winer Jonathan Winer


Jonathan Winer, senior director in APCO Worldwide’s Washington, D.C., office, is the former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for international law enforcement. Mr. Winer provides strategic advice to clients on a range of issues from financial...
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