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Chris Lisi

Creating high-impact, award-winning communication campaigns is the signature of Chris’s work. For more than a decade she has helped shaped the public relations, marketing and political communications agendas of world-class corporate clients and non-profit organizations.

With vast experience in public policy, Chris knows how to quickly identify clear opportunities for clients to reach and influence their critical audiences and stakeholders. Bridging the private and public sector, Chris leverages her relationships and keen insights as a Washington insider to provide measurable success. “I’m selling what I can deliver,” she says.

An expert in reputation management, Chris’ clients have included a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, a national health insurer, and a blue chip technology company where she directed a public affairs focused crisis communication campaign. As AARP’s Communications Strategy Director, Chris directed all healthcare public policy association communications, managing a multi-million dollar communications budget that supported the organization’s election-related health initiatives.

Chris served as U.S. Senator Mark Dayton’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Communications, and was elected to the Board of Directors of the Senate Press Secretaries Association. She also worked as a Managing Supervisor at Fleishman-Hillard, where she lent reputation management expertise to renowned organizations such as Yahoo!, AARP, National Public Radio and the American Red Cross. Chris also has online marketing experience, having been Director of Media Relations for Voter.com.

Chris is a graduate of Rutgers University, where she received a B.A. in political science and history and is currently completing her Masters degree in social and public policy from Georgetown University. She is an adjunct professor at George Washington University and frequent lecturer for Michigan State University’s Semester in Washington program.