Matt has served as a senior communications aide for two U.S. Senators and a Governor, managed the second largest county in Iowa for the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign, and worked at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and in White House advance. He is a weekly columnist for The Washington Times and he hosts a [...]

Seth Kaufman became president, North America Nutrition (NAN) in February 2017. He has direct accountability for Profit and Loss (P&L) across PepsiCo’s U.S. nutrition businesses, oversees all business functions, and is responsible for driving sustainable top and bottom line results. Kaufman is committed to expanding and transforming PepsiCo’s multi-billion dollar portfolio of nutrition brands [...]

Russell Dyer is an award-winning Fortune 100 top communicator with a proven track record of success. As Vice President, Global Communications for Mondelēz International, a global snacking powerhouse with 2016 net revenues of approximately $26 billion, Dyer is responsible for overseeing all external and internal communications for the company. He co-leads the Corporate and [...]

Joe Cohen serves as Chief Communications Officer at AXIS Capital (NYSE: AXS), an international leader in specialty insurance and reinsurance.  Mr. Cohen oversees global external and internal communications across the Company’s more than 30 locations throughout 12 countries and four continents.

Matt Furman is the chief communications and public affairs officer for Best Buy Co. Inc, the world’s largest consumer electronics retailer. In this role, Furman oversees employee communications, public relations, executive communications, government affairs, corporate responsibility and community relations. He joined Best Buy in 2012 and is a member of the company’s executive management [...]

Rhod Shaw brings over 30 years of high-level government experience to his clients at the Alpine Group. For the past twenty years, Mr. Shaw has successfully provided strategic advice to a diverse group of Fortune 500 companies, major international trade associations, State and local governments, and other industry leaders on matters pending before the [...]

Polly Morton is Vice President of  the Gersen Lehrmen Group (GLG), where she works with private equity and venture capital clients on deal diligence and value creation initiatives in their portfolio. Prior to joining GLG, Morton served as the Director and Head of Special Projects and Partnerships at Reputation.com, where she worked with institutional [...]

Chris Deri is the President of Teneo Digital, a business unit of Teneo Holdings; and serves on the firm's Americas executive committee. Prior to joining Teneo, Deri was the President of WCG, a full service communications, digital marketing and analytics firm with 180 employees in seven US & European offices. Previously, Deri served as [...]

Mike Paul, president of Reputation Doctor LLC, is a leading crisis management, reputation, corporate communications, government relations and litigation-support PR expert known worldwide by the registered brand name, The Reputation Doctor®. With over 25 years experience in public relations, Mike helps build, maintain, & repair global reputations and brands of leading corporations, governments, NGOs, [...]