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Caplan Communications LLC®

1451 Rockville Pike, Suite 250, Rockville, MD 20852

301/943-9525

[email protected]

www.caplancommunications.com

@aric-advocates.bsky.social
Caplan delivers strategic communications, public affairs, media relations, crisis response, narrative development, advocacy campaigns, stakeholder engagement, thought leadership & issue-focused storytelling for mission-driven clients.

Employees: 5. Founded: 2004.

Agency Statement:

Caplan Communications is a Washington, DC–area strategic communications and public-affairs consultancy founded in 2004. The firm designs communications to operate as part of active policy and regulatory defense—integrating earned media, rapid response, and message discipline directly into high-stakes decision-making. Caplan leads statewide, regional, and national campaigns advancing climate action, clean energy, civil rights, environmental justice, public health, and humanitarian priorities.

Aric Caplan, President

Clients Include:

Alaska Wilderness League
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
American Lung Assn.
American Rivers
Counterstream Media
Defenders of Wildlife
E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs)
Earthjustice
Environment America
Environmental Integrity Project
Hip Hop Caucus
National Geographic
National Wildlife Federation
Natural Resources Defense Council
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Population Connection
Town of Lee, Massachusetts
Union of Concerned Scientists
UNITED SIKHS

Caplan Communications LLC® in the news with O'Dwyer's:

•	The Culture War Miseducating Generation Z Mon., Aug. 28, 2023 ...climate. This generation must reject today’s foremost scourge of disinformation. *** Aric Caplan is President of Caplan Communications , a public interest practice founded in 2004....

•	That Time PR Saved the EPA Fri., Apr. 22, 2022 ...time for PR to cut ties with fossil fuel clients. *** Aric Caplan is president of Caplan Communications , an agency he founded in 2004 to champion the conservation, environmental and renewable energy...

•	Caplan Promotes Sikhs' Ukraine Relief Effort Mon., Mar. 14, 2022 ... Caplan Communications is working with United Sikhs to promote the New York-based non-governmental humanitarian organization’s relief...

•	It’s Time for Public Relations to Cut Ties with Fossil Fuel Clients Mon., Jan. 31, 2022 ...time for the PR industry to think outside the barrel. *** Aric Caplan is President of Caplan Communications , an agency that represents the conservation, environmental and renewable energy sectors....

•	News of Firms: Caplan Communications Probes PR's Role in Climate Change Thu., Jan. 20, 2022 ... Caplan Communications , which celebrates its 18th anniversary on Feb. 4, was listed as the No. 1...

•	Look Before You Leap into ESG Wed., Dec. 1, 2021 ...Greenpeace and the Environmental Defense Fund rely on PR. The environmental groups used DC-area Caplan Communications , winner of a 2006 O'Dwyer Award for PA/Environmental PR. Of course, the intrepid Brown probers...

•	Policymakers Remain Out of Touch on Climate Change Mon., Feb. 9, 2015 ...the common good, rather than fueling ideological misinformation.* * * Aric Caplan is President of Caplan Communications in Rockville, MD.  ...

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