20 Years of Heralding Change
Mon, Sep. 8, 2025
By Taylor Gross
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(L to R) Founders Matt Well, Doug McGinn & Taylor Gross For two decades, The Herald Group has been driven by ideas and purpose, bringing all the pieces of the advocacy puzzle together for our clients. |



Cornerstone Government Affairs has inked a $25K monthly pact with Qatar to advance the relationship of the Arab state and the US.
Former House speaker Kevin McCarthy has teamed up with a crew of Republican heavy hitters to launch Watchtower Strategy, a public affairs firm that will focus on advocacy, strategy and strategic communications.
The National Association of Manufacturers has named Alexa Lopez VP of communications & public affairs, a newly created position. She was at the Transportation Security Administration.
Liz Allen, undersecretary for public diplomacy and PA at the State Dept., has stepped down from that post to join the Kamala Harris presidential campaign.
Anne Buckley will join the University of Maryland as VP-marketing and communications on Sept. 4. She will exit her PR post at University of California San Diego.
Damion Potter, former British diplomat and trade & economic development representative, has joined Burson as global chair of its public affairs operation.
The Better World Campaign has hired FleishmanHillard for strategic communications and PA to strengthen support for the work of the United Nations in the US.
PR leaders signed the Partnership for New York's statement calling for civility in the wake of the assassination attempt of Donald Trump.
Dentons Global Advisors has rebranded as DGA Group with the end of its three-year brand licensing agreement with Dentons, the world’s biggest law firm.
Maggie Moran, who is well-connected in New Jersey and New York Democratic politics, has established Moxie Strategies in Asbury Park, NJ.
Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
TikTok is nothing more than a Chinese propaganda tool that poses “a grave threat to America’s national security and, in particular, impressionable children and young adults,” say two Congressmen who want the platform registered as a foreign agent.
Public Strategies Washington has added Abbie Sorrendino, a former aide to now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Inflation is the number-one issue on Americans’ minds today, beating out current worries surrounding jobs and the economy, climate change, healthcare and immigration, according to a recent Economist/YouGov poll.



















