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| Olivia Alair Dalton |
Olivia Alair Dalton, who was senior VP for communications & marketing at the Human Rights Campaign, has opened Dalton Strategies in DC.
In joining the LGBTQ civil rights group in 2015, Dalton handled communications in the fight for marriage equality and against “conversion therapy’” and president Trump’s ban of transgender troops.
She also spearheaded the group's response to the shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. Dalton continues as a senior advisor to HRC.
Earlier, she was at SKDKnickerbocker, where she launched a Supreme Court communications practice and the Barack Obama Foundation.
She served as spokesperson for Barack and Michelle Obama during both presidential campaigns, press secretary at the Dept. of Transportation and deputy press secretary for Sen. Joe Biden.
Dalton Strategies is focused on strategic communications, crisis management, issue campaigns and speechwriting/op-ed services.
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