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About JCI
Our philosophy, history, and team.
About Us
What Sets Us Apart
JCI helps organizations earn the right to be heard and create the amplification that follows. We do that with integrated strategic communications, public affairs, and coalition building living under one roof, on one team, accountable to one result.
Our practice is small enough to be hands-on and senior-led, large enough to mobilize a national coalition to influence legislation or run a 20-market press tour. We do not chase scale for its own sake. We do the next right thing for the client in front of us.
Team
Vice President of Public Affairs
Lindsay Turpin
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Account Coordinator
Natalia Nervi
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Associate
Michael Lemos
As an Associate at JCI Worldwide, Michael works with clients on outreach strategy and coalition building, helping them identify new partners and communities that advance their goals. His work spans from creating social media content and managing digital presence to attending events on the ground with the goal of capturing moments that tell a client's story.
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Advisors
Senior Advisor
Rachelle Chong
Rachelle Chong is an advisor to JCI, providing policy and other valuable business counsel to the company.
Senior Advisor
Javier Mendoza
Javier Mendoza has an extensive work experience in the field of marketing, public relations, and communications. He currently holds the position of Director of Marketing, Public Relations & Community Affairs at Hotwire Communications Ltd.
Advisory Board Member
Ron Wong
As a recognized expert in marketing, business development, and strategy development, Ronald W. Wong holds over 25 years of professional experience executing and managing communications strategies, government relations, public affairs and business development for Fortune 500 companies, elected officials, government entities, and individuals.
Senior Advisor
Nolan Rollins
Nolan V. Rollins is the Managing Director of Mason Avery Co., a boutique consulting firm that specializes in public, government relations and diversity and inclusion strategies. In addition, Rollins is the CEO of SMRT Mouth, a sports related wearable technology company.
Senior Advisor
Ken Chawkins
As a Senior Advisor at JCI Worldwide, Ken Chawkins guides clients in public affairs strategy, stakeholder engagement, and communications, drawing on nearly 30 years of experience across business, labor, government, and nonprofit sectors.
Senior Advisor
Laura Rosenthal
Laura Zahn Rosenthal, PhD. works for DDC Public Affairs on the Client Relations team, concentrating on a statewide energy efficiency campaign for the State of California. A long time consultant, she specializes in political advocacy, grassroots community engagement, government relations and policy development.
Advisory Board
Tom Pernice
Tom Pernice boasts more than 25 years of executive experience in both the private sector and executive branch of the federal government. He has been appointed by three U.S. Presidents, serving as a senior White House official and diplomat of the U.S. Government, traveling to all 50 states and over 90 countries.
Senior Advisor for Entertainment Marketing
Marc Sternberg
Marc Sternberg is an established media executive whose broad range of entertainment experience spans over thirty years and covers all aspects of film, television, and digital media; including development, production, and marketing.
Awards
JCI has been widely recognized for its varied work across public affairs, strategic communications, and public relations campaigns by MarCom, AVA, Viddy, and the Content Creator Awards.
New York Affiliates
Founder & President, KARV
Andrew Frank
As founder and president of KARV, Andrew brings a wealth of experience in a number of areas, including crisis communications, public affairs, and media skills. An expert in creating communications strategies, he has been involved in overseeing and implementing crisis preparation, managing product recalls, financial and regulatory issues, and identifying and managing communications issues around complicated litigation for over 25 years.
Executive Vice President, KARV
Eric C Andrus
Eric is a senior strategic communications strategist with more than three decades of experience advising corporate, government and non-profit leaders on a range of critical reputational, financial communications and litigation support issues.
Chief Financial Officer, KARV
Carol Haynes
As the KARV Financial Officer, Carol oversees all client billing, financial statements, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and budget reviews.
Senior Vice President, KARV
Kevin Nolan
Kevin is a proven crisis and corporate communications leader, bringing more than 15 years of international communications experience, executing strategic communications and reputation management programs across more than 40 global markets with a concentration on government and public affairs, issues managements, and CSR/sustainability issues.
Director, KARV
Jonathan Leibowitz
Jonathan provides strategic communications and social media support to foreign multi-national corporations, foreign governments, industry associations, non-profit organizations as well as to various small, medium and large-sized businesses across a range of industries.