20+ years of communications leadership

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Brad Chase is a strategic communications, reputation management, crisis communications, and media relations expert with 20+ years of experience advising Fortune 500 companies, CEOs, C-Suite executives, boards, startups, campaigns, nonprofits, and high-profile individuals. He has directed communications strategy in crisis situations, media controversies, litigation matters, public policy disputes, corporate reputation challenges, and matters involving public scrutiny. Mr. Chase has worked on thousands of stories with major national and international media outlets, including Agence France-Presse, AP, BBC, CNBC, CNN, NBC News, The New York Times, NPR, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal. He has been retained as an expert witness in a matter concerning a Fortune 500 company’s Chief Communications Officer and has taught communications courses as an adjunct instructor at the University of Southern California. Current Position: Chase Global Seattle / Los Angeles Founder 2010 – Present Strategic communications and reputation management projects across 30+ industries to date, with a focus on consumer products, healthcare, legal and technology. • Counsel CEOs/C-Suite/Boards in development and execution of communications plans. • Serve as interim Chief Communications Officer for companies in transition. • Design holistic communications operations for organizations without existing capabilities; install sustainable infrastructure to keep pace with the best practices of industry leaders. • Direct crisis response and reputation rehabilitation strategies for organizations facing negative media attention, governmental intervention and other reputational threats. • Audit and expand upon existing organizational response plans in partnership with legal, risk management, security, IT, facilities and other critical departments. • Guide clients on branding, proactive engagement, thought leadership and public diplomacy. • Educate executives on using authenticity, transparency and trust as tools to meaningfully engage with communities and interest groups. • Provide analysis and actionable recommendations on public policy and social trends, as gathered through an extensive network of contacts in news media and politics. • Served as a spokesperson on thousands of stories – proactive campaigns and complex issues alike – and quoted regularly by major outlets (Agence France-Presse, AP, BBC, BuzzFeed, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC, New York Times, NPR, Reuters, USA Today and more). • Published guest opinion columns on media, communications and politics for CBS News, CNN, Forbes, Huffington Post, and more. Previous: DaVita, Director of Communications CarryOn Communication, Senior Account Manager Ruder Finn (formerly The Rogers Group), Senior Account Executive FleishmanHillard, Account Executive Hill & Knowlton, Account Executive Weber Shandwick, International Fellow Education: University of Southern California M.A. in Strategic Public Relations 2005 University of Virginia B.A. in Government & Philosophy 2003 Selected Cases: * Client privacy is paramount. These examples are offered with permission from clients; additional anonymized examples from corporate clients can be discussed verbally by request. • Directed the No Parole for Manson Family campaign for the victims’ families — ensured a serial killer was denied parole • Created the most successful change.org campaign in the gun violence and advocacy category — forced Amazon to stop promoting NRA TV to children • Directed the media strategy for the successful campaign to free Jason Puracal, an American citizen wrongfully imprisoned in Nicaragua for two years • Reset the narrative for Nick McGuffin in a two-hour primetime ABC TV documentary about a media frenzy that cost him 10 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit — he won Oregon’s first “Certificate of Exoneration” and a $14 million settlement