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"Steve was absolutely critical to our turnaround from a failing organization to a healthy, high-impact social enterprise that's again seen as a good partner around the world. I have no doubt that without his strategic and tactical expertise, Soles4Souls would not be here today."
Buddy Teaster, Chief Executive Officer of Soles4Souls, Inc. |
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Steven Silvers, Partner Steven Silvers
Steve is a recognized expert in corporate crisis and controversy management, reputation risk prevention and strategic communications. He is co-founder of SilversJacobson, LLC, a specialized senior-level consulting firm in Denver and Washington D.C.
Over the last three decades Steve has provided crisis/controversy preparedness and response counsel for dozens of companies and organizations such as Chipotle Mexican Grill, Denver International Airport, EAS, Fox News, Lions Club International, Noble Energy, Red Robin, Vail Resorts, technology start-ups, international charities and universities. He’s the creator of SilversJacobson’s Reputation Asset Management Platform (RAMP), a uniquely pragmatic planning model that helps clients anticipate, prepare for and even eliminate altogether the potential damage of a sudden crisis and controversy -- especially the ones that nobody sees coming. Originally from Boulder, Colorado, Steve has held strategic communications titles at two Fortune 500 companies, the Pentagon, with two of the world’s largest PR firms, and as founder of an integrated communications firm that helped launch several innovative technologies and services. His corporate communications experience includes hundreds of new ventures, significant transactional events, stakeholder initiatives and repositioning campaigns. Industry specialties include energy, property development, hospitality, healthcare, communications and other areas. A U.S. Army veteran with the Meritorious Service Medal, Steve majored in journalism and photojournalism at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications. He’s active in the community and a frequent speaker on reputation crisis management. |
Paul Jacobson, Partner Paul Jacobson
In his 30 years in news reporting, on Capitol Hill and corporate communications, Paul has managed hundreds of issues and crisis situations for high-profile principals in politics, major league sports, energy, technology and entertainment.
As an award-winning broadcast journalist, Paul covered presidential campaigns, government and big business before becoming press secretary to three U.S. Senators, two of them majority leaders, serving as strategic advisor and spokesman for congressional investigations, Supreme Court nominations and hallmark legislation. He also was communications director for U.S. Senate and presidential campaigns, where fast-breaking, high-pressure media environments are the norm. Paul led corporate communications teams at several public and private companies, providing strategic counsel and preparing CEOs to be interviewed on matters ranging from new product launches to M&A, IPOs, governance, public affairs, investor relations and complex bankruptcy proceedings. He was lead communications executive for the entertainment company that owned the NBA Denver Nuggets and NHL Colorado Avalanche, and built the Denver Pepsi Center. A New Hampshire native, Paul holds degrees in broadcast journalism and political science from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications and Maxwell School of Citizenship. Active in the community, he served on the boards the Cable Television Public Affairs Association and Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. |