Steven Silvers
​Partner & Chief Counsel

Steve is one of the Rocky Mountain West's most trusted crisis and corporate reputation advisors, with more than three decades experience across a wide range of issues and industries. 

Since returning to his native Colorado 27 years ago, Steve has counseled and represented clients including American Humane Association, Candelas, Chipotle Mexican Grill, CSG International, Denver International Airport, EAS, Fox News, Lions Club International, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Noble Energy, Red Robin, Vail Resorts, Verio, many law firms, new ventures, international charities and universities.

Steve has held strategic communications titles at two Fortune 500 companies, the Pentagon, with two of the world's largest PR firms and as founding president of a successful telecom/technology PR agency. His corporate communications expertise draws from a significant history of new ventures, civil lawsuits and criminal cases, M&A events, reorganizations, development projects, IPOs and issues initiatives.

Steve is the creator of SilversJacobson's Reputation Asset Management Platform (RAMP), a uniquely pragmatic strategic communications approach that helps clients prepare for if not avoid altogether the potential damage of controversy and crisis scenarios -- especially the ones that nobody saw coming.

A U.S. Army veteran and award-winning military journalist, Steve majored in photojournalism at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications. He's a 1998 Leadership Denver graduate and served on the board of directors for the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation. 

Steve is often quoted in news stories and is a frequent speaker on the changing dynamics of corporate damage control. Contact him any time at steve@silversjacobson.com.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
 
Consulting
  • Senior Partner & Chief Counsel, SilversJacobson (Denver & Washington D.C.)
  • Principal, GBSM (Denver)
  • President, Clarus Public Relations (Denver)
  • Vice President, Hill & Knowlton International (Denver)
  • Vice President, Knape & Knape Public Relations (Dallas)
  • Vice President & Director, Keller Crescent PR (Dallas)
  • Media Relations Specialist, Ogilvy Public Relations (Dallas)
 Corporate
  • Senior Advisor for Corporate Communications, Noble Energy (Denver)
  • Internal Communications, Texas Instruments (Dallas)
U.S. Army
  • U.S. Department of the Army News Service (ARNEWS), The Pentagon
  • 8th U.S. Army Public Affairs, Seoul, Korea
  • Public Information Office & The Castle Newspaper, Fort Belvoir, VA
Education & Accreditation
  • Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications (Journalism & Photojournalism)
  • ​U.S. Department of Defense Information School
  • Accredited in Public Relations (APR), Public Relations Society of America