People

Partners

Stan Collender
Stan Collender has designed and implemented award-winning communications efforts for financial companies, Wall Street firms, and federal agencies.
Maura Colleton Corbett
Corbett provides strategic counsel to clients faced with complicated issues affecting the high-technology industry, including competitive telecommunications, wireless technologies including...
Don Goldberg
Don Goldberg brings more than 25 years of Washington experience in communications, public affairs and crisis management to Qorvis Communications, and leads Qorvis’ crisis communications practice. His...
Matt J. Lauer
Matt J. Lauer has 15 years of public affairs experience, gained from working with American media markets to informing vast international audiences.
Rich Masters
Masters is recognized as one of the top political and media relations experts in the United States and manages Qorvis media relations practice. In addition to developing and implementing multi-...
Kelley McCormick
Kelley McCormick has more than 15 years of public relations agency experience, and was recently named a partner of Qorvis Communications. She joined Qorvis as a managing director in 2002 from Weber...
Michael Petruzzello
Instrumental in the formation of Qorvis Communications, Michael Petruzzello continues to lead the company as it develops into the leading integrated communications firm of the Greater Washington, DC...
Michael Quint
Michael Quint joined Qorvis Communications in 2003 as a managing director. In his role he works with technology companies and government contractors, ranging from start-up to publicly traded, to...
Media and Public Relations
Jason Siegel
Jason Siegel is an accomplished web strategy and interface design expert. Siegel manages the development of interactive services for Qorvis.
Esther Thomas Smith
As a founding partner of Qorvis Communications, Esther Thomas Smith brings extensive corporate strategy experience with particular expertise in technology companies. An accomplished relationship...
Karen Vahouny
An Accredited Business Communicator, Karen Vahouny combines her corporate, agency and association experience in linking communications efforts to business results.

Managing Directors

Laura Wooster Baldwin
Laura Wooster Baldwin: Leader in Integrated Communications, Brand Leadership and Marketing
Jennifer Baskerville
Former television journalist Jennifer Baskerville leads innovative PR campaigns for national and international clients
Carrie Blewitt
Carrie Blewitt has been with Qorvis Communications since 2003. In her role as managing director, she is the account leader for clients in a variety of public and private sectors, including Keep...
Media and Public Relations
Lisa Bushey
Lisa Bushey has been a managing director with Qorvis Communications since 2008 and oversees environmental communications with Sprint and marketing communications with the Society for Human Resource...
Gautam Chatur
Gautam Chatur is a lead interactive strategist who helps define innovative and highly effective digital marketing strategies for our corporate, association, government and non-profit clients.
Cassie Elliot
Elliot specializes in general awareness brand advertising and brand launches, as well as consumer relationship marketing.
Advertising, Creative Services
Ron Faucheux
Dr. Ron Faucheux is President of Clarus Research Group, a full-service polling and research company that is part of the Qorvis family of client services. He is a nationally respected public opinion...
Research
Karen Hanretty
Karen Hanretty is a political and communications strategist who specializes in strategic communications, issue advocacy and political campaigns. Over the past decade, Hanretty has developed a strong...
Michael Hillegass
Mike Hillegass has been developing and supporting communications and outreach campaigns for government agencies for almost a decade.
Scott McCullers
Managing director Scott McCullers brings more than a decade of public affairs and campaign experience to the results-oriented Qorvis approach.
W. John Moore
W. John Moore has spent his entire professional career in public affairs and journalism.
Seth Thomas Pietras
Seth Thomas Pietras oversees Qorvis’ marketing and new business efforts, as well as the management of campaigns for international clients.
Rick Silipigni
Rick Silipigni joined Qorvis Communications as Director of Business Development. Like Qorvis itself, Silipigni is entirely focused on the communications needs of the client. In his role, Silipigni...

Vice Chairman

Nader Ayoub
Nader has over 15 years experience in marketing North American products and services in the Middle East. Having established new relations as well as embracing existing clientele, Nader’s primary...