Jay leads high-stakes integrated communications campaigns for leading trade associations and corporations, positively influencing the outcome of policy conversations in Washington that impact the bottom line for clients.
Jay is often called upon to defend the reputation of clients’ products or ingredients in the energy, food, manufacturing, and technology sectors, many times in a crisis situation. His work has included successfully rehabilitating the safety reputation of a client’s product and defending an entire manufacturing sector from a proposed regulation.
Jay has deep experience in the defense and aerospace sector, where he has designed and led integrated branding, program capture and keep-sold campaigns involving earned media, third-party engagement, and digital strategies.
Over his career, Jay has served as head of marketing and communications for two large, publicly-traded government contractors; a trade association executive; a trial lawyer; and a staffer to a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida.
Jay’s work has garnered several awards, most recently as PR News Crisis Communicator of the Year for 2026.
Jay earned his undergraduate degree in Journalism at Northwestern University and a law degree from Catholic University.