Paco Campos is a Vice President at Rational, where he advises companies, investors, trade associations, advocacy organizations, and coalitions on strategies to advance commercial, policy, and reputational objectives. He helps clients navigate complex public affairs challenges, manage reputational risk in high-stakes environments, engage policymakers and stakeholders, and shape public discourse.
Paco’s expertise spans reputation management, strategic communications, public affairs, policy advocacy, stakeholder engagement, coalition building, public diplomacy, issues and crisis management, and litigation communications. He has led teams executing integrated campaigns aimed at the U.S. Congress, the White House, federal agencies, interagency committees, state legislatures, and multilateral institutions, including the United Nations. His work has helped clients influence policy outcomes, respond to public scrutiny, and strengthen their standing with decision makers in the U.S. and abroad.
He has delivered results for clients across the finance, digital assets and cryptocurrency, defense, cybersecurity, pharmaceuticals, industrials, foreign policy advocacy, and government sectors.
Paco also advises clients on sensitive issues and crises, including hostile public discourse, media scrutiny, litigation, regulatory investigations, congressional hearings and inquiries, and foreign direct investment reviews.
Paco has advised clients across four continents, bringing a global perspective to his work. He is fluent in Spanish and French. He holds a Master of Science in Foreign Service with a specialization in Global Business and Finance from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.