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Carlos Droz Alvarado

Carlos Droz brings political science savvy to his role as Research Associate at S360. With a passion for polling and public policy, Carlos works with clients to effectively develop and deploy an polls, focus group studies, and other market research. Hailing from Puerto Rico, Carlos began his career at the Puerto Rico House of Representatives with Rep. José B. Márquez Reyes, … Continued

David Kornahrens

David serves as the Senior Vice President of Research, leading the S360’s award-winning research practice. With more than a decade of experience in qualitative and quantitative research, David guides clients toward the most effective solutions  to achieve their goals. David joined S360 after working as the Campaign Manager for Paula Villescaz, California’s former Assistant Secretary … Continued

Stephanie Wright

Stephanie Wright is an accomplished public leader and Senior Vice President of Federal Relations. The former City and County Councilmember has been lauded for her level-headed strategic approach to critical public interest issues including transportation and land use, environmental policy, and public health. Clients rely on Stephanie to help them tackle complex issues and build … Continued

Casey Brown

As the Director of Government Relations in S360’s Olympia office, Casey offers expertise in political strategy and public policy at the state, local, and tribal level. Prior to joining S360, Casey served as Senior Policy Associate for Cascade Government Affairs, an Olympia-based lobbying firm. He advocated on behalf of a wide array of clients, participating … Continued

Lily Eriksen

Lily serves on S360’s public affairs team in Washington state bringing expertise in strategic program management and stakeholder engagement for a proven track record of effective policy adoption. With her experience working alongside top public officials, Lily has successfully developed and executed campaigns designed to secure buy-in from communities, businesses, and political supporters. Prior to … Continued

Ben O

Ben is a member of the finance team and serves as a Staff Accountant. His primary responsibility is to manage accounts payable, expense reports and reconciliation. He has previous experience as an accounts payable lead. Also, Ben has experience in compliance auditing and tax preparation. And through that experience, he has led teams to work … Continued

Tori Tavolazzi

Tori is a Digital Account Manager on Strategies 360 Digital Marketing team. She serves S360 clients with digital advertising campaign management across a multitude of platforms. This includes achieving and exceeding client’s goals in a transparent and efficient manner with regular metrics tracking and reporting. Using Google Analytics and customized internal tools, Tori leverages information … Continued

John Rosenberg

John serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Strategies 360’s Finance team based out of the Seattle headquarters. As CFO, John is responsible for oversight of the firm’s accounting team and processes. He ensures timely and accurate processing and reporting of the firm’s financial information to allow for superior decision-making throughout the entire firm. John’s … Continued

Janice Leevin

As a Senior Accountant, Janice brings her expertise in financial services and accounting to support S360’s clients and team. She manages invoices, billing, and monthly reporting all to help ensure the firm’s finical services are in order. Janice comes to S360 from DocuSign as a Revenue Accounting Specialist and Costco Wholesale Corporate as an Assistant … Continued

Rachel Nakanishi

Rachel approaches her work as S360’s Vice President of Education Communications with a deep passion for ensuring every young person has access to the education that can enable them to have the future they dream of. In her role, Rachel supports education clients with comprehensive communications services, especially for school districts working on bond and … Continued

Sarina Montenegro

As Senior Art Director, Sarina draws on her experience as a designer, photo art director and brand builder. Her approach stems from her innately refined aesthetic, natural sense of curiosity, and penchant for problem solving. Her love of typography, color and photography serves as the foundation to building memorable visual narratives. With each project, she … Continued

Matthew Nickols

As S360’s Campaigns Art Director, Matthew oversees the design of campaign materials for clients across the firm footprint. Experienced in political candidate campaigns as well as brand and news media design, Matthew delivers sharp, effective and visually impactful products for S360’s clients. Matthew started his design career at the The Washington Post Co. where he … Continued

Stephanie Bragdon

Stephanie brings S360 education clients a savvy understanding of political communications with the sense of urgency required for a rapidly changing campaign atmosphere. As Education Communications Director, Stephanie helps school districts pass bonds and levies through communications collateral including print copy, press support, and social media management. Before joining S360, Stephanie was a Legislative Correspondent … Continued

Nathan Wilson

As the Vice President of Communications, Nathan helps clients create a well-rounded media strategy. From crisis communications to learning how to successfully interact with the press, Nathan brings his award-winning insights to deliver creative solutions tailored to each client’s needs. With over a decade of experience in large-market television news, Nathan brings inside knowledge on … Continued

Kevin Patnik

  Kevin Patnik, S360’s VP of Brand Strategy, is a brand strategist, creative director, and writer who specializes in organizational branding and verbal identity development, with an emphasis on uncovering a brand’s essence through stories, language, culture, and values. For more than fifteen years, Kevin has led brand development for organizations across the corporate, nonprofit, and … Continued

Aya Samman

Aya is a communications specialist with international experience in non-profit management and philanthropy. She has been a member of the Washington Government Relations team for four years, working on clients’ policy priorities and representing them in Olympia during legislative sessions. Aya has developed an expertise in behavioral health and healthcare policy, and a keen interest in tribal governance … Continued

WILL BADENHAUSEN

As the Director of Digital Media at S360, Will focuses on the strategy and planning for digital campaigns. He also helps manage and guide the DM Account Managers and DM Analyst, assisting them on day-to-day tasks within projects. As the former Analyst on the team, he believes that all great campaigns are born from insightful … Continued

Brick Kane

For over 18 years, Brick has successfully managed creative campaigns for a wide variety of private and public sector clients. From producing tv and radio commercials for Microsoft, Ben Bridge Jeweler and Sleep Country USA, to representing an agricultural cooperative in Iowa and coining our state’s current tagline for their sober driving campaign, “Drunk, Drugs … Continued

Sunshine Stevens

Sunshine brings nearly two decades of widely acclaimed advertising campaigns and design work for some of the most recognizable brands across the country including Nike, Fruit of the Loom, Godiva Chocolates, Dairy Queen, Gallo WInes, Rainier Beer, Blue Bunny Ice Cream and more.   Sunshine has called Seattle home for over 20 years. She served as … Continued

Michael Baldwin

As Art Director for Strategies 360 and its creative agency, The Hilt, Michael Baldwin delivers high-impact creative across a wide range of sectors and industries. Whether working on a multi-channel digital campaign, from-scratch visual brand identity or new web site, he consistently raises the bar for our clients, bringing versatility, vision, and a collaborative, can-do approach to … Continued