Our Team

  • Chris Deri

    Executive Positioning , US-China Relations, Social & Environmental Issues

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    Chris is the founder of KRG Advisors.

    For over two decades, Chris has advised public and private sector leaders around the world at the intersection of business strategy, societal expectations and reputation.

    His particular areas of expertise include: executive positioning campaigns, US-China relations, environmental & social issues and making enterprises more tech-enabled.

    He has launched, led and scaled new businesses, practices and markets at Teneo, Burson, Weber Shandwick and Edelman. Earlier in his career he worked in campaign politics, AIDS advocacy and international education.

    His current and past select clients include: Amnesty International, The Coca-Cola Company, the Government of Abu Dhabi, Liquid.ai, Huawei, Johnson & Johnson, FIFA, HSBC, IBM and Qualcomm.

    He was a WEF Young Global Leader and a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member. He is currently a Senior Advisor to Business Insider’s Workforce Innovation Board, CUNY’s Office of Diplomatic Engagement & Training and University of Southern California’s Institute of Public Relations.

  • Madyson Epplin

    crisis & issues, public affairs

  • Henry Cho

    Design & Developer

  • Jamie Fisfis

    GOP campaign strategist and pollster

  • Anabelle Greene

    digital marketing

  • Matthew Henson

    fmr head of comms in multiple healthcare and health tech companies

  • Ross Kleinrock

    fmr Big Four strategy consultant

  • Bob Knott

    fmr head of Edelman Social Purpose practice and FTI corp comm’s practice

  • Kimberly Kriger

    20+ year Kekst Partner, fin comms and special situations

  • Noah Lerner

    Emmy award winning HBO producer and creative director

  • Nicco Mele

    Tech & media founder

  • David Michaelson

    fmr Teneo head of research

  • Sri Ramaswami

    fmr head of comms at GSK US

  • Brett SanPietro

    fmr military intelligence / now expert in AI-backed insights around mis/dis information and tracking counter narratives

  • Nathan Strauss

    fmr head of responsible AI comms at Amazon, fmr senior comms director for Tiffany’s.

  • Michael Turner

    fmr career US foreign service / now, geopolitical risk advisor

  • Bret Walrath

    20+ year exec comms at Edelman

  • Jonathan Wootliff

    fmr head of comms for Greenpeace

  • Vivienne Hsu

    VC and PE investor

  • Greg Young

    fmr Weber head of integrated media strategy / now an executive at Blackbird.ai

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