The Team

Get to know the diverse and dedicated team behind Strategic Partnerships whose collective expertise and passion drive our commitment to excellence and innovation.

Leadership Network

For more than four decades, Strategic Partnerships has delivered high-quality, high-impact services – including partnership development, communications, elite media engagement, workforce solutions, and more – to our clients.

Strategic Partnerships offers only senior-level talent: seasoned, strategic, creative, tactical and tenacious professionals, positioned across the country and around the globe.

Government Insight

Our Board includes former high-ranking officials from Congress, the White House, the State Department, the Cabinet, and state government. Their in-depth understanding of government operations and policy-making enriches our strategies, especially in areas involving public-private partnerships and regulatory frameworks.

Corporate Leadership

Members who have served as CEOs and executives in major corporations and currently serve on Fortune 500 Boards. Strategic Partnerships’ Board of Directors offers invaluable insights into corporate strategy, market dynamics, and business growth, ensuring that our services meet the evolving needs of our clients.

Educational Visionaries

The presence of leaders who have been deeply involved in post-secondary education and other educational institutions allows us to align our educational partnerships and initiatives with current and future trends in the education sector.

Non-Profit Experience

Board members with backgrounds in leading and serving in non-profit organizations contribute perspectives on social impact, community engagement, and philanthropic strategies, vital for our non-profit clients and projects.

Our Experience

Our Senior Partners each hold years of C-Suite executive experience, including, however, not limited to the following arenas of expertise.

  • Finance and Financial Technology (‘FinTech’)
  • Educational Institutions
  • Sustainability and Decarbonisation
  • Visibility and Positioning
  • CSR / DEI
  • Non-Profit, Trade and Membership
  • Healthcare

Board of Directors

The company’s Board comprises an outstanding group of leaders. All of our Board members have had extraordinary experience in national and international arenas, and they regularly assist with all of SP’s activities, adding further to the firm’s capacity to reach and engage with other leaders of high priority to its clients.  

The management and its Board of Directors are assisted by a group of Senior Partners, who bring additional expertise. Our Senior Partners are “on call” to help when needed.

  • Troy E. Dunn

    Governance, Strategy, Executive Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technology, Talent Management, Ethics and Social Responsibility, Enterprise Risk Management

  • Anna Escobedo Cabral

    Partner, Cabral Group; Independent Director and Audit Committee, Chair for Navient; Chair, BBVA Microfinance Foundation; Chair/, Trustee, Jessie Ball duPont Fund; Member of Comcast Universal, Diversity Advisory Committee

  • Emeritus Professor Martin Bean CBE

    Chief Executive Officer of the Bean Centre.

  • Nora Smith

    Board Member

  • Jim Koeniger

    Executive Director, HOSA-Future Health Professionals; Executive Vice President, Jobs for America’s Graduates

  • Karen Koeniger

    Deputy Executive Director, HOSA-Future Health Professionals; Vice President, Jobs for America’s Graduates

  • Lee Alcott

    Retired Director
    International Sales, Corporate Accounts, Federal Express

  • Dr. Michael Baer

    Senior Vice President
    Isaacson, Miller Inc.

  • Hon. Steve Bartlett

    Immediate-past CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable
    Mayor of Dallas, and former Member of Congress

  • Sheila Burke

    Previous Chief of Staff to Senator Bob Dole; Of Counsel, Baker Donelson; Board of Directors of Chubb, Abt Associates, and Ascension Health

  • Ron Christie

    Assistant for Policy to President George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney, author of Black in the White House, currently North American Commentator for the BBC, and Political Commentator for Fox Business News and CNN

  • Hon. Tom Davis

    Former seven-term US Congressman for Virginia; Director of Federal Government Affairs, Deloitte LLP

  • Joseph Griesdieck

    Vice Chair, Korn/Ferry International

  • Leslie Hortum

    Consultant and Partner, Spencer Stuart

  • Hon. Marty Jackley

    Currently, Partner with Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP. Immediate-past Attorney General of South Dakota, Chairman of the National Association of Attorneys General, and former US Attorney for South Dakota

  • Michael Marquardt

    CEO of Global Kompass Strategies. Provides advice and guidance to CEOs and Boards of Directors. Member of several private corporate boards and in a leadership role on Board of the American Cancer Society

  • Hon. Jim Moore Founder

    President and CEO of the Washington Institute for Business, Government and Society. Former Executive Director of the Business, Society, and Public Policy Initiative at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

  • Bill Novelli

    Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of AARP; Founder and Chairman of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Founder of Porter Novelli. Currently Professor of the Practice at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

  • Marna Whittington

    Retired CEO Allianz Global Advisors; head of Asset Management for Morgan Stanley, CEO of Nicholas Applegate Funds, and currently on the Board of Directors of Macy’s, Phillips 66, and Oakmont Capital

Senior Advisors

Our Senior Advisors are directly responsible for our clients’ amazing successes achieved through an array of services. They create strategies and tactics, lead top-notch industry teams, and execute brilliant creative solutions with measurable results and positive impact.

  • Ken Smith

    Chair and Chief Executive Officer

  • Janelle Duray EVP – JAG

    Senior Partner

  • Sally Rockey

    Senior Partner

  • Adrienne Walkowiak

    Senior Partner

  • Maria Toshkova

    Senior Partner

  • Adam Silva

    Senior Partner

  • Rob Lippincott

    Senior Partner

  • The Honorable Cynthia Lima

    Senior Partner

  • Rhonda Poirier

    Senior Partner

  • James Stellar

    Senior Partner

  • Dennis Cryer M.D.

    Senior Partner

  • Peter Craddick

    Board Member

  • David Babcock

    Senior Partner

  • Gary Ross

    Senior Partner

  • Tom Gentzel

    Senior Partner

  • Ambassador Irakli Alasania

    Senior Partner

  • Samuel Amsterdam

    Senior Vice President

  • Hon. Jim Hodges

    Governor of South Carolina (1999–2003); CEO of McGuireWoods Consulting

  • Hon. Charles S. Robb

    Governor of Virginia (1982–1986) and US Senator (1989–2001)

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