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.
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Emeritus Professor Martin Bean CBE
Chief Executive Officer of the Bean Centre.
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Nora Smith
Board Member
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Jim Koeniger
Executive Director, HOSA-Future Health Professionals; Executive Vice President, Jobs for America’s Graduates
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Karen Koeniger
Deputy Executive Director, HOSA-Future Health Professionals; Vice President, Jobs for America’s Graduates
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Lee Alcott
Retired Director
International Sales, Corporate Accounts, Federal Express -
Dr. Michael Baer
Senior Vice President
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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
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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
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Hon. Tom Davis
Former seven-term US Congressman for Virginia; Director of Federal Government Affairs, Deloitte LLP
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Joseph Griesdieck
Vice Chair, Korn/Ferry International
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Leslie Hortum
Consultant and Partner, Spencer Stuart
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Ken Smith
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
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Janelle Duray EVP – JAG
Senior Partner
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Sally Rockey
Senior Partner
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Adrienne Walkowiak
Senior Partner
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Maria Toshkova
Senior Partner
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Adam Silva
Senior Partner
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Rob Lippincott
Senior Partner
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The Honorable Cynthia Lima
Senior Partner
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Rhonda Poirier
Senior Partner
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James Stellar
Senior Partner
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Dennis Cryer M.D.
Senior Partner
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Peter Craddick
Board Member
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David Babcock
Senior Partner
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Gary Ross
Senior Partner
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Tom Gentzel
Senior Partner
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Ambassador Irakli Alasania
Senior Partner
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Samuel Amsterdam
Senior Vice President
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Hon. Jim Hodges
Governor of South Carolina (1999–2003); CEO of McGuireWoods Consulting
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Hon. Charles S. Robb
Governor of Virginia (1982–1986) and US Senator (1989–2001)