COOLEY PUBLIC STRATEGIES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director of Communications
As Director of Communications, Amanda Clelland helps our clients tell their stories as only they can. She creates media strategies and campaigns to amplify policy needs and support community outreach to ensure client success. Over the past decade, Clelland has built a career in public relations, having served as Public Information Officer and agency spokesperson for WeGo Public Transit, directed communications for The Land Trust for Tennessee, and overseen legislative and member communications for the Tennessee State Employees Association.
Areas of Expertise
Crisis Communications
Ann Morgan Lamar is a Public Affairs Associate for CPS where she focuses heavily on policy research and provides community engagement and communications support for our healthcare clients. Lamar has a background in policy research, serving as a clerk for a lobbying firm in Washington D.C. and as a U.S. Senate intern where she focused on health policy.
Areas of Expertise
Healthcare Policy
Job Titles:
- Director of Policy
- Director of Policy and Research
Brady Ruffin is Director of Policy and Research, leading research projects in support of public policy objectives. His toolbox includes quantitative and qualitative research, economic impact and budget analysis, demographic and predictive policy modeling, and competitor profile research. Ruffin has experience working with companies and NGOs including the Nashville International Center for Empowerment and the Vital Voices Global Partnership.
Areas of Expertise
Data Analysis
Dave Cooley guides the team with a mind for strategy and a relentless determination to succeed for our clients. With more than 35 years in public affairs, market positioning, politics and government, Cooley has established a national reputation as a political strategist. Cooley's primary focus is in the healthcare, energy, and infrastructure sectors. He served in state government as Governor Phil Bredesen's Deputy Governor & Chief of Staff after holding the position of Chief of Staff for the Mayor of Nashville and earlier, Chief of Staff to the chairman of the Tennessee Public Service Commission. Cooley also spent twelve years as a Partner at McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations.
Areas of Expertise
C-level Consulting
Emily Bryan is a Founding Principal at Cooley Public Strategies. With 20 years of success in public policy advocacy for corporate and nonprofit clients, she leads projects related to healthcare, sustainable energy, public lands, and environmental issues among others. Bryan held senior positions with former Governors Phil Bredesen in Tennessee and Robert J. Bentley in Alabama.
Areas of Expertise
Community Engagement
Job Titles:
- Director of Strategic Media
Gabrielle Cintorino uses the power of words to effect change in an impactful way in her role as Director of Strategic Media. Over the last decade, Gabrielle emerged as a leader in the Nashville news market, garnering state-wide attention for the stories she brought to TV sets across Tennessee in her previous roles as an assignment editor, reporter, and Emmy-nominated producer. Her experience covering issues from floods to local and state government to business development from behind the news desk allows her to bring a unique perspective to client stories, shining a spotlight on the issues audiences need to hear about.
Areas of Expertise
Broadcast Media