MCCARTHY HENNINGS WHALEN - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Strategist, Writer, and Producer

Dave Whalen is a strategist, writer, and producer with more than two decades of political experience. Whalen has worked extensively on independent expenditure campaigns. He has written and produced TV campaigns for winning races across the country, including in some of the most competitive races of recent cycles. In 2022, Whalen worked with Senate Leadership Fund to win the closest Senate race in the country and reelect Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

Job Titles:

• Staff Member

Larry McCarthy has created some of the most famous and effective TV ads in political history - "Ashley's Story" (2004), "Saved" (2007), "Chinese Professor" (2010), "Wake Up" (2011), "Baggage" (2011), "Basketball" (2012), and Senator Mitch McConnell's "Commercials" ad. U.S. News & World Report named "Commercials" the best ad of 2014. In 2022, McCarthy helped elect Senator JD Vance from Ohio and Congressman Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) in addition to creating media for several successful U.S. Senate and gubernatorial IE campaigns. In 2020, McCarthy served as media strategist for two of the highest-profile Senate races in the country, helping re-elect Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) and Senator Susan Collins (ME). Collins' comeback victory was widely heralded as one of the cycle's best campaigns.

Job Titles:

• Associate Producer

Meg Maffey is an Associate Producer at McCarthy Hennings Whalen, Inc. She has more than 6 years of experience in the communications industry, including working on long and short form campaigns for National Geographic. Meg is a graduate of Penn State, where she majored in Journalism & English.

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• Editor

Mike Bautista is an editor with more than a decade of experience in editing TV commercials, long-format TV, and digital. In his five years at MHW he has edited campaign ads for many high-profile candidates, such as Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, and JD Vance. He has edited corporate campaigns for companies including DoorDash, Verizon, and Intuit. Before joining the MHW team Mike worked as a freelance editor producing long-form media. He edited documentary series for networks such as National Geographic, Discovery, Disney +, The Food Network, and The Travel Channel. Mike graduated from The University of Rhode Island. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and three children.

Job Titles:

• Producer, Researcher, and Writer

Miles Martin is a producer, researcher, and writer at McCarthy Hennings Whalen, Inc. He has written and produced media for dozens of campaigns and Super PACs at the national and statewide level.

Job Titles:

• Strategist, Writer, and Producer

Rob Hennings is a strategist, writer, and producer at McCarthy Hennings Whalen, Inc. Rob has extensive experience producing ad campaigns for candidates, independent expenditure campaigns, and for corporate issue and branding efforts.