FP1 Strategies LLC (FP1), a public affairs, advertising, grassroots, digital and media relations firm, has appointed Dave DenHerder as a Partner who will help lead the firm's public affairs practice. He joins FP1 Strategies as the organization continues to recruit top talent from across the public affairs, media and political spectrums. In his new role, he will work closely with the other partners to expand the firm's diverse client portfolio, specifically focused on growing its public affairs and issue advocacy clientele."Having worked with Dave over many years, I could not be more thrilled that he is joining our team," said FP1 founding partner Terry Nelson. "His arrival marks an important moment for our firm as we continue to grow and expand in new areas. Dave's years of experience in public affairs, corporate communications, grassroots mobilization and political management will allow us to take our public affairs business to the next level."DenHerder brings to FP1 Strategies a unique perspective of public affairs and issues management rooted in politics. He has more than 20 years of communications experience across the automotive, energy, healthcare, corporate and political sectors.DenHerder most recently served as the U.S. Chief Executive Officer of Burson-Marsteller. For more than two years, he led U.S. operations and oversaw a diverse portfolio of clients managing public affairs, crisis management, corporate reputation and media relations campaigns. Prior to Burson-Marstellar, DenHerder ran Direct Impact, Burson's grassroots subsidiary - implementing grassroots campaigns across the U.S. and ultimately, bringing the company significant growth in five years."In today's ever-changing communications landscape, FP1 embraces their campaign experience to bridge the gap between politics and the corporate environment," said DenHerder. "In order to grow our public affairs brand, I am dedicated to bringing that unique campaign-driven ideology to corporate communications - focused on developing audience-driven, integrated, sustainable and always-on campaigns for our clients across all sectors, political and corporate."Gorkana keeps you up to date on the latest changes in the PR and journalist community. Please email us if you would like to subscribe to our Gorkana public relations alerts and/or journalist alerts. Follow Gorkana on Twitter.
