Our firm is aligned with, and provides access to, some of the best public relations and public affairs talent in the country. Over two decades, seamless working relationships have been developed and deployed for our clients. This allows us to keep overhead low, while providing market-leading talent to our clients, as needed. Our clients only pay for what they use. This flexibility not only makes our services cost-efficient, it insures you access the very best talent for the specific assignment at hand.

N. Scott Jones, President
CEOs, elected officials and business leaders from around the country have come to respect and rely upon his unique brand of no-nonsense, oft-times colorful style of advice and counsel. He is at home in the boardroom and yet can easily assimilate on the front lines of a company’s stakeholders — with credibility.

Time honored traditions of client loyalty and advocacy have sustained both his career and the client relationships he has enjoyed over the past 20 years. This commitment, passion for his clients’ interests and those who lead these organizations are in his DNA. Consequently, these relationships have endured the test of time and have averaged in excess of seven years.

Scott is renowned for his uncanny ability to bring calm to the middle of crises. Most will cite his ability to remain objective and provide sound judgment and communications counsel during a company’s greatest challenges. Mutual respect develops quickly and he is a fierce advocate for those he serves.

Scott has served three US Presidents and two Texas Governors as staff, as an appointee and as volunteer leader for tasks they have placed upon him. At age 27, he was appointed by Texas Governor W.P. Clements Jr. to the Texas Department of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Board where he served as Chairman. Some four years later, Texas Governor George W. Bush asked him back to serve as Chairman again, spending a total of nine years as head of that regulatory agency.

For more boring factoids on Scott’s experience, you can download his full bio and sample case study briefs here.

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Advisory Board of Directors & Senior Counselors

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Scott Bennett
Board Member & Senior Counselor
Scott Bennett is a former award winning journalist, senior consultant and entrepreneur. As Editor of Texas Business magazine and later as a globally syndicated business and political columnist for the Dallas Morning News, Scott travelled the world interviewing government leaders such as Margaret Thatcher and business leaders such as former CitiBank CEO Walter Wriston. Scott’s columns covered with a wide range of high-profile business and geopolitical issues — his insights and commentary were highly regarded by business and political leaders across the country.

Neil J. Devroy
Board Member & Senior Counselor
Neil has more than 30 years of senior strategic communications, investor relations, and public affairs experience in both corporate and agency environments, with four FORTUNE 500™ companies and two of the nation’s largest public relations firms. He has diverse industry experience in the consumer products, energy, chemicals, construction, and professional services sectors.

William D. Elliott
Board Member
William D. Elliott is a solo practicing tax attorney in Dallas, Texas, with a practice involving Federal and state taxation, providing a wide range of corporate, partnership, non-profit, institutional and individual clients with legal and tax counsel and representation in business, tax and estate planning and tax controversy matters. He is Board Certified in Tax Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization. A native of Sherman, Texas, William Elliott’s law school education is Southern Methodist University School of Law (J.D. 1973) and New York University
School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation 1974). Elliott is past-president of the
SMU Law School Alumni Association. Elliott has served in the leadership
of the State Bar of Texas, including the following positions: past Chair
of the Board of Directors, past-chair of Finance Committee, past member
of Executive Committee, and Past Chairman, Section of Taxation,
State Bar of Texas.

Jack M. Rains
Chairman, Advisory Board
As a business executive, public servant, consultant, and in the private practice of law, Jack has built an exemplary reputation based on his ability to assume, manage and complete complex challenges and mandates. Whether gained as a Founder and Chairman of the Board of a multinational, multibillion dollar design and management firm, or as a Founder and Director of a national bank that grew to $250 Million in assets in 12 years, or as Texas’ 95th Secretary of State, or as the founding Chairman of the Board of the Harris County -Houston Sports Authority, Jack draws upon a wealth of experience in traversing the
complexities of business and governmental issues.

Fred Routon
Board Member
A native of Lima, Peru, Fred has lived most of his life abroad. A consummate entrepreneur, Fred has a passion for the restaurant business and is actively involved in the hospitality industry, as both an owner and investor in multiple concepts in the US and abroad. For the past nine years Fred has managed his family’s wealth as an investment advisor in the Houston office of a major international investment firm.

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