Ben LaBolt

He advises clients on how to transform their communications to be more integrated, targeted, and persuasive, reach beyond selling products by realizing a values based corporate vision, and help organizations under siege regain their reputation.

Based in BPI's San Francisco office, LaBolt serves at the intersection of public affairs and the technology industry, helping brands understand how consumers, policymakers and regulators nationwide will respond to their products and services.  He has advised high growth startups such as Airbnb, Uber and Sonos, established Fortune 500 companies like McDonald’s and Lilly, and major foundations like Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.

In 2015, LaBolt was named to PR Week's 40 Under 40 list of industry leaders who "get results, never settle and represent the future of communications." For over a decade he served as a communications strategist on campaigns at the city, state, and national level, on Capitol Hill, and in the Obama White House. According to POLITICO, he was tasked with handling "tough questions" about "the most sensitive topics" at the White House and was one of the best sources "for intelligence on what the media are thinking and which story lines reporters are likely to pursue.” 

His prior work includes serving as the national press secretary for President Obama’s re-election campaign, press secretary for then-Congressman Sherrod Brown’s campaign for Senate, communications director for Rahm Emanuel’s first campaign for Mayor and White House spokesman for the efforts to confirm Justices Sotomayor and Kagan to the Supreme Court. He also serves as an adjunct instructor in crisis management at NYU's School of Professional Studies.