Twenty Years Helping Companies Build Credibility Where it Matters Most

Kellie Walsh

Kellie Walsh has over two decades of experience in the communications industry. She founded KWM Communications, a strategic communications consultancy in 2007, to advise a select number of firms in their brand building efforts. As president she is responsible for developing and driving the communications strategy for the firm’s clients.

Over the course of her career, Ms. Walsh has advised Fortune 500 companies, some of the world’s largest private equity firms, leading wealth management firms, and growth companies across a variety of sectors. Her client experience includes Benuvia Therapeutics, The Blackstone Group, Boston Private Wealth, DiNAQOR, GRA Equities, HealthCare Royalty Partners, Nasdaq, Suneva Medical, TPG Capital, and Twin Bridge Capital Partners.

Prior to forming KWM Communications, Ms. Walsh served in senior roles at Nasdaq and at Citigate Dewe Rogerson, a global communications firm. Ms. Walsh began her career at PaineWebber in Boston.

She has a B.A. from Boston College.

Erin Farrell Talbot

Erin Farrell Talbot has over 25 years of public relations, media relations and writing experience with firms ranging from start­ups to Fortune 100 companies. Erin has held roles at some of the most prestigious PR firms in the world, including Edelman, Weber Shandwick Worldwide, and Porter Novelli, as well as some smaller boutique agencies, which help start­up companies in various stages of funding. She was the Global Director of Communications at Symbol Technologies, leading the firm through crisis communications during an SEC investigation, while focused on generating positive visibility for the new executive leadership team and the company.

During her career, Erin has implemented multifaceted campaigns for clients across sectors, from technology and healthcare to financial services, retail, manufacturing, supply chain, and energy. She has also worked in the corporate, public affairs, and sports marketing sectors, each with a focus on delivering a strong voice and clear vision to stakeholders. She continues to implement media and public relations programs that address these needs for global clients. She has a keen understanding of what makes a good news story, and how to implement communications programs that will resonate.

Erin started her career as a journalist in Maine and N.H. She has a B.A. in English/Journalism from the University of New Hampshire.

Lisa Baker

Lisa Baker has provided strategic communications counsel to some of the world’s leading private equity, real estate and alternative asset firms. She has two decades of experience managing M&A, complex deal announcements, executive transitions, fund closings and crisis situations advising C-suite executives how to shape their image, communicate effectively and guide the narrative in challenging situations. Most recently, she was a Managing Director at Lambert, now LLYC, for seven years, and was a Managing Director at Owen Blicksilver Public Relations (OBPR) for 14 years.

Recent client engagements focused on developing and executing public relations and social media campaigns to raise the sector profiles and brand awareness of middle market private equity and real estate investment firms. At OBPR, Lisa was the lead manager of TPG’s media relations as it grew to become a leading global alternative asset firm.

Lisa began her career in advertising and held senior account management positions in New York at Grey Advertising as a VP, Group Management Supervisor; at DMB&B (now Publicis Groupe) as an SVP, Management Supervisor; and at DDB Worldwide, as an Account Supervisor. Her accounts included Clairol, Hasbro, Hershey, Campbell Soup and Norelco. She won two Effie Awards for marketing effectiveness.

Lisa has a BA in English from Clark University and an MBA from the University of New Hampshire.

Tim Hay

Tim Hay has more than 20 years of journalism, marketing and public relations experience. He has has secured media coverage and published bylined articles for clients in Forbes, Bloomberg, The New York Times, Fortune, CNBC, STAT News, Endpoints News, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and other outlets. Mr. Hay has worked with clients across the venture capital, financial services, and healthcare sectors including Bain Capital Ventures and Intel Capital.

Before starting his public relations career, Mr. Hay  spent eight years covering venture capital and privately held companies at The Wall Street Journal with a focus on biotech and digital health. Prior to the Wall Street Journal, he worked as an editor for a newspaper chain that includes the Oakland Tribune and the San Mateo County Times.

Owen Blicksilver

Owen Blicksilver has more than 40 years of experience in public relations and financial communications. He founded Owen Blicksilver Public Relations, Inc. in 2001, a highly regarded, independent, specialty practice firm focused on communications for private equity and real estate firms, financial institutions, crises and special situations, as well as strategic investor relations assignments, that was sold to Lambert Edwards in 2018.

Prior to forming Blicksilver PR, Mr. Blicksilver was a principal at Incepta, in the Sard Verbinnen division and was Executive Vice President at financial communications and M&A PR firm Dewe Rogerson. Immediately prior to joining Incepta in 1998, Mr. Blicksilver served for more than a decade as a founder, Managing Director and head of Principal Communications, a corporate and financial public relations agency that served as the corporate public relations subsidiary of GCI Group, a unit of Grey Advertising. At Principal, Mr. Blicksilver personally advised investors David Bonderman (TPG), Robert Bass, Tom Barrack (Colony Capital) and Arthur Solomon (Lazard Frères) as well as their investment partnerships. In the early ’90s, he was involved in communications related to the recapitalization of Continental and America West Airlines, and advised RJR Nabisco during its proxy fights. Mr. Blicksilver also served as public relations advisor to Aetna and was later brought in on a special counsel basis to coach CEOs, including Bill Donaldson and Jack Rowe, for potentially contentious annual meetings.

Prior to founding Principal Communications in 1987, Mr. Blicksilver was a principal with Adams & Rinehart Inc., a corporate and financial public relations agency, where he managed the mortgage and real estate account for Lewis Ranieri at Salomon Brothers Inc. He also supervised Adams & Rinehart’s Union Mutual Life Insurance Company (now UnumProvident) account, providing counsel on healthcare and financial issues, and ultimately, on the company’s demutualization to a capital stock corporation.

Mr. Blicksilver’s public relations career also includes leadership positions at Burson-Marsteller and Anna M. Rosenberg Associates. He earned a B.A. in History from Brooklyn College and has taken graduate courses at the School of Business Administration at New York University.