About Us
ABOUT SHERIDAN MEDIA GROUP
Sheridan Media Group was founded in 2014 to provide highly personalized, creative communications and public affairs solutions to clients in Washington, D.C. and throughout the country.
Whether your goal is to raise your organization's visibility or wage a legislative campaign in Congress, we have the experience, the relationships and the network to get results. We provide the roadmap and the solutions to the most challenging issue sets, leveraging all aspects of modern public engagement.
Specializing in national and regional media campaigns that get noticed, our network also takes advantage of years of relationships with the nation’s leading digital, polling and grassroots partners. Clients include major industry associations, coalitions, issue campaigns, think tanks and political organizations.
KEVIN
SHERIDAN
Founder
Kevin Sheridan has two decades of experience delivering results for national political candidates, trade associations, non-profit organizations and major corporations.
His clients have included some of the most significant issue campaigns and corporate reputation battles of the last decade, including numerous Fortune 100 companies and influential trade associations.
Kevin has served as a CBSN political contributor and appears frequently on CNN, Fox News, Fox Business Network, MSNBC, BBC America and NBC’s Today Show.
In 2012, Kevin was a senior adviser on the Romney-Ryan presidential campaign and served as communications director to vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan. His corporate public affairs experience includes six years as the head of media operations for a large public relations agency in Washington.
Previously, Kevin served as national spokesman for the Republican National Committee throughout President George W. Bush’s first term and reelection. He has worked in communications roles in the statehouses of Virginia and Connecticut and at the U.S. Department of State. Kevin has advised numerous political organizations, campaigns and officeholders at every level.
JONATHAN
GRELLA
STRATEGIC PARTNER
Jonathan Grella specializes in high-impact advocacy and communications.
For the past 20 years, Grella has built a stellar reputation as a dynamic leader, communicator, and advocate across a wide array of arenas: political, corporate, association, and professional sports.
For six years, Grella quarterbacked the U.S. Travel Association’s renowned public affairs operation as executive vice president, leading the association’s government relations, communications, marketing, research, grassroots and political action committee (PAC) to new heights.
Since Grella’s arrival in 2013, U.S. Travel bolstered its stature and success. Under his stewardship, National Journal and APCO’s comprehensive TradeMarks study rated U.S. Travel as one of the top four associations overall and first in three categories. He has been honored as a top association advocate in The Hill for the past two years.
BRIAN
FOREST
SENIOR ADVISOR
Brian Forest is a seasoned executive communications, speechwriting, and public affairs veteran who has worked on nearly every major policy issue of the last decade. He has years of experience providing strategic messaging counsel to leaders at the highest levels of business and government, serving principals ranging from Fortune 100 CEOs to several of Time’s 100 Most Influential People.
He previously served as chief speechwriter to the Senate majority leader where he crafted messages and strategies that shaped national conversations. Before that, he wrote for one of the nation’s most respected senators and worked in a variety of roles spanning PR agencies, political campaigns, journalism, academia, international institutions, state government, and the White House. Most recently, Forest led strategic messaging for a major Washington business trade association where he managed public affairs campaigns and provided executive communications support to senior leaders and CEOs.