Experience That Delivers

Sam Stookesberry, founder and principal consultant, built Highline Strategic Communications after more than 13 years of tackling the types of communication challenges others shy away from.

Sam has worked at the highest levels of politics, business, nonprofits and education—including on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on statewide campaigns, for one of the nation's largest K-12 education providers and at the preeminent public affairs and communications firm in the Mountain West.

Sam has led teams addressing high-stakes issues ranging from domestic nuclear fuel production and a United Nations climate summit to the launch of passenger rail construction along the Front Range and a $100 million water rights purchase on the Colorado River.

Sam has guided organizations through a broad array of crises, including food safety issues, litigation, executive misconduct, new federal regulations and Indigenous and environmental concerns. Calm under pressure, he brings a steady hand and deep experience guiding organizations and individuals through their most difficult moments.

Our Approach

Our approach centers on understanding your specific situation—what you've built and what success looks like to you—then crafting custom solutions built upon time-tested strategies that work.

Many clients come to us in crisis but continue relying on us as trusted advisors well beyond their initial needs. We help clients build and maintain strong reputations by identifying potential communication pain points, building executive presence, creating thought leadership opportunities and developing custom strategies to reach key stakeholders.

Our proactive media relations work has secured coverage in major publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, People, CNBC and Bloomberg. While we're proud of our placements and awards for public outreach campaigns, our proudest work may be the crises and media stories that never were—because we helped clients identify and avoid the pitfalls others miss.

A Different Kind of Partnership

We created Highline to bring the highest caliber of communicators to organizations in their hour of need—but with the nimbleness, flexibility and hands-on attention that only comes from working with a smaller, more intentional client base.

Let's protect what you've built.

Contact us today to discuss how we can partner to solve your challenges and chart a smart, insightful path toward success for your organization.