Brad Chase, Founder
Brad Chase is the founder of Chase Global, a consultancy specializing in strategic communications, crisis management, and reputation management. He is a strategist and advisor with 20+ years of experience directing international communications programs for Fortune 500 companies, startups, politicians, nonprofits, and public policy campaigns.
A professional storyteller, executive advisor, educator and crisis manager, Brad has worked on thousands of headline stories with nearly every top-tier media outlet around the globe — including Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, BBC, CBS News, CNBC, CNN, FOX News, Hollywood Reporter, HuffPost, NBC News, Newsweek, New York Times, NPR, Reuters, and Time. He has also published guest opinion columns on media, communications and politics for CBS News, CNN, Forbes, FOX News, HuffPost, Observer, and more.
From guiding seed-stage companies in developing their first brand messages to serving as interim and fractional Chief Communications Officer for a variety of mid-cap companies to counseling billion-dollar companies facing organizational change and reputational damage, he is a trusted voice in the C-Suite and boardroom on brand and reputation.
Before founding Chase Global, Brad was recognized by PR News as one of the industry's 30 Under 30. He also has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Journalism — where he earned a master’s degree — and the University of San Francisco. Additionally, Brad was retained as an expert witness for a case about the conduct of a Fortune 500 company's Chief Communications Officer.
His work covers the full spectrum of communications:
• Serve as primary counsel to CEOs/C-Suite/Boards
• Act as Interim or Fractional Chief Communications Officer for companies in transition
• Design holistic communications operations for organizations without existing capabilities; install sustainable infrastructure to keep pace with best practices of industry leaders
• Direct crisis response and reputation rehabilitation strategies for organizations facing negative media attention, governmental intervention and other reputational threats
• Audit and expand upon existing organizational response plans in partnership with legal, risk management, security, IT, facilities, and other critical departments
• Guide clients on branding, proactive engagement, thought leadership, and public diplomacy
• Educate executives on using authenticity, transparency, and trust as tools to meaningfully engage with communities and interest groups
• Provide analysis and actionable recommendations on public policy and social trends, as gathered through an extensive network of contacts in news media and politics
• Conduct media training for every news format: morning (ABC Good Morning America, FOX News Fox & Friends, NBC Today Show), prime time (CNN AC360), and long-form (Dateline NBC, ABC 20/20)
