We elevate the people and institutions who make positive change in our world.
We believe in our clients. We fight for them. And we move mountains to help them win.
Whether it’s winning complex legislative campaigns, managing national public relations crises or amplifying a local nonprofit - our strategies leverage the power of story-telling and apply the full spectrum communication tools to achieve our client’s goals.
Our background in political campaigns is evident in the persistence we bring to every project.
Services
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Our public affairs work shifts the political landscape to create a more favorable environment for our clients. Politics and government are in our DNA. Through coalition-building, story-telling, community engagement, grassroots organizing and communications, we win the war of ideas for our clients and achieve the policy changes they need.
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With shrinking newsrooms and media consolidation, digital communication is the most vital way to build an audience and own the narrative. Our digital strategies help clients build community around their stories. Through paid and unpaid tactics, we can then shift public opinion and motivate an audience to act.
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When a client’s reputation is on the line, we adopt a war room mentality to save it. Through rapid response communication, precise messaging, careful risk assessment, and strategic guidance to executive leadership, we ensure our clients maintain their credibility through the most challenging circumstances.
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We build movements for progressive political candidates at all levels of government. We firmly believe in the power of communities to effect change through the electoral process and work with political candidates who share our values for social, economic and environmental justice.
Our Team
John Tomlin
Partner
John Tomlin brings extensive experience in public affairs, communications and political consulting to Taconic Strategies.
He previously served as Senior Managing Director at the global consultancy Actum. There, he helped grow the company's New York operation from the ground up managing a book of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, global leaders, nonprofits, and political leaders.
Tomlin also served as a Senior Vice President at Mercury Public Affairs, where he helped clients navigate a wide range of challenges in the public sphere.
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He began his career as the Deputy Chief of Staff to New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and was part of the team that helped elevate her to Democratic Conference Leader in 2011. As her senior-most downstate staffer, he managed the Leader’s downstate operation and played a key role in executing her policy, communication, and political objectives.
Whether it’s a media crisis, issue campaign or profile-raising effort, Tomlin is goal-oriented and dogged in his approach.
Jennifer Sullivan
Senior Vice President
Jennifer Sullivan is an Emmy-nominated television news producer with over a decade of experience in storytelling and reporting.
Prior to Taconic Strategies, she served as a writer and producer at Good Day New York on Fox5, where she worked directly with anchors, reporters, studio guests, and editors to produce the daily newscast.
She also served as a producer for News12 Westchester for seven years, where she was responsible for assembling the entire morning newscast. She brings storytelling, messaging, and strong news judgment to every client engagement.
Francesca Santodomingo
Vice President
Francesca Santodomingo is an interdisciplinary artist from the Colombian Caribbean. Her work lives at the intersection of arts & advocacy. Her writing and artistic abilities inform her malleable and creative nature as a communications specialist.
Francesca recently completed her M.F.A in Acting at SMU Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, TX, and is also a summa cum laude graduate from Queens College CUNY with a dual B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in Comparative Politics and Theatre Performance.
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Francesca has worked for the New York State Assembly, the New York State Public Interest Research Group, Amnesty International, the 2022 presidential campaign for Luis Guillermo Murillo, today's first Afro Colombian Ambassador, and for the 2018 primary campaign that elected Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.
In 2021, Francesca worked for Mercury Public Affairs, delving into a wide-array of projects for Uber, Doordash, Tesla, Affirm, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and numerous New York City Council campaigns.
Additionally, Francesca has experience in artistic production after completing several Broadway and Off-Broadway fellowships throughout the course of her career. She has worked for The Public Theater, the feminist theater company Girl Be Heard, and as a production management intern for Manhattan Theatre Club. In Colombia, she was a production management fellow for Teatro R101, the subsidiary experimental branch of the National Theater of Colombia.
As a writer, Francesca has received commissions from the Nobel Women's Initiative, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Causa Justa, the reproductive rights movement in Colombia, the MADRE Organization, the New Georges Theatre, the New York African Film Festival, and The Public Theater. Francesca is a proud alum and moderator of the José Solís and Kennedy Center BIPOC Critics Lab pilot cohort, and a member of Actor's Equity Association.