With thirty years of experience in the public and private sectors, Chad Kolton has established an expertise in developing public relations strategies to promote brands, influence policymaking, and address crises at the global, national and regional levels. He has supported a range of clients in the Cayman Islands for more than a decade. 

Kolton has extensive experience in providing executive-level public relations counsel and in creating comprehensive communications strategies. He has headed the public affairs office for both the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency. Kolton also served as the press secretary for the White House Office of Management and Budget.  

In the private sector, Kolton has provided strategic communications counsel for corporate, political and sovereign government clients, including developing strategic public relations and crisis communications plans, reorganizing communications departments and providing comprehensive media relations support. In Cayman, he has supported message development, media relations, and crisis communications support for clients in the financial services, hospitality, and public sectors. 

Kolton began his career in the U.S. Congress as deputy press secretary for the House Republican Conference under its then-Chair, U.S. Representative John Boehner (R-OH), the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.