# Beacon Advisors

> Beacon Advisors is a Chicago-rooted strategic communications consultancy built around an unusually literal promise: clients work directly with senior partners for the life of an engagement. Its distributed network advised corporations, nonprofits and academic institutions on corporate and investor communications, crises, media relations, public affairs, governance and brand positioning, bringing former C-suite and large-agency experience to assignments without the conventional agency handoff.

- **Founded:** 2003
- **Headquarters:** Chicago, United States
- **Founders:** Hud Englehart (Founding Partner and Managing Partner)
- **Products:** Corporate communication, Investor relations, Crisis communication, Brand positioning, Media relations and public relations
- **Notable:** Built a multi-city partner network spanning Chicago, New York, Southern California and Florida., Published a client roster of 47 organizations across finance, food, gaming, healthcare, technology, media and the nonprofit sector., Advised Tropicana Entertainment during its 2008 Chapter 11 restructuring communications.

## Products & services

- **Corporate communication** — Integrated strategy across public relations, government affairs, investor relations, employee communication, corporate social responsibility, marketing, advertising and digital media.
- **Investor relations** — Senior counsel on financial storytelling, investor research and targeting, financial media, IPOs, governance, compliance, reporting and M&A communication.
- **Crisis communication** — Planning and response for bankruptcies, recalls, plant closings, security breaches, regulatory disputes, industrial accidents, activist pressure and other reputation-threatening events.
- **Brand positioning** — Research-led positioning that begins with customer and public insight, defines a differentiated value proposition and translates it into channel-neutral messages.
- **Media relations and public relations** — Press strategy, media training, editorial planning, releases, events, story placement, owned media and social-channel programs.
- **Public affairs and corporate governance** — Issues management and communications around government, regulators, labor, disclosure, policy disputes, boards and corporate accountability.

## Achievements

- Built a multi-city partner network spanning Chicago, New York, Southern California and Florida.
- Published a client roster of 47 organizations across finance, food, gaming, healthcare, technology, media and the nonprofit sector.
- Advised Tropicana Entertainment during its 2008 Chapter 11 restructuring communications.
- Developed recurring media programs including the Discover U.S. Spending Monitor and the COUNTRY Financial Security Index.
- Placed founding partner Hud Englehart's crisis-management expertise in both Northwestern graduate teaching and Coursera leadership instruction.

## Latest updates

- **2020-09** — Hud Englehart presented a PCMA webinar, 'Navigating the Future of Events,' on planning for the unplanned.
- **2020-03** — Englehart wrote for the National League of Cities about making public-health messages concrete and choosing channels around audience behavior during the coronavirus response.
- **2017-03** — Beacon's blog published crisis-preparedness lessons from a kidnapping and a critique of evasive corporate language.
- **2015-03** — The firm's site highlighted work connected with Gehl Foods' acquisition by Wind Point Partners.

## Links

- Website: http://www.beaconadvisors.us/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/beacon-advisors
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/3Beacons
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Beacon-Advisors-Inc/262613027082404

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