# Culloton + Bauer Luce

> Culloton + Bauer Luce is a Chicago boutique public affairs firm that combines crisis counsel, issues management, reputation work, media relations, digital strategy and grassroots organizing. Its distinguishing move is to treat a communications problem as an operational campaign: find the human stakes, recruit credible messengers, equip supporters and force a decision. Public case studies include work for Navistar, the Chicago Cubs, Lime, NASCAR, Climate Jobs Illinois, an ambulance association and a skilled nursing network.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** Chicago, United States
- **Founders:** Dennis Culloton (Founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Crisis and litigation communications, Issues and public affairs campaigns, Corporate reputation management, Digital and analytics, Media relations and training
- **Notable:** Helped mobilize 5,041 people to send 75,615 emails in the Save Tulsa Jobs campaign; a new agreement preserved 1,600 plant jobs., Generated more than 30,000 supporter emails to Chicago City Hall during the campaign for the privately financed $575 million Wrigley Field renovation., Supported Climate Jobs Illinois during passage of the 2021 Climate and Equitable Jobs Act; the campaign received a PRSA Chicago Award of Excellence and a Publicity Club of Chicago Golden Trumpet.

## Products & services

- **Crisis and litigation communications** — Preparation, war-room management, executive counsel, media response and stakeholder communications during operational, legal and reputational crises.
- **Issues and public affairs campaigns** — Message development, coalition building, grassroots and grasstops organizing, government affairs and advocacy around policy or community disputes.
- **Corporate reputation management** — Executive positioning, brand and credibility counsel, reputation defense and long-term stakeholder engagement.
- **Digital and analytics** — Digital-first monitoring, social media strategy, campaign websites, audience engagement, data-informed outreach and online reputation work.
- **Media relations and training** — Message discipline, spokesperson preparation, editorial outreach and media strategy drawing on former journalists and government communicators.

## Achievements

- Helped mobilize 5,041 people to send 75,615 emails in the Save Tulsa Jobs campaign; a new agreement preserved 1,600 plant jobs.
- Generated more than 30,000 supporter emails to Chicago City Hall during the campaign for the privately financed $575 million Wrigley Field renovation.
- Supported Climate Jobs Illinois during passage of the 2021 Climate and Equitable Jobs Act; the campaign received a PRSA Chicago Award of Excellence and a Publicity Club of Chicago Golden Trumpet.
- Ran a 14-day statewide communications push for ambulance reimbursement legislation that received favorable attention in all 10 Illinois media markets and preceded a successful veto override.
- The Lime campaign earned more than 80 media placements and reported a seven-point increase in public support for e-scooters during Chicago's 2019 pilot.
- A skilled-nursing crisis engagement reported a 44.9% increase in patient referrals after the client changed its response system and communication cadence.
- The Wrigley Field campaign won a 2015 Gold SABRE Award for Issues Management and a Publicity Club of Chicago Golden Trumpet for Government Affairs.
- The 2023 NASCAR Chicago Street Race work included 150-plus community meetings and a CPS curriculum reaching 17,000 eighth graders; the event was named Sports Business Journal's 2023 Sports Event of the Year.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — The firm continued publishing its Chicago and Illinois politics video show, Can't Wait, Sounds Terrible, through its LinkedIn and YouTube channels.
- **2025-10** — The firm published updated case studies on its Navistar work and on securing Chicago support for e-scooters.
- **2025-07** — The firm published a Jobs for Lisle case study describing the pause, reframing and coalition-building used during Navistar's headquarters zoning fight.
- **2024-10** — The firm published its NASCAR Chicago Street Race case study, reporting more than 150 community meetings, 17,000 CPS students reached and $23 million in first-year media value.

## Links

- Website: https://cullotonbauerluce.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cullotonbauerluce
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CullotonBauerL
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CBL-social
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CullotonBauerLuce/

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Last updated: 2026-09-20