# Issues Management Group

> Issues Management Group is a privately held Boston communications and public-affairs consultancy that combines strategic communications, lobbying, digital campaigns and crisis work. Its present form arrived in 2022, when Solomon McCown & Cence acquired Murphy Donoghue Partners and revived the Issues Management Group name, joining newsroom instincts, campaign tactics and government relationships in one roughly 45-person firm with teams in Boston and New York.

- **Founded:** 2003
- **Headquarters:** Boston, United States
- **Founders:** Helene Solomon (Co-founder), Ashley McCown (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Strategic Communications, Public Affairs, Digital, Crisis Communications
- **Notable:** The firm says it has earned 134 awards for client work over more than 20 years., Listed among Boston's top 10 public relations firms by the Boston Business Journal, according to the company., Ranked in PRWeek's Top 100 nationally and named a finalist for PR News and PRWeek Small Firm of the Year, according to the company.

## Products & services

- **Strategic Communications** — Strategic counsel, media relations, messaging, content creation and media training.
- **Public Affairs** — Government relations, lobbying, ballot-question campaign management, permitting, coalition building and community relations.
- **Digital** — Integrated paid and organic campaigns, content, social strategy, creative and audience targeting.
- **Crisis Communications** — Crisis plans, tabletop exercises, monitoring, spokesperson support, statements, briefings, off-site crisis centers and post-crisis reviews.

## Achievements

- The firm says it has earned 134 awards for client work over more than 20 years.
- Listed among Boston's top 10 public relations firms by the Boston Business Journal, according to the company.
- Ranked in PRWeek's Top 100 nationally and named a finalist for PR News and PRWeek Small Firm of the Year, according to the company.
- Managed more than 300 complex issues across private, public and nonprofit organizations, according to its crisis practice.
- Generated 11,314,555 impressions, 2,013,180 video views, 33,130 site visits and more than 700 foster-parent applications in Massachusetts DCF's 2020 campaign.
- Earned more than 200 media placements for the successful Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association No on 1 campaign in 2018.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published guidance on using local media to build patient trust in healthcare communications.
- **2026-06** — CEO Dan Cence appeared on the New England Council's Inside the Corner Office podcast to discuss public affairs, media change and political communications.
- **2026-03** — Published public-affairs work on home-care workforce policy and highlighted civic engagement by 2Life Communities residents at the Massachusetts State House.
- **2026-01** — Released its sixth annual agency yearbook, covering work and milestones from 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://issuesgroup.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/issues-group/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/issues_group
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/issues_group/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/issuesgroup

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Last updated: 2026-09-21