# Ridgely Walsh, LLC

> Ridgely Walsh is a privately held Washington, D.C. public-affairs advisory firm founded in 2018. It helps companies, nonprofit organizations, public figures, and causes develop messages, secure earned-media opportunities, prepare leaders for consequential public moments, and manage reputation. Its distinction is the composition of its team: former political operatives, editors, journalists, lawyers, policy specialists, and communications executives with direct experience inside the institutions clients need to understand.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Washington, United States
- **Founders:** Juleanna Glover (Founder and CEO), Damian Lair (Co-Founder and Managing Director)
- **Products:** Media strategy and narrative development, Earned-media relations, Executive and organizational positioning, Issue advocacy and public affairs, Persuasive writing and content development
- **Notable:** Built a publicly named client history spanning technology, finance, consumer goods, media, healthcare, culture and advocacy., Arranged media interviews and policy-facing opportunities for Ukrainian officials and representatives on a volunteer basis after Russia's 2022 invasion., Co-founder Damian Lair helped organize six Black Lives Matter street murals in Kansas City in 2020, described in coverage as possibly the largest project of its kind.

## Products & services

- **Media strategy and narrative development** — Develops the central public argument, message architecture, positioning and long-term narrative for a company, leader or cause.
- **Earned-media relations** — Pursues long-form profiles, feature stories, broadcast interviews and other editorial opportunities through relationships with major U.S. and U.K. news outlets.
- **Executive and organizational positioning** — Prepares leaders for editorial-board meetings, speeches, interviews and high-stakes public moments while building their public profiles.
- **Issue advocacy and public affairs** — Connects policy goals and causes to journalists, convenings and influential audiences; public examples include volunteer media work for Ukraine.
- **Persuasive writing and content development** — Supports op-eds, speeches and other authored material, drawing on former editors and experienced policy communicators.

## Achievements

- Built a publicly named client history spanning technology, finance, consumer goods, media, healthcare, culture and advocacy.
- Arranged media interviews and policy-facing opportunities for Ukrainian officials and representatives on a volunteer basis after Russia's 2022 invasion.
- Co-founder Damian Lair helped organize six Black Lives Matter street murals in Kansas City in 2020, described in coverage as possibly the largest project of its kind.
- Founder Juleanna Glover was named among Washingtonian's Most Powerful Women in Washington in 2025.
- Was selected to handle Lupa Systems communications around its 2026 acquisition of New York Magazine and other Vox Media properties.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — The firm's press page featured a New York Times opinion essay by Juleanna Glover on cyber-risk and recovery.
- **2026-05** — O'Dwyer's reported that Ridgely Walsh represented Lupa Systems around its acquisition of New York Magazine and other Vox Media assets.
- **2026-04** — A Committee to Protect Journalists-hosted release identified Ridgely Walsh managing director April Ponnuru as press contact after journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was acquitted in Kuwait.
- **2025-09** — Washingtonian again included founder Juleanna Glover in its Most Powerful Women in Washington list.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ridgelywalsh.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ridgely-walsh

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Last updated: 2026-09-21