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The Speechwriters Who Gave the Company to Their Colleagues
West Wing Writers built a business by putting powerful words in other people’s mouths. Then it made a more revealing statement: the founders handed ownership to the people doing the work.
Wise Whisper’s $30,000 bet on a talk that outlives the room
Ashley Stahl built Wise Whisper Agency around the long afterlife of a good speech. Its offer combines writing, coaching and stage-booking support, with a much less predictable clock for getting heard.
Husted Communications and the people behind the person at the microphone
A boutique agency with a network of more than 100 communications specialists, Husted helps technology leaders turn company strategy into something people can actually follow.
Jonathan Gardner
Jonathan Gardner is the founding CEO of Harris Quest, the AI-powered research and brand-management platform built by The Harris Poll and Stagwell's The Marketing Cloud. Appointed in December 2025, he brings more than 30 years in market research and polling, including nearly a decade as Chief Operating Officer of The Harris Poll and senior operating roles at Penn Schoen Berland, Subject Matter, and The Marketing Cloud. He began his career writing in the Clinton White House speechwriting office, and now translates decades of client-side research craft into software.