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Overview

Based in Washington, D.C., Catalyst Partners is a government relations and public affairs firm that provides high-caliber services and high-touch attention to our clients. Formerly known as Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, we specialize in helping small businesses, trade associations, not-for-profits and Fortune 500 companies achieve results inside the Beltway and beyond.

Our expertise spans a range of industries and practice areas, focusing primarily on the growing and complex homeland security and defense environment. Our Partners bring impressive experience from the highest levels of the federal government and the top tiers of corporate America. Whether it is helping a business create a risk mitigation strategy for times of disaster or navigating the complexity of the SAFETY Act, Catalyst Partners have an insider’s perspective on what works best.

Approach

The word catalyst literally means “an agent that compels action garnering exponential results” – a definition that represents the foundation of our mission at Catalyst Partners.

At Catalyst Partners, we believe in taking the time to learn your company, your needs, and your goals to develop a customized approach to achieving your goals. Anyone can check off a list of lobbying tactics or implement the standard components of a communications strategy – Catalyst Partners brings the experience and expertise to make sure you are using the right tactics and tools to bring about the results you want.

We are dedicated to working with you to identify the right audience, form the right message, and deliver it at the right time.

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Latest Blog Posts

catalyst - February 15, 2012

Defense and security consulting firm Catalyst Partners announced today that Akmal Ali and Steven Krause joined the company as principals in January 2012. These additions represent the latest moves in the firm’s continued expansion of its defense and homeland security business development, government relations and public affairs offerings for clients around the world.

catalyst - February 15, 2012

The latest edition of the Year in Homeland Security magazine covers a range of homeland issues, offering expert voices that include Catalyst Partner principals Randy Beardsworth, Vance Taylor and Rich Cooper. Beardsworth and Taylor lent their perspective on the development of homeland as a profession, and Cooper offered articles on emergency management and law enforcement.

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