OUR STAFF
Vice Presidents
Caroline Satchell, Vice President
Caroline manages the firm's in-house video production and AVID editing team for all corporate and legal seminars, media trainings, video news releases, Web casting, media streaming, mock trials, crisis scenarios and focus group presentations. During her career, she has produced hundreds of pieces for the CBS and ABC affiliates in Washington, DC, as well as National Geographic Television and the Discovery Channel, and earned 6 Emmy Awards for her talents. The productions of the Creative Media Services Department help clients shape news stories, documentaries, newsmagazine pieces, and public affairs talk shows, assisting them in conveying their messages and understanding the role of the media in shaping public opinion. She earned her M.S. in Broadcasting from Boston University and her B.A. in Government and Speech from the College of William and Mary.
Kelly Stepno, Vice President and Counsel
Kelly leads strategic communications plans, daily account management, and media and third party research for many of TMG's major health and environmental clients. She also provides on-site communications support at trials. Kelly has a background in both journalism and the law, offering her clients an in-depth understanding of the complexities and sensitivities associated with communicating corporate messages in times of crisis. For more than ten years at TMG, Kelly has worked closely with senior management, in-house communications staff, outside legal counsel, general counsels and in-house legal and business teams on complex crisis and litigation issues. Kelly earned a J.D. from George Mason University School of Law and a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Maryland.
Kristen McCaughan, Vice President
Kristen is a former Emmy-award winning producer with more than 15 years of experience in broadcast journalism and strategic communications. She serves as senior director of client services and manages several large accounts at TMG. Working closely with the firms' attorneys, she counsels clients on crisis- and litigation-related issues and is the day-to-day contact with the media for high-profile media stories. Prior to joining TMG, she was a producer for CNN in Washington, and has helped produce presidential speeches and news conferences. Prior to joining CNN, Kristen was a business reporter for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She began her career working on communications strategies for the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Environmental Protection Agency. She has her B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Delaware and is a senior member of Women in Film and Video and the National Press Club.
Nyree Wright, Vice President
Nyree brings a strong foundation of corporate and public relations experience to TMG's Media Relations team. Her previous experience at New York firms, such as Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and Prudential Financial, has provided her the expertise that also contributed to a 2001 Public Relations Society of America Big Apple Award for her marketing communications work. She has a proven track record for developing successful campaigns within various industries including financial services, telecommunications, consumer products and fashion. In all her work, she leads with creative ideas and executes results-oriented initiatives. Nyree earned her M.A. in Corporate and Public Communication from Seton Hall University and a B.A. in Communication from Rutgers University.
Gayle Weiswasser, Vice President
Gayle specializes in developing new media outreach strategies on behalf of TMG's clients. This outreach includes engaging bloggers, social communities and websites, as well as creating and managing other non-traditional digital media plans. She also counsels clients of TMG on crisis- and litigation-related issues and develops overall communications plans to address those issues, and for several years headed up TMG's trend analysis group. Prior to joining TMG, Gayle practiced law for eight years. Most recently, she practiced transactional law at Steptoe & Johnson LLP in Washington, DC. Prior to that, she practiced intellectual property litigation and Internet law at Farella, Braun & Martel LLP and Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco. She also served as the Director of Business Development for a Washington-based Internet start-up company. Gayle graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1996 and received a B.A. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1991.
Michael Clements, Vice President
Mike is a veteran of more than 32 years in journalism, including the last 15 years as a business reporter and editor at USA Today. He covered the auto industry for three years as a reporter at USA Today before being named economics editor. During 12 years as editor, Mike was responsible for the Money section's coverage of economics, the health care industry, labor and workplace issues and globalization. Before joining USA Today, Mike covered Congress for five years as a reporter in the Washington bureau of The Detroit News and worked for more than a decade as a reporter and editor at newspapers in South Carolina and upstate New York. At TMG, Mike draws on his extensive experience in journalism to provide counseling on communications issues, long-term public relations strategy and media training. Mike received his B.A. in English at the College of William and Mary and M.A. in journalism at Penn State University.