Bill R. Phillips brings to the table of any organization more than three decades of successful strategic planning in government relations, public policy issues, crisis management, and communications.

Phillips has served in major management roles at the local, state, and federal levels; both in and outside of government. In addition to being a veteran of multiple political campaigns and organizations at every level, he has managed organizations and served as senior advisor to elected and appointed officials across the nation as well as internationally.

An accomplished manager and strategist, Phillips has earned a reputation as an outstanding negotiator, communicator, and leader. He also has conducted numerous training seminars in the United States as well as in Europe, the Mid-East, the Caribbean, and Africa. He also has represented the United States on international exchanges to Taiwan and Israel.

His front-line experience includes political campaign manager, press secretary, chief of staff to a governor, chief of staff of the Republican National Committee, and chief of staff/counselor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, manager of the 1988 Republican National Convention, deputy director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in the administration of President George H.W. Bush and assistant campaign manager of the President’s re-election.

Most recently he served as Deputy Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. He also was previously associate vice chancellor for University Relations of Vanderbilt University where he also was a visiting professional scholar at the First Amendment Center where he co-authored the book, “Nothing Sacred.” Prior to political and government service Phillips was a newspaper political reporter, editor, and columnist in California and Nevada. He was a member of the writing team that won a Pulitzer Prize for the Nevada State Journal.

Not only is Phillips viewed as a solid manager and operations officer, he also is recognized for his expertise in bringing consensus to groups and maneuvering issues through complex processes as well as expanding and building an organization’s relationships.

Phillips has been involved in a number of international training missions in Taiwan, Israel, Grenada, Russia, Liberia, Jordan (where he trained Iraqi government officials), and most recently as an international election observer in Republic of Georgia.

A native Texan, he is a Vietnam veteran where he served on Advisory Team 1 of MACV. He and his wife, Candy, reside in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Rare are those able to provide clients with the wide-range of expertise that the multi-faceted experience that Bill R. Phillips does.