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ABOUT
Gagnier Communications (GC) is a strategic PR & IR agency, serving clients across North America, Europe and Asia. We are based in New York City.
The team has led numerous corporate positioning and investor relations programs and has been actively involved in numerous special situations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia.
From senior counsel through to implementation of full-scale communications and investor relations programs, GC has assisted clients in critical assignments covering high-profile positioning assignments, shareholder activism, mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, litigation and other complex situations.
TEAM
Dan Gagnier
Founder and Managing Partner
Dan Gagnier is the Founder and a Managing Partner of Gagnier Communications LLC. He has worked on numerous corporate positioning programs and actively managed a variety of special situations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. These include mergers, acquisitions, proxy contests, IPOs, SPACs, restructurings, litigation and other various complex situations. His work spans a multitude of industries including financial services and hedge funds, metals and mining, oil and gas, pharma/biotech, technology and industrial manufacturing.
Dan Gagnier – Founder and Managing Partner
Dan Gagnier is the Founder and a Managing Partner of Gagnier Communications LLC. He has worked on numerous corporate positioning programs and actively managed a variety of special situations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. These include mergers, acquisitions, proxy contests, IPOs, SPACs, restructurings, litigation and other various complex situations. His work spans a multitude of industries including financial services and hedge funds, metals and mining, oil and gas, pharma/biotech, technology and industrial manufacturing.
Prior to founding GC in 2016, Mr. Gagnier was a Partner and Managing Director at Sard Verbinnen & Co. Prior to joining SVC in 2000, Mr. Gagnier was an Account Coordinator in the Financial Communications division of GPC Canada Inc.
Mr. Gagnier holds a B.A. degree with honors in Political Studies from Bishop’s University in Lennoxville, Quebec.
Brent Anderson
Managing Director
Brent is a Managing Director at Gagnier Communications. Brent has more than 20 years of corporate, brand, crisis, digital, media and transaction communications and significant investor relations expertise at several leading global, publicly traded companies.
Brent Anderson – Managing Director
Brent Anderson is a Managing Director at Gagnier Communications. Brent has more than 20 years of corporate, brand, crisis, digital, media and transaction communications and significant investor relations expertise at several leading global, publicly traded companies. Most recently, he was Frontera Energy Corporation’s Director of Investor Relations where he designed and executed the Company’s capital markets strategy.
Brent has led enterprise-wide communications functions, served as corporate spokesperson for multiple issuers, managed complex corporate events and created countless communications strategies to protect and enhance corporate brands. He also has significant M&A, shareholder activism, financing, corporate and asset transaction expertise.
Ashley Gagnier
Managing Director
Ashley is a Managing Director at Gagnier Communications. Ashley has worked on numerous corporate positioning and media relations mandates, principally in financial services.
Ashley Gagnier – Managing Director
Ashley Gagnier is a Managing Director at Gagnier Communications. Ashley has worked on numerous corporate positioning and media relations mandates, principally in financial services. Prior to joining Gagnier Communications, Ashley served as a communications manager at Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), a global venture capital firm with $4.5 billion under management.
During her time at BVP, Ashley worked to elevate the firm’s partners and successes in a crowded venture capital ecosystem through strategic communications counsel and multiplatform implementation. She helped to redesign the firm’s website, launched BVP’s blog and handled all social media channels, including Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. In addition to her BVP focused activities, Ashley worked closely with BVP’s portfolio, which encompasses companies from a wide range of sectors, including cloud computing, cyber-security, healthcare, financial services and mobile.
Prior to joining BVP, Ashley was a PR specialist at Clifford Chance US LLP, a global law firm.
She began her career at financial communications firm Sard Verbinnen & Co.
Ashley holds a B.A. in Political Economy from Princeton University.
Louise Kozier
Managing Director
Louise is a Managing Director at Gagnier Communications. For over twenty years, Louise has provided clients in the U.S, Canada and Europe with strategic communications counsel and support.
Louise Kozier – Managing Director
Louise is a Managing Director at Gagnier Communications. For over twenty years, Louise has provided clients in the U.S, Canada and Europe with strategic communications counsel and support. Louise has worked across industries and has led communications strategies for major business transformations and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, activist preparedness, and proxy fights. Louise also supports her clients with a wide range of corporate and financial communications needs including disclosure and financial reporting, media relations and thought leadership, employee communication, stakeholder engagement and executive coaching.
Prior to joining Gagnier Communications, Louise was a Partner at Longview Communications and Public Affairs. Louise started her career with Edelman Public Relations in London and New York.
Riyaz Lalani
Managing Director
Riyaz is a Managing Director at Gagnier Communications. Riyaz specializes in special situations, including proxy contests, M&A, short seller defences, and litigation communications.
Riyaz Lalani – Managing Director
Riyaz Lalani is a Managing Director at Gagnier Communications. Riyaz specializes in special situations, including proxy contests, M&A, short seller defences, and litigation communications. His career experience spans communications, finance and investing, C-level public company operating roles, and proxy solicitation.
Riyaz was the CEO and founder of a leading financial communications firm, where he led engagements across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Prior to that, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Canada’s largest proxy solicitor. Riyaz has also acted as an independent advisor to public and private companies on strategic and corporate development matters. He held C-level roles at two public companies where his purview included leading the companies’ M&A and integration efforts, investor relations, enhancing corporate governance practices, and strategic and operational duties. Riyaz spent the first 10 years of his career at an international asset manager in New York and Toronto. He is a director of a public company, and a past director of three public companies.
Lindsay Barber
Vice President
Lindsay is a Vice President at Gagnier Communications. Lindsay provides strategic counsel and communications support to wide range of corporate clients, including private equity firms, public corporations and asset management firms.
Lindsay Barber – Vice President
Lindsay Barber is a Vice President at Gagnier Communications. Lindsay provides strategic counsel and communications support to wide range of corporate clients, including private equity firms, public corporations and asset management firms. Areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism, executive leadership changes and crisis communications, with a particular interest in sports business. She also assists clients with ongoing investor relations, corporate positioning and media relations strategies.
Lindsay holds a B.A. in Political Science from Trinity College.
Jeremy Schulman
Senior Associate
Jeremy is a Senior Associate at Gagnier Communications. He supports the day-to-day communications initiatives for clients across the asset management, industrial and commodities sectors.
Jeremy Schulman – Senior Associate
Jeremy Schulman is a Senior Associate at Gagnier Communications. He supports the day-to-day communications initiatives for clients across the asset management, industrial and commodities sectors. In addition, he supports the firm’s crises and special situations practice in key areas such as shareholder activism, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and SPACs. He also assists clients with ongoing investor relations and strategic media engagement.
Jeremy joined Gagnier Communications in 2018. He graduated from The University of New Hampshire with a B.S. in Finance from the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics.
Ally McCleary
Associate
Ally is an Associate at Gagnier Communications. She provides day-to-day corporate communications and special situations support for private equity firms, public corporations and asset management firms across sports, industrials and hospitality.
Ally McCleary – Associate
Ally is an Associate at Gagnier Communications. She provides day-to-day corporate communications and special situations support for private equity firms, public corporations and asset management firms across sports, industrials and hospitality.
Ally joined Gagnier Communications in July 2022 upon her graduation from Tulane University, where she earned a B.A. in Economics and minors in Psychology and Management.
Ivanica Skalko
Associate
Ivanica is an Associate at Gagnier Communications. She works across a broad range of industries supporting media relations, special situations and corporate communications to asset management firms, private equity firms and family offices.
Ivanica Skalko – Associate
Ivanica is an Associate at Gagnier Communications. She works across a broad range of industries supporting media relations, special situations and corporate communications to asset management firms, private equity firms and family offices.
Ivanica joined Gagnier Communications in July 2022 upon her graduation from Villanova University, where she earned a B.A. in Communication and minors in English and Peace & Justice Studies.
Sophia Zike
Associate
Sophia is an Associate at Gagnier Communications. She provides account support to a variety of clients across financial services, TMT and precious metals investing, assisting media relations strategies and corporate communications.
Sophia Zike – Associate
Sophia is an Associate at Gagnier Communications. She joined the firm in 2023 and provides account support to a variety of clients across financial services, TMT and precious metals investing, assisting media relations strategies and corporate communications.
Sophia was previously a Communications Associate at a digital asset investment firm where she supported the Head of Communications in all communications initiatives, including internal and external strategies.
Sophia holds a B.A. in Economics from Whitman College.
Molly Broderick
Junior Associate
Molly is a Junior Associate at Gagnier Communications. She assists the firm’s daily operations and corporate and investor communications for clients.
Molly Broderick – Junior Associate
Molly is a Junior Associate at Gagnier Communications. She assists the firm’s daily operations and corporate and investor communications for clients.
Molly joined Gagnier Communications in 2023 after graduating from Trinity College. At Trinity, she earned a BA in Art History with a minor in Formal Organizations with a concentration in Entrepreneurship.
Henry Jones
Junior Associate
Henry is a Junior Associate at Gagnier Communications. He provides daily support to a variety of clients, including media relations and corporate communications.
Henry Jones – Junior Associate
Henry is a Junior Associate at Gagnier Communications. He provides daily support to a variety of clients, including media relations and corporate communications. Henry was previously a Government Affairs and Public Policy Intern at Nicholas & Lence where he supported the agency’s Account Coordinators on various communications initiatives and BID formation projects.
Henry joined Gagnier Communications in 2023 upon his graduation from Miami University, where he earned a B.A. in History with a minor in Political Science.
Emily Sykes
Junior Associate
Emily is a Junior Associate at Gagnier Communications. She supports the firm’s day-to-day operations and special situations communications.
Emily Sykes – Junior Associate
Emily is a Junior Associate at Gagnier Communications. She supports the firm’s day-to-day operations and special situations communications across a variety of clients. Emily was previously the Communications Intern for BSE Global, the parent company of the Barclays Center and the Brooklyn Nets, where she supported both internal and external communications.
Emily joined Gagnier Communications in 2023 upon her graduation from Fordham University at Rose Hill, where she earned a B.A. in Journalism.
PRACTICE AREAS
Corporate Communications
Crisis Communications
Investor Relations
Shareholder Activism
Transaction Communications
Litigation Support
Restructuring
Digital Strategies