Dan Doherty is a senior vice president and partner, offering more than 15 years of public affairs experience to GA's clients. Dan’s crisis and issues management expertise and media relations counsel have guided the successful efforts of a wide variety of corporate, association and nonprofit clients.

Dan has extensive corporate communications experience, having counseled high-profile organizations on customer, investor, community, government and labor relations, including both union organizing and decertification campaigns. In addition, Dan also has extensive experience in food manufacturing, including market recalls and withdrawals in both the United States and Canada, and heads up GA’s Food & Nutrition practice.

Dan is currently the client leader for a leading food manufacturer, working closely with the company’s senior executives to develop and implement communications strategies to protect the company from potential issues and crises that threaten its brands and market-share. He also serves as the account lead for a major industry trade association, developing and implementing communication plans to help it address regulatory and legislative issues in Washington.

Before joining GA, Dan was a senior vice president and partner at TheWadeGroup, Inc., a firm he helped found in 2002.

Dan earned a MBA at the R.H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, and received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Providence College. He resides in Silver Spring, MD, with his wife and three sons.