Tom Johnson is Chief Executive Officer of H/Advisors Abernathy, where he is leading a growth strategy rooted in the firm’s powerful heritage as a trusted partner to leading organizations and executives in their most critical moments.
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H/Advisors Abernathy is your partner in engaging with key stakeholders on complex issues.
With strategic communications experts across disciplines and around the world, we work closely with clients to build and preserve value, seize opportunities and solve problems in today’s dynamic and interconnected world.
News
01/30/2025
Five Major Communications Mistakes to Avoid in a Crisis
Technological advances, employee activism, and citizen journalism have given everyone a figurative microphone and round-the-clock platform to become active players in companies’ make-it-or-break-it moments. Using these five principles to guide your decisions can mean the difference between destroying company value and reputation — or emerging with an enhanced brand and stronger stakeholder relationships.
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01/25/2025
M&A Antitrust Expectations for a New Administration
The ongoing scrutiny of the technology sector, following the tenure of outgoing Democratic FTC Chair Lina Khan, coincides with M&A markets that appear to be anticipating a more lenient antitrust stance from the incoming administration. Technology companies need to take a proactive approach to potential mergers and acquisitions. They should clearly explain their reasons early in the process and show how these deals will improve market competition.
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01/23/2025
Companies need to deftly navigate and carefully communicate around the Trump administration’s new DEI executive order
Within a day of assuming office, President Trump made good on campaign-trail promises with an executive order that could significantly reshape DEI policy across the federal government. While many companies have been focused on recrafting their DEI policies for months, this announcement, with its acute private sector focus, was a surprise to many -- a sudden, significant and newsworthy political jolt. Business leaders should move both quickly and prudently to reassure employees of their own commitments around DEI and belonging, while also communicating changes they may need to make to comply with this administration’s interpretations of applicable law and regulation.
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12/11/2024
The best defense is usually a good offense: how to prepare for and manage a crisis
Some of the biggest corporate crises may be the ones you have never heard of. For every data breach, major reorganization or product recall you read about in the newspaper or see on social media, there are countless others which have been addressed effectively and privately. When companies maintain a strong defensive posture and have a robust crisis preparation plan in place during peacetime, they can more resiliently and tactically address corporate issues before stakeholders go public with their concerns.
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Leadership
Carina Davidson
President
Carina Davidson serves as H/Advisors Abernathy’s President, based in the firm's New York office. Carina counsels companies of all sizes across a broad range of sectors on complex communications matters. She has significant expertise helping clients manage their reputations and develop strategies to reach their core audiences.
Peter Lee
Chief Financial Officer
Peter Lee is the Chief Financial Officer of H/Advisors Abernathy, where he is responsible for all of the firm’s financial functions, including accounting, financial planning, forecasting, client accounting and various financial analyses and reporting. He also oversees and manages the firm’s information technology. His career spans more than 25 years of experience in financial management, business leadership and corporate strategy in various industries, including strategic communications, marketing and advertising, manufacturing, banking and logistics.
Chuck Dohrenwend
Managing Director
Chuck Dohrenwend primarily works with private equity investment professionals and portfolio company leadership teams to optimize their investment and value-creation strategies through strategic communications. He collaborates with executive and communications teams to develop and implement highly effective communications programs for a range of stakeholders, primarily during pivotal events such as mergers and acquisitions, leadership transitions, crises, restructurings, investments and divestments. He also works with publicly traded companies on M&A, crisis management, restructurings and executive transitions. Additionally, Chuck is a member of H/Advisors Abernathy’s Leadership Team and helps ensure that the firm’s operations and teams align with the firm’s client-centric growth strategy.
Sydney Isaacs
Managing Director, Head of Houston Office
Sydney Isaacs provides strategic communications counsel to companies during times of change, including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, crises and activist shareholder engagements. Sydney’s work supports companies’ valuations and reputations through a combination of financial communications and PR strategies. She has particularly deep experience advising companies across the energy sector, providing support to clients on communications related to their diverse efforts to participate in and respond to the energy transition.