John Pappas, Principal
25 years advising CEOs, CFOs, boards, and executive teams on corporate communications, financial communications, public relations, and content marketing
In-house leadership at Ferguson Enterprises (NYSE: FERG), CFP Board, and the Financial Accounting Foundation (parent of the FASB and GASB)
Agency experience at Akrete Communications, Bliss Group (now Highwire), MWW Group. Fractional agency work with Magnitude and Archie Group
Communications lead across 25 acquisitions totaling $1.5 billion in revenue
Media trained more than 25 executives for broadcast, financial, and trade press
BA in Political Science, Dickinson College. MBA coursework, Nyenrode Business University, Amsterdam.
First-generation college graduate. Board member, Historic Sugartown. Former regional board member, Junior Achievement and Peer Forward.
Based in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Serves clients nationally and internationally.
How I work
I start by learning what your organization needs. Then I give you my honest view, as you are hiring my judgement. If the strategy needs work before the message does, I will raise it early, while it is still easy to change.
Nothing important stays in my head. You own the plans, language, reasoning, and the record. That is what accountability looks like in this work.
Principal-led. Your engagement is led by me, and it stays that way. When it needs more hands, I bring in trusted specialists in design, technical content, and media relations, and you meet them before they start.
Senior in the room. The hardest conversations happen with CEOs, CFOs, boards, and general counsel. A junior team gets out of its depth there. I have spent 15+ years in those rooms.
I work well with your lawyers. Most of what I do sits next to disclosure, privilege, or regulation. I know where the line is, and I respect it.