Experts in strategic public relations, crisis management, and digital & multimedia communications

Jim helps corporate and non-profit organizations develop and implement creative and successful communications strategies closely tied to their business or public policy objectives. He is also an attorney who has assisted law firms with their clients on crisis communications and litigation support engagements.

Over the course of his career, Jim has worked as a journalist in Boston, Washington DC and Hong Kong. While in law school, he served as Chief of Staff for a prominent State Senator, who chaired the Criminal Justice and Education Committees.

Jim has helped secure media coverage in the most prominent media outlets around the world for Fortune 500 clients and startups in the biotech, energy and education sectors. He has worked with several governmental clients, including the Irish, Austrian and Canadian business development agencies. He holds degrees from the College of the Holy Cross, the University of Illinois and Suffolk University Law School. He is a member of the Leadership Council of the American Diabetes Association and a board member of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston. He is an adjunct professor of Media Law at Emerson College.

For more than three decades, Dominic Slowey has been a trusted advisor and guide to companies and organizations seeking to raise their visibility, advance worthy causes, respond to crises, and otherwise communicate their messages to key audiences. As co-founder and Principal Partner at Slowey/McManus Communications, Dom has established a reputation as one of the most skilled public relations practitioners in Greater Boston.

Dom has managed strategic public relations campaigns for a broad array of corporate and nonprofit clients focusing on complex issues, including energy and the environment, education, financial services, health care, tax reform and transportation. He is comfortable and effective in the boardroom, in government’s halls of power, and in front of the camera.

Prior to founding Slowey/McManus Communications, Dom was a senior executive at two of Boston’s leading public relations firms. He served in state government as Assistant Secretary for Policy and Communications in the Executive Office for Administration & Finance under Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld. Dom’s political experience includes roles as Deputy Campaign Coordinator and Chief Spokesperson on successful statewide ballot campaigns.

Before his career in public relations, Dom was a respected print and broadcast journalist in Boston covering national, state and city government. He reported from the Massachusetts State House and Boston City Hall for National Public Radio (WBUR), State House News Service, The Middlesex News, and The Boston Ledger.

Dom sits on the Boards of Stop Handgun Violence and the Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership. He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Boston University’s College of Communications.

Annie supports strengthening client brand visibility and reputation through facilitating meaningful media coverage and social media strategy. She manages press and media strategies for organizations in various industries, with a particular expertise in non-profits, public policy, and education.

Prior to joining the Slowey McManus team, Annie held roles in public relations, marketing, politics, and law. She found her passion in communications, having managed social media strategy for a local government political campaign, and volunteering as a public relations and marketing manager for a children’s hospital’s fundraising campaign.

Annie received her B.A. in Political Science and History from the University of Vermont, and her M.A. in Political Communication from Emerson College. Additionally, she studied at the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughan, Ireland with a concentration in creative writing. She currently lives in Somerville, MA with her two cats, Banjo and Tucci, and two hermit crabs, Betty and Al.

Lisa brings over two decades of experience in newspaper reporting, public relations, marketing, social media, and strategic communications to Slowey McManus Communications. She recently returned to her home state of Massachusetts after a long career in Florida, where she spent over a decade reporting for The Tampa Tribune. Most recently, she served as the Director of Communications for PR at a communications and consulting firm, where she helped amplify nonprofit and corporate clients’ stories, raising their profiles and advocating for underserved populations against racial barriers and health disparities.

Lisa began her journalism career at Northeastern University as a general assignment student reporter for The Boston Globe. Throughout her reporting years, she covered education, local government, crime, and court beats, often uncovering compelling stories that combined these areas. Her career highlights include winning awards, going into a burning building to train with firefighters, flying airplanes, and breaking far-reaching stories. A graduate of the University of South Florida, Lisa is delighted to be back in Massachusetts, settled on the North Shore with her family, and excited to bring her storytelling passion to SMC and its clients.

Gabe is an expert in communication and research in the healthcare, retail, and technology sectors. He has had great success in compiling media lists for a selection of wide-ranging industries, as well as consistently receiving positive coverage for his clients.

In his role as Account Executive, he focuses on providing his clients with the research and information they need to advance in a specific market. His proficiency and knowledge of the media landscape allow him to assist his clients in building their brand reputation in the most efficient and effective ways possible.

Gabe holds a degree in Political Science and History from McGill University.

Kate joined the SMC team in 2013 where she handles most of the writing and creative content for our clients, including op-eds, bylined articles, press releases, website content, case studies and social media campaigns.

For more than 25 years, Kate has served in a variety of roles as both a communications professional and journalist. She worked as a freelance writer and communications consultant for more than a decade as well as a correspondent for the Boston Globe where she wrote features on topics ranging from style and real estate to lifestyle and business. While at the Globe, she also penned a number of columns on workplace issues and psychology that were syndicated nationwide.

Kate’s work has gained accolades and awards across the industry, including a gold award from Parenting Publications of America, its highest honor, for her two-part feature on 9/11 families in Massachusetts. Her feature stories have also received top honors from the New England Press Club over the years. In a former life, Kate served as a public relations manager for high-tech firms during the dot com boom of the 1990s – a role that involved too many trips to Las Vegas. She began her career with a baptism by fire as a public information specialist at the Big Dig.

Kate received her B.A in English from Westfield State and M.S. in Journalism from Northeastern University. She lives on the South Shore with her husband, two teenagers and a haughty french bulldog.

Jeffrey Krasner is senior vice president at Slowey McManus Communications. From 2016 to 2021, Jeff was founder and president of Emerging BioCommunications, a firm advising biotech companies on strategic communications, media relations, marketing, web design, and social media.

Prior to founding Emerging BioCommunications, Jeff served as senior director of communications for Flagship Pioneering, where he launched companies created inhouse at Flagship VentureLabs from stealth mode onto the public stage. He also served as director of corporate communications for ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, a commercial stage company with treatments for rare forms of leukemia.

Jeff worked as a financial reporter in Boston for 25 years at the Boston Herald, The Boston Globe and The Wall Street Journal, winning numerous local and national awards for his journalism. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brandeis University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.

Brittany, an award-winning journalist, comes to SMC with years of storytelling and content producing experience. Brittany helps develop visual storytelling and coordinate media relations for healthcare, education and nonprofit clients. She creates video packages for clients’ websites and b-roll for news stations, as well as assists with social media promotions and campaigns. Brittany will also helps oversee any media training with clients.

Brittany was a main anchor on the morning and noon newscasts for Western Mass News (ABC 40/FOX 6/CBS 3) for the last five years. While there, she won a Boston New England Emmy in 2020 for Best Morning Newscast and an award from the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association in 2018 for the Best Feature Story Soundbite.

Prior to that, she spent three years at WMCT-TV in Marlborough, MA, where she held many roles including: news director, anchor, script writer, editor, photographer, and producer. While there, she helped launch a second newscast for the public access station. Brittany also wrote, produced, anchored, edited, and directed Marlborough Living, a show focusing on healthy lifestyles through cooking, exercising, and more.

Brittany is also a mentor for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. She graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelors in Journalism.

Grace brings strong digital media and integrated communications expertise to her role as Account Coordinator where she supports many of the agency’s major corporate, healthcare, education, and non-profit accounts. She’s a team player and enjoys working on dynamic integrated communications campaigns for clients.

Joining Slowey McManus from global advertising powerhouse Havas Media Group where she worked as an Associate in Digital Investment, Grace has successfully built and enhanced social media profiles for clients as well as worked on million-dollar media campaigns for large consumer brands such as Titleist Golf.

A graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, where she studied Psychology and Education, Grace lives in the Greater Boston area and volunteers with several community organizations.

Shawna brings over a decade of experience working with C-Level executives in higher education, non-profit, healthcare, and technology. In her role as Senior Account Executive, she manages and implements fully integrated communications campaigns. She leverages her experience as a seasoned content creator and digital messaging strategist with a proven record of rapid growth. Shawna has created various content for brands such as Kate Spade New York, Investigation Discovery, Discovery Plus, Dunkin’, Nivea, Capsule, Winc, Ollie Pet Foods, MVMT, and more. She also served as Digital Media Strategist for Boston City Councilor At-Large, Erin J. Murphy.

Shawna has a Master of Arts in Political Science and Domestic Public Policy from Suffolk University and a BA in Journalism and Communications with a focus on Public Relations and Broadcast from the University of Iowa. She is highly devoted to the Boston community, human rights, voters’ rights, and the betterment of our country as well as the Chicago White Sox, New England Patriots, and her Brussels Griffon, Dennis.

Travis has more than two decades of experience in the communications industry – including senior-level positions overseeing energy, healthcare, non-profit and education practices at leading communications firms. In his role as Senior Vice President at Slowey McManus Communications (SMC), Travis oversees high profile accounts within our healthcare & biotech and energy & environment practice areas where he has led successful thought leadership campaigns, messaging and positioning work and broad advocacy initiatives. He also spearheads many of the agency’s new business efforts and implemented numerous best practices across the firm.

Travis is passionate about working with and helping tell the stories of mission-driven organizations and companies that are having a positive impact on people’s lives and their communities. During his career, Travis has worked with clients of all sizes from global health technology companies to education non-profits to clean technology to start-ups. He has helped build successful media relations efforts, thought leadership programs, corporate communications initiatives, messaging and positioning efforts, crisis communications protocols and cause marketing campaigns.

Prior to joining SMC, Travis held leadership roles at several reputable firms including Solomon McCown (SM&) where he oversaw the healthcare and mission practice and Lois Paul and Partners (LPP) where he was a senior member of the healthcare practice. Prior to SM& and LPP, Travis worked with Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications for over ten years where he helped build their energy, emerging technology and biotech practice.

Travis has a long history of involvement with statewide and national political campaigns. A proud graduate of Emerson College, Travis currently serves as Immediate Past President of the Emerson College Alumni Board. He is also a member of the Brand Messaging Advisory Group for Atrium School in Watertown, MA. Travis lives in Natick with his wife and two daughters.

Paris comes to Slowey McManus with four years of experience in television news, providing a fresh outlook on the journalism industry for our clients. Paris helps pitch creative stories that will capture the media’s attention.

Paris was a general assignment reporter for Western Mass News (ABC 40/FOX 6/CBS 3) for the past two years. Prior to that, she worked in Southern West Virginia as a multimedia journalist. Through her career, she’s told countless stories that captured the hearts of the public, and promoted change throughout the community.

Paris graduated from High Point University with a Bachelors in Strategic Communications and a minor in journalism. When she’s not working for our clients, she’s hanging out with her two rescue dogs, Boomer and Mully, or exploring new restaurants with her husband Zack.

Tom is currently an Assistant Account Executive with Slowey/McManus Communications. With a strong interest in research and social media strategy, Tom proves as a secure asset in gathering resources and managing social media accounts for various clients. He has a particular interest in the non-profit sector, bringing with him a broad array of skills to assist those who need it most.

Tom joined the Slowey McManus team as a sophomore at Bentley University, where he recently earned his B.S. in Marketing and minor in Information Design and Corporate Communication. Additionally, he had the opportunity to study at the University of Manchester in England, where he had a focus in international marketing. He currently resides in Melrose, MA.