Ryan J. Taylor, Founder & CEO

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With experience on Capitol Hill, K Street, and the campaign trail,  Ryan J. Taylor, our founder and CEO, knows how Washington works. In the 20 years prior to starting 440 Strategies, Ryan was a senior leader at one of Washington's top 10 bipartisan public affairs firms, and served as a senior advisor and communications strategist to four U.S. Senators and a member of Congress. 

Ryan's media relations and public affairs expertise is focused on crafting strategies and messages that resonate with policymakers, voters, and the press. His deep understanding of the political process has been instrumental time and again in advising numerous high-profile clients and coalitions navigate Washington.

On Capitol Hill, Ryan served as communications director from 2013-2018 for Mississippi's senior U.S. Senator Roger Wicker. He also served as a senior policy adviser to Wyoming's U.S. Senator John Barrasso on the Senate Republican Policy Committee. As Senator Barrasso's campaign manager in 2012, he helped Senator Barrasso win in a landslide with 75.9 percent of the vote. As Executive Director of the Wyoming Republican Party, he helped the party win its biggest election in 90 years.

Ryan is regularly featured on Fox News Channel, and other media platforms like Bloomberg, POLITICO, and McClatchy. He graduated from the University of Wyoming. He and his wife, Bevin, live in Alexandria, Va., with their two children, James and Charlotte.

Jennifer Johnson began her career in politics by working for her home-state Senator, United States Senate Whip Al Simpson of Wyoming. She gained experience working in U.S. Senate leadership before moving to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she served Representative Joel Hefley of Colorado, a senior Member of the Natural Resources Committee. Her western roots and work on Capitol Hill steered her to focus on issues related to energy and natural resources, agriculture, transportation and infrastructure, federal funding, and public lands – especially leasing and permitting projects on public lands. 

Throughout her career, Johnson has worked with a wide range of clients, including publicly traded and Fortune 500 corporations such as Equitrans Midstream, Quanta Services, and Pilot Flying J. She has also assisted small privately-owned businesses in securing permits for projects on federal lands. In addition to corporate clients, she has represented Native American Tribes, municipalities, universities, and non-profit organizations like the B&O Railroad Museum. 

In 2012, Jennifer Johnson founded the Bighorn Public Affairs Group, specializing in developing and managing legislative and government relations plans for its clients. Johnson has emphasized building strong relationships with members of Congress and their staff on both sides of the political aisle.  

Johnson holds a degree in marketing and corporate management from Florida Atlantic University. 

Having grown up in the Bighorn Mountains near the border of Montana and Wyoming, Jennifer Johnson thoroughly enjoys bringing senior congressional staffers to Wyoming each year on a fact-finding natural resources tour. She is also the proud parent of a sports-crazy teenaged son. 

Lisa Camooso Miller has been a notable

communications leader for the past 20 years in local, state and federal government posts, political campaigns and committees, as well as advocacy organizations. She regularly provides commentary in print, radio and television. She is the creator and host of the podcast, “The Friday Reporter.”

She served as the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity as head of media affairs and built a targeted nationwide outreach program for members of the media and public during the 2010 and 2012 election cycles. After the program was successfully implemented, National Journal featured the campaign in their cover story, “Paid to Juggle,” highlighting the organization as the new trade association model in D.C.

Miller was previously deputy communications director for the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives, where she played a role in the deployment of key government initiatives, such as the manufacturing and jobs report, and the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. She also served as the head of communications for the Republican National Committee, and managed a $1 million budget, a strong team of communications professionals, and both a national and statewide public affairs effort.

Prior to her time in Washington, D.C., Miller served under two New Jersey governors, where she participated in the recovery and rebuilding efforts following the attacks of September 11th. She served as political director of the N.J. state Republican party during the 2000 election cycle.

Miller is a native of Asbury Park, New Jersey. She holds an M.A. in corporate and public communications from Monmouth University and a B.A. in communications from The College of New Jersey. She and her husband have two children and live in Northern Virginia.