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 adviser 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 in 2010, he helped the party achieve its largest election victory since the 1920's.
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.
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