 Edward Rollins is Chairman of the Rollins Strategy Group, a communications and crisis management firm with offices in New York and Washington, D.C. He has long been considered one of America's premier political strategists and communication experts, specializing in issue, image and crisis campaigns on behalf of corporations, governments, and political candidates around the world.
Edward Rollins has served four United States Presidents, including two tours of duty at the White House as Assistant to the President. He was in charge of both the White House Office of Political Affairs and the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs as well as serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff. In 1984, Edward Rollins managed President Ronald Reagan's landslide reelection campaign. Edward Rollins also directed congressional relations at two cabinet agencies and served as the Chief of Staff for the Republicans in the California State Assembly. Edward Rollins was the first non member of Congress to serve as the Co-Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, of the National Republican Congressional Committee (the political and campaign arm of the House Republicans).
Within the United States, Edward Rollins has managed every type of political, corporate and advertising campaign imaginable, from the most successful presidential campaign in history to the defeat of the first sitting House Speaker (Tom Foley, 1994). During the more than thirty years Edward Rollins has been in politics, he has counseled Cabinet officers, U.S. Senators, governors, members of Congress, state legislators and city officials. In addition to managing President Reagan's campaign, Edward Rollins has had major roles in six other Presidential campaigns. He has also had involvement in hundreds of campaigns at the state, congressional and local level.
In the corporate world, Edward Rollins has advised Fortune 500 chief executives and leaders of major trade associations on corporate reputation, crisis management, advertising, public relations, and governmental affairs. In addition to running his own firm, he has served in management roles for three of the country's premier public relations companies. He was Executive Vice President of Robinson Lake; the Washington managing partner of The Sawyer-Miller Group; and Executive Vice President-General Manager of Edelman Public Affairs Worldwide.
Edward Rollins has worked with industry leaders A.T.&T. , U.P.S., Merck, Lockheed Martin, American Express, Consolidated Freight Lines, the American Association of Railroads, the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, and the National Association of Health Insurance.
In the international arena, Edward Rollins has had extensive experience in China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan and the Philippines where he has advised heads of state and executives of major corporations. Currently, he serves as the Economic Advisor to China's Jiansgu Province and the cities of Nanjing and Jinan. He is Co-Chairman of a Chinese joint venture, R&R International, a marketing and management consulting firm based in Beijing and affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Edward Rollins has been a political analyst for CBS News, NBC News and CNN. He has appeared regularly on Meet the Press, Face the Nation, This Week, Nightline, Crossfire, Larry King Live, CNN News Makers and many other talk shows.
His recent memoirs, Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms was the number one selling political book in 1996 and made the top of the New York Times and every other national best-seller list.
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