Location: Washington, D.C.

Freddy Noch

Freddy has experience in political and international relations, with a focus on public policy research and policy analysis. Before Avoq, Freddy served as a legislative aide for Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) where he handled a policy portfolio encompassing commerce, foreign affairs and human rights issues. He has also worked at the United Nations and on

Birhanie Geleto

Dedicated and results-drive, Birhanie has more than 20 years of experience in finance and accounting. She specializes in managing company-wide financial decisions and policy strategy, analyzing budgets, mitigating risks, and streamlining systems to improve accuracy and profitability. She’s overseen the finances for businesses across industries — from communications agencies to behavioral health care facilities. Before

Bonni Dinerstein

Bonni is a brand strategist with extensive experience building memorable brands across numerous sectors, including consumer packaged goods, tech, retail, quick-service restaurants, and banking. In addition to qualitative and quantitative research, this involves brand architecture, proposition development, campaign briefing and competitive benchmarking. Bonni has spent most of her career in full-service advertising agencies, most recently

Acantay Patton

Acantay thrives on using art direction to tackle organizations and institutions’ most significant challenges. Always in search of impactful solutions, he embraces innovation and introduces fresh perspectives. Prior to Avoq, Acantay served as a senior creative for three years at BRINK, a creative agency in Arizona. He focused on integrated marketing endeavors, blending art direction,

Nicholas Couch

Nick specializes in legislative tracking and Senate hearing coverage. He supports clients across industries and sectors, with a primary focus on energy, environmental and transportation issues. Before starting his current role at Avoq, Nick was the executive assistant for the government relations team. Prior to Avoq, he interned with Representative Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) and worked

Becca Riley

Becca specializes in end-to-end project management for diverse production types, including broadcast, social video, still shoots and campaigns. She has specific expertise in post production management and workflow supervision. Becca has worked with clients across a variety of industries and sectors — from nonprofits to companies in the automotive, healthcare, education, lawn care, and construction

Holly Sheldon

Holly specializes in creating strategic content and conceptual copy across multiple marketing platforms. She works with an array of clients to help bring their brand voice to life. Before Avoq, Holly was a senior copywriter for the content studio at Hilton Hotels Worldwide, crafting copy for various hotel brands, key destinations, the Hilton Honors loyalty

Lizzy Coplin

Lizzy specializes in creative project management and production, particularly in the impact storytelling space. She has produced high-profile campaigns and films for renowned Fortune 500 companies, global nonprofits, broadcast networks and more. Before Avoq, Lizzy served as the executive producer and senior project manager for People’s Television in New York City. Prior to that, she

Daniel Zaretsky

As executive assistant to two of the firm’s managing partners, Daniel specializes in internal communications, organization and logistics. He coordinates schedules, plans and executes company-wide events and initiatives, prepares materials for meetings and client events, and interacts with guests. Before Avoq, Daniel worked as a communications and policy intern at the U.S. Council for International

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