PR Masters Series Podcast, Episode #70 – Stewart Hall, CEO & Managing Partner of Public Policy Holding Company Inc.
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About the PodcastThe Stevens Group has been presenting the PR Masters Series Podcast for more than two years now. This series is part of the ongoing partnership between The Stevens Group and CommPRO to bring to PR, digital/interactive and marketing communications agencies the wisdom of those who have reached the top of the PR profession. Today’s special guest is Stewart Hall, CEO & Managing Partner of Public Policy Holding Company Inc.
About Our GuestStewart Hall is CEO & Managing Partner of Public Policy Holding Company Inc., which he co-founded in 2014, and co-founder and Chairman of Crossroads Strategies, LLC (CRS).
Stewart began his career as Legislative Director to Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) from 1992-1996. During this time, Stewart acquired a substantial background in defense policy, appropriations, financial services, and Senate procedure. In 1999, he co-founded Federalist Group, LLC as his first private sector venture.
Under his guidance as CEO, Federalist Group was ultimately acquired by Ogilvy Public Relations, a WPP company, in 2005 and proceeded to double in size during the four years after the transaction under his continued leadership.
In 2010, Stewart co-founded CRS and in 2014, CRS was merged to form PPHC – the first full-service organization dedicated to synthesizing all disciplines of the public policy economy in a multi-brand, horizontally integrated company.
As Managing Partner of PPHC, Stewart has overseen an organization that has achieved a 30% plus compound annual growth rate each year through merger, acquisition, and organic growth and has grown to over 200 employees nationwide.
Stewart is a graduate of the University of Alabama and earned an MA and Ph.D. in Government from the University of Virginia.
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