Partner

  • Ryan Fraase

    Ryan Fraase

    Ryan Fraase is a Partner on the Digital team in the Public Affairs Department.  Ryan is a leader in the areas of profitability and operations. Prior to joining FTP, he implemented strategic initiatives and oversaw performance at Engage. Ryan also assisted in developing, implementing, and managing Engage’s company objectives and key results (OKRs), project and…

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  • Kristina Dunklin

    Kristina Dunklin

    Kristina Dunklin is a Partner at FTP. Kristina has extensive experience on Capitol Hill having worked for members of both the House Appropriations Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee. While in these roles, she primarily focused on health care, agriculture, and water and environmental issues. Her in-depth knowledge of the appropriations process has secured numerous…

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  • Bob Dold

    Bob Dold

    Bob Dold is a Partner for Public Affairs. He joined the firm in 2017 after two terms of representing Illinois’s 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a Congressman, Bob served on both the Financial Services and Ways & Means Committees where he was focused on access to capital for small businesses, tax…

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  • George Cooper

    George Cooper

    George Cooper is a Partner at FTP – and was also a Partner at FTP’s predecessor firm, Cauthen, Forbes & Williams, having joined in 2009. Mr. Cooper leads the firm’s natural resources and outdoor recreation government affairs practice, representing nonprofits, corporations and trade associations on policy related to natural resource conservation, public lands, marine fisheries,…

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  • Cindy Brown

    Cindy Brown

    Cindy Brown is Partner at FTP with more than 25 years of experience on Capitol Hill, trade associations, and nonprofit organizations. Cindy, a former Chief of Staff to Representative Ron Kind (D-WI), provides strategic advice on an array of critical issues including, health care, tax, trade, and technology. At FTP, she provides instrumental guidance to…

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  • Tate Bennett

    Tate Bennett

    Tate has over a decade of experience in both the executive and legislative branches of federal government. She has become a mainstay in the agriculture and nutrition policy arenas, having most recently served at the White House National Economic Council as Special Assistant to the President for Agriculture, Trade and Food Assistance. In this role,…

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  • Michelle Baker

    Michelle Baker

    Michelle Baker is a partner and head of client strategy on the Public Affairs team. She is public affairs and communications leader experienced across major corporate, government and nonprofit stakeholders. With a broad understanding of today’s complex policy, communications, and advocacy landscape, Michelle crafts groundbreaking initiatives addressing today’s pressing policy and advocacy challenges. Michelle has…

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