Alex Stanton • CEO

With more than 30 years experience in public relations, government affairs, marketing services and business development in a variety of industries, Alex Stanton has built a strong reputation as a valued partner for senior executives across multiple industries.

A hands-on manager who spends the majority of his time working directly with clients, Alex offers the combination of corporate/financial knowledge, operational expertise and strategic counsel that many companies need to seize opportunities and compete aggressively in a fast-moving business environment.

Employing an aggressive organic growth strategy, Alex helped build the New York firm of Dorf & Stanton Communications into a leading national PR agency that attracted many suitors and was eventually sold to Shandwick, now a unit of the Interpublic Group. Alex left the firm in 1995 to found Stanton Crenshaw Communications with the vision to create a best in class mid-size PR firm. Over 12 years, the firm emerged as a market leader with a dynamic client base and such industry recognitions as "Mid-Size PR Agency of the Year" from PR Week Magazine, and "Best New Agency" from Inside PR.

Alex has developed and managed successful PR and marketing programs that have won more than 20 communications industry awards. The companies Alex has worked with span a wide range of industry sectors and include Aetna Insurance, Boston Beer Company Sharp Electronics, Ford Motor Company, Monsanto, JM Eagle, Bessemer and Bain Capital, to name a few.

A frequent speaker on business strategy, marketing and communications issues, Alex has served as President of the Public Relations Society of America in New York and is currently a Director of the Young Presidents Organization. He also sits on boards of several companies and national charitable organizations.