Lang Taylor, Ltd. Lang Taylor, Ltd is a public affairs and political consulting firm in Providence, RI, that focuses on all aspects of political campaigns, and offers strategic development, speechwriting and other communications services to both nonprofits and businesses. Whether you are a political candidate or a community leader, a nonprofit or a business, getting your message and ideas heard in the media is one of the biggest challenges you face. With our experience in crafting the right message and creating a plan on how to get that message out, we are well positioned to help our clients break through. Ian Lang has extensive experience in political campaigns, federal and state government, and organizational development. Prior to cofounding Lang Taylor, Lang served as campaign manager for Senator Lincoln Chafee’s reelection effort. As Campaign Manager, Lang developed and managed an earned and paid media strategy that allowed Senator Chafee to retain an approval rating of over sixty percent on Election Day, and led the direct mail and phone get-out-the-vote effort, which set a record for Republican primary voter turnout in Rhode Island, eclipsing the old mark by more than 30 percent. Lang’s experience also includes involvement in the launch of First Focus, a national bipartisan child and family advocacy organization affiliated with America’s Promise, and service as the Chief of Staff at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, where he oversaw the daily policy and management activities for the 3,000-person agency. Catherine Taylor served the Chafees in the Senate for 20 years, both in Washington and Rhode Island, first as a legislative assistant for defense and foreign policy for Senator John Chafee. She became speechwriter during the intensive effort to enact health care reform in 1993-4, and then moved to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in 1995 to serve as speechwriter to Chairman Chafee. She served as speechwriter and senior editor on the staff of Senator Lincoln Chafee for his entire Senate tenure. Taylor’s writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Providence Journal, the Washington Post, The Hill and The New York Times. Taylor also has extensive experience with running nonprofit boards and committees, fundraising, and strategic planning. This will be the fourth collaboration between Lang and Taylor; in addition to Lincoln Chafee’s 2006 reelection campaign, they worked together on the Christy Ferguson for Congress campaign in 2002, and on Senator Chafee’s Providence staff in 2001. But the working relationship between the two families goes back almost 100 years, to the Lorraine Mill in Pawtucket, RI. Catherine Taylor’s husband’s great-grandfather, James R. MacColl, served as the CEO, while Ian Lang’s great-grandfather, James Baldwin, headed the Cost Department. A century ago, the cloth woven by our two families helped to sustain an era of unprecedented prosperity in Rhode Island. At Lang Taylor, we are continuing in that tradition, this time weaving together strategies for our clients to use to tell their unique and compelling stories of innovation, of reform, of political courage, of a vision for a brighter future.
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