Jeff Eller is vice chairman of Public Strategies. Eller, who joined the firm in 1994 and previously led the company’s campaigns group, was promoted to president and CEO in 2006, and vice chairman in 2009. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our clients in the areas of campaign and crisis management. 

Eller coordinated the Public Strategies team that handled the communications and public affairs counseling for a private equity buyout of a major energy company. Other notable accomplishments have included orchestrating the media, lobbying and communications strategies for several leading corporations in high-profile crisis situations. He also has led multiple successful referendum campaigns for U.S. professional sports teams. 

Featured in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes ASAP, throughout his career, Eller has used emerging technologies to successfully open new public-policy communications frontiers. In fact, according to Forbes ASAP, "Eller may, in fact, be the most linked, multiplexed, plugged-in human being on the planet — or at least in politics."

Before joining Public Strategies, Eller served in the Clinton White House as deputy assistant to the president and director of media affairs. At the White House, Eller oversaw all regional and specialty media relations, as well as radio and television services. Daily, he and his staff staged presidential news conferences, administration interviews and other major media events, while constantly transmitting media briefings and documents into cyberspace via computer networks.

Eller began working for then-Governor Clinton in December 1991, first as Florida state campaign director, then as political communications director for the national campaign. He has been involved in numerous congressional and Senate campaigns, and worked for two members of Congress. He is a former award-winning television and radio reporter.