ABOUT US

As a boutique firm, we are able to concentrate our work on a select list of clients which allows us to provide the highest quality of work for those that put their trust in our work for their organizational services. The philosophy of our firm is to limit the number of clients in order to provide in-depth service and attention leading not only to success in attaining immediate goals but also to the development of strong public relations, community awareness, governmental representation and grassroots mobilization to support those efforts.

The combination of skills, experience, specialization and expertise benefits the groups we work with through access to contacts, strong strategy development and follow though for your program and transference of inertia to your group which will keep our efforts going well into the future. Here's a little bit more about us and our experience:

KEN ARMSTRONG has 20 years of experience working with the Oregon Legislature. Previous to the establishment of Armstrong Public Affairs & Communications, Mr. Armstrong served as Executive Director of the Oregon Public Ports Association and prior to that as Special Projects Manager for the Port of St. Helens. He has worked as editor of a weekly newspaper, and is a journalism graduate of the University of Oregon. Ken's governmental affairs experience includes working with all aspects of the legislative process, including helping clients identify and develop legislative agendas, developing strategies to accomplish legislative objectives and tracking objectives through the process to completion (e.g., either passage or defeat of specific legislation). Ken has years of experience working on both legislative policy concepts and budget packages resulting in not only funding for clients but also a more well defined voice within the entire budget process.

NICOLE ARMSTRONG holds a B.A. in Sociology from Willamette University and has served as Interim Executive Director of the Friends of the Children Oregon Initiative. She came to Friends from Saturday Academy, a science and math enrichment program, where she served as Program Manager. Nicole has also worked with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation as Oregon Director of Development and Public Relations and served on the Komen Portland Race for the Cure Executive Committee. She was chosen as a Leadership Fellow by the Kellogg Fellowship Program and graduated with her MBA from George Fox University in May 2004 where she was invited to be an adjunct professor in public relations and communications. Nicole’s expertise lies in developing effective and innovative strategies for specific goals related to increasing income, developing new funding streams, revising statute in order to meet priorities of the entities she has represented. This experience includes creation of legislative strategy locally and federally, developing grassroots campaigns and strategy to support those legislative efforts and providing research, monitoring and analysis of political affairs, issues, legislative opinions and political and regulatory activity for purposes of government relations strategy.