Evan Nierman is the CEO/founder of Red Banyan, a globally recognized public relations firm specializing in solving complex, highly sensitive, and mission-critical challenges. He has 20 years of experience in PR, marketing, crisis management, online media, public affairs, and international relations. He provides strategic communications counsel to top business leaders, government officials, presidential candidates, and private individuals. Previously, Nierman founded a Washington PR agency specializing in crisis management and foreign affairs, guiding international and corporate clients through high-stakes, complex situations. He was responsible for the agency’s largest and most complex account, the Government of Ethiopia. Nierman began his career at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, supervising publications and editing the organization’s flagship journal on Middle East policy, distributed biweekly to 100,000 readers on Capitol Hill.