Curtis Robinson

Curtis Robinson has executed grassroots communications strategies for virtually every high-profile public affairs issue in the past decade, ranging from such controversial and high-profile debates as tobacco and stem cell research.

He is equally steeped in the publishing industry. Currently the founding president of Volume One Publishing, he is bridging the gap between traditional print news and online publishing in culturally significant U.S. markets.

Robinson's experience ranges from covering Margaret Thatcher for Reuters News Service to editing the 10,000-circulation Aspen Daily News, and has included positions as editor and managing editor at newspapers in Kentucky, Colorado, Alabama and California, as well as director of new media for a newspaper Web site honored in 1999 by the National Newspaper Association of America as the best online newspaper in the under-70,000 circulation category.

Additionally, Robinson has served as a political consultant in California, where he directed opposition research, grassroots media, and strategy for several successful municipal campaigns, and has collaborated with national authors on books published by Random House and Simon & Schuster.

Formerly a Partner with Qorvis Communications, he was also with the Direct Impact Company, one of the pioneers in grassroots campaigns.  At Direct Impact he was Vice President of Media Relations, responsible for leading all strategic media and communications efforts for the company and developing innovative approaches to helping clients earn media coverage that disseminates information and campaign messages through a variety of mass-media channels.

Specialties: publishing, grass roots campaigns design and execution, media relations

Experience:Qorvis CommunicationsDirect ImpactAspen Daily News