Tony Blankley, Edelman's executive vice president for global public affairs, has been at the intersection of Washington politics, media and public policy for more than 25 years. From a speechwriter in the Reagan White House to Speaker Newt Gingrich's press secretary to the editorial pages of The Washington Times, Tony has done it all and has a well deserved reputation as one of the capital's most accurate and sage commentators and strategists.

Anthony (Toby) Moffett is a senior consultant to Edelman and chairman of the Podesta Livingston Moffett Group, a bipartisan government relations firm. A former congressman from Connecticut and internationally honored environmental champion, Toby is a fixture in Democratic national politics.