A proven leader in national security
and political strategy consulting

Brighton Strategy Group is a full-service national security and political strategy consulting practice based in Washington, specializing in senior counsel and engagement in reputation enhancement and issues management.

Please contact us to discuss how we might assist you:

Brighton Strategy Group
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
202-349-3662
info@brightonstrategy.com

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A quarter century of global experience

With over 25 years of global experience, we help clients understand the ever-shifting national security policy landscape and navigate its complexities as part of overall strategic planning.

We provide a full suite of political consulting services to candidates for federal office and to issue advocacy groups looking to focus public debate around key policy priorities.

We have testified before the U.S. Senate on crisis management best practices, and we have led strategic engagements with some of the world’s most respected government leaders, political candidates, companies and CEOs on many high-profile issues, including:

National security policy communications
Political and issue campaigns
Congressional testimony and investigations
Major product recalls

Multi-billion-dollar mergers/acquisitions
Litigation communications, including class actions
Regulatory scrutiny and leadership changes
Earnings/financial communications

We specialize in leading strategic engagements on difficult reputational challenges for top global companies. We have:

Advised the board of a top university on the early replacement of a popular president
Stood up and managed an industry coalition for healthcare companies facing congressional and regulatory scrutiny
Directed strategy and messaging on one of the largest medical product recalls in history, including class-action suits
Counseled a global services company on its exit from the U.S. market, involving thousands of layoffs and congressional hearings

Prepared dozens of executives for congressional testimony and media engagement around core threats to company reputation
Served a central role in the successful defeat of a board challenge from a leading activist shareholder
Managed the national response around a fatal industrial accident involving a top global company
Helped a company cooperate with federal authorities in the arrest of employees for violating export protocols of sensitive technology

Please contact us to discuss our work further.

John Ullyot

Managing Partner

Mr. Ullyot is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and has over 25 years of global experience in strategic counsel on national security and political strategy in the public and private sectors.

National security counselor

Mr. Ullyot has served as a senior adviser on national security, foreign policy and military affairs at the highest levels of government over the last 25 years, both in the White House and the U.S. Senate.

He was chief spokesman for the National Security Council and Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, as well as a senior staff member and director of communications for the U.S. Senate Committees on Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs.

A former intelligence officer and scout sniper platoon commander in the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr. Ullyot served on the U.S.-Mexico border supporting the U.S. Border Patrol with Joint Task Force-6, and in jungle warfare training with the French Foreign Legion in South America.

He is a columnist and frequent analyst/contributor on national security issues, including conflicts in the Middle East/Israel/Iran, Russia/Ukraine, Great Power Competition with China, and illegal immigration/border security.

Republican strategist

Mr. Ullyot is a leading Republican strategist and political consultant with service spanning three decades in senior roles on campaigns for president and the U.S. Senate. He was a Trump 2016 campaign senior advisor, and held top staff positions at Republican National Conventions, as well as on U.S. Senate races and the presidential transition team.

He provides regular commentary in national media on political races and debates over societal and cultural issues such as crime, identity politics, and maintaining high standards in the U.S. military.

A former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Mr. Ullyot is a graduate of Harvard College and the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute in Moscow, and speaks business-level French, German and Russian.

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A proven leader in national security and political strategy consulting

A quarter century of global experience

John Ullyot

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A proven leader in national security
and political strategy consulting