Adam Talbot has spent nearly 15 years working at the highest levels of executive, corporate, and organizational communications. At the Human Rights Campaign, he helped craft a transformative, nationwide public affairs effort as historic marriage equality cases reached the U.S. Supreme Court. At Apple, he served as speechwriter to the CEO and built and led an executive communications and writing team.

As Founder of Pilotboat Strategies, Adam provides strategic communications counsel to executives, founders, and other senior leaders across a portfolio of clients that includes Fortune 500 companies, philanthropies, and startups. On complex matters ranging from corporate governance to investor relations, government controversies to crisis communications, Adam serves as a trusted partner to industry-shaping innovators and provides insight and leadership to client-side teams.