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“As a ‘consultancy of one,’ I bring a range of experience to bear and a network of longtime partners and trusted professionals to address any situation quickly and strategically.”
Founded in 2010, Ragusa is a public relations consultancy specializing in providing senior-level counsel to clients facing complex communications issues. Able to scale to meet clients’ ever-evolving needs, Ragusa taps into a network of trusted partners across various areas of expertise.
Biography
Todd Ragusa’s experience conceptualizing and managing highly successful campaigns has earned him a reputation as one of the top public relations strategists in the Gulf South. He has a depth of experience in communications, managing several nationally award-winning campaigns for public agencies, corporations, and large institutions.
Ragusa’s work focuses on projects that intersect with the public sector, and he is sought after for issues management and crisis communication. He has worked on national campaigns, such as the Climate Action Committee and the Campaign to Fix the Debt; for public agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health; and statewide and local campaigns for governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and political candidates. Most recently, Ragusa advised on winning campaigns for five of the seven New Orleans City Council members.
Experienced in litigation PR, Ragusa has worked alongside law firms in municipal courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, and the U.S. Court of Claims.
He has been responsible for achieving hundreds of millions of targeted media impressions, including features in top-tier media outlets such as BBC, CNN, PBS, Newsweek, Forbes, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and USA Today. Ragusa was honored as a national PR News 2012 Award finalist in the category of Media Relations.
Ragusa has written for several high-profile individuals, including then First Lady Laura Bush, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, then U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, then New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO U.S. Army General Wesley Clark (Retired), and U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, among others.
Prior to founding Ragusa Consulting, he oversaw operations in the New Orleans office of Marmillion + Company, a boutique PR agency that manages the AMERICA’S WETLAND campaign.
He holds a Master of Arts in International Studies from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Loyola University New Orleans. He is a Fellow of the Loyola University Institute of Politics in New Orleans.