What Rasky Partners does

Rasky Partners, Inc. is a privately held public relations, lobbying, and public affairs firm headquartered in Boston (14 Beacon St., Suite 401) with a Washington, DC regional office (50 F Street NW, Suite 300). The firm was formed from the January 2014 merger of Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications with Prism Public Affairs, valued at approximately $15 million at the time, and rebranded to its current name in 2017 after a corporate split. It employs 101–250 people and serves clients across energy, environment, healthcare, education, nonprofit, defense, technology, real estate, hospitality, and financial services sectors, with documented engagements for enterprises (Raytheon, ENGIE, Veolia, Red Hat, Sonder), startups (Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Carbon Clean), and nonprofits/associations (Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester, Museum of Science, Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists).

The firm's core service lines are public relations, government relations, public affairs, crisis communications, media relations, and marketing communications — delivered as a professional services offering with no proprietary technology platform. Engagements are custom and quote-based on scope, producing the entirety of revenue through professional services billings to enterprise clients, trade associations, and nonprofit organizations under a horizontal segmentation approach across multiple industries. Government relations spans federal, state, and municipal levels including legislative advocacy, procurement support, codes and regulations consulting, and issue tracking. Crisis communications is anchored by Principal Justine Griffin, who publishes a weekly "Crisis Corner" column distributed via the firm's blog and media outlets.

Distribution is direct enterprise field sales from the two offices, supported by organic marketing channels (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter), executive thought leadership placements, and content marketing via the firm's blog. The competitive moat is built on a talent bench that includes former Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray, former House Ways and Means Chair Jeffrey Sánchez, and longtime Kennedy insider Graham Shalgian, whose bipartisan relationship network is positioned as a structural advantage over single-market competitors. The firm self-describes as one of the largest privately held communications firms in New England and one of the largest and most respected independent PR and public affairs firms in the nation.

Name

Rasky Partners

Legal name

Rasky Partners, Inc.

Website

https://rasky.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Rasky Partners, Inc. is a privately held public relations, lobbying, and public affairs firm with offices in Boston and Washington, DC, serving enterprises, startups, trade associations, and nonprofits across energy, healthcare, education, defense, technology, and real estate sectors with strategic communications, crisis management, and government relations services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Relations and Public Affairs Services

NAICS

Public Relations Agencies (54182), Public Relations Agencies (541820), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418), Media Representatives (54184)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Affairs & Government Relations (MPAAADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Affairs, Government Relations & Lobbying (BPAFADAB), Media Relations & Press Office Services (MPAAADAI), Public Sector & Policy Consulting (BPAHACAN)

Keywords

• Public relations services
• Government relations
• Crisis communications
• Public affairs consulting
• Media relations

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Strategic Communications Consulting: Professional services revenue generated through strategic communications counsel, crisis management, public affairs, government relations, and marketing communications services for enterprise clients including startups, trade associations, cross-industry coalitions, and established companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Rasky Partners is a public relations, lobbying, and public affairs firm that delivers strategic communications counsel and hands-on implementation to clients. Its core service lines include public relations, government relations at federal/state/municipal levels, public affairs, crisis communications, media relations, and marketing communications, delivered by teams in Washington, DC and Boston.

Product overview

Rasky Partners is a public relations, lobbying and public affairs firm offering a comprehensive suite of communications and government relations services. The firm operates as a single integrated service offering rather than a software platform, providing public relations, government relations, public affairs, crisis communications, media relations, and marketing communications as its core service lines. These services are delivered through teams of experts based in Washington, DC and Boston, serving clients across industries including energy, environment, financial, technology, healthcare, hospitality, sports, education, and real estate sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Budget line item grew from $400,000 to $3.2 million for Mass Insight
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers28 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Prism Public AffairsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 January 2014Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications (RBSC) and Prism Public Affairs merged in January 2014 to form one of the leading independent public affairs firms in the country. The merger combined RBSC's reputation management and corporate communications capabilities with Prism's public affairs offerings. The new firm was valued at approximately $15 million at the time of merger. The combined entity rebranded to simply Rasky Partners.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hill+Knowlton Strategies: Hill+Knowlton is a global public relations firm with a strong public affairs and lobbying practice. Comparable in offering government relations and strategic communications, though at much larger scale and broader geographic coverage.
• FleishmanHillard: FleishmanHillard is a global PR firm with a public affairs and government relations practice. Comparable overlap in media relations, crisis communications, and public affairs, but operates as part of Omnicom's global network.
• Burson (formerly BCW): Burson is a major global public relations and public affairs firm formed by the merger of Burson-Marsteller and BCW. Offers overlapping government relations and communications services as part of WPP's broader portfolio.
• Weber Shandwick: Weber Shandwick is a top-five global PR network with a public affairs practice. Offers overlapping communications, public affairs, and crisis services as part of a broader portfolio rather than specializing in regional public affairs like Rasky.
• Edelman: Edelman is the world's largest independent PR firm with a sizable public affairs practice. Broader incumbent offering corporate communications, public affairs, and government relations across global markets - overlaps with Rasky but at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Marathon Strategies: Marathon is a strategic communications and public affairs firm headquartered in NYC. Directly comparable as a mid-sized firm offering crisis communications, media relations, and government relations to corporate clients.
• SKDK: SKDK is a top-tier political consulting and public affairs firm headquartered in NYC/DC. Comparable as a mid-sized public affairs and strategic communications competitor serving corporate, advocacy, and political clients.
• The Hawthorn Group: Hawthorn is a public affairs and strategic communications firm with offices in DC and several state capitals. Comparable to Rasky Partners in providing integrated public affairs, government relations, and reputation management services to corporate and nonprofit clients.
• Mercury Public Affairs: Mercury is a leading bipartisan public affairs and strategic communications firm with offices nationwide. Directly comparable to Rasky Partners in combining government relations, public affairs, and crisis communications for corporate and nonprofit clients.

Emerging players

• ROKK Solutions: ROKK is a bipartisan public affairs firm specializing in advocacy, communications, and coalition building. Emerging player with overlapping public affairs services, particularly in energy and infrastructure sectors where Rasky is also active.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/raskypartners
• Facebookfacebook.com/raskypartners
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rasky-partners
• Instagraminstagram.com/raskypartners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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