8150 Principal - Katherine Friess
A Principal at 8150, Ms. Friess is an experienced attorney and business consultant who provides sophisticated strategic and tactical advice to clients across an array of needs from contracting and legal services, to branding, market positioning, government relations, media relations, analyst relations, financing and provision of partnering opportunities. Her dedicated work has delivered success for major corporations and governments worldwide with a focus on the technology, energy and defense sectors. Katherine has extensive large agency public affairs experience, has served as a senior Congressional aide, and has started numerous entrepreneurial ventures. She also routinely serves as an M&A advisor to international investors, providing deal flow, competitive intelligence, and related services. An accomplished skier, Katherine loves the mountains of Colorado, perfecting her cooking skills and assisting numerous veterans organizations.
8150 Principal - Channing Nuss
A Principal at 8150, Channing Nuss brings over 20 years of combined media relations, communications, public affairs and strategic planning experience to any project including extensive senior level management experience. Mr. Nuss is a veteran government operations strategist with deep expertise in all aspects of program management, public affairs tactics and strategic communications. His career experience includes senior management roles in the U.S Congress, multiple non-profit organizations and a professional sports franchise. Channing is driven to produce outstanding results and has assisted numerous clients with non-profit strategy, international relief efforts,
marketing, social media, crisis communications,
strategic planning, grassroots development and event planning. When not working with clients, you can usually find him on a trail, trout stream or training for another marathon.