Bridget Paverd is the founding partner of the Delaware-based strategic communications company GillespieHall which was acquired by Slice Communications in January 2023. Paverd is a crisis, media management & reputation specialist with over 20 years’ experience working with local and international companies and institutions in the USA, UK, South Africa, Australia and British Virgin Islands. An active member of the National Federation of Press Women and regular media product judge, Paverd is a consulting crisis and media trainer at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.