{"id":75,"date":"2021-08-03T19:19:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T00:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pm101prod.wpengine.com\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2021-10-07T15:52:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T19:52:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.pm101.live\/?page_id=75","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_510472248\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-676078432\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-676078432 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-94008113\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-27592576\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-547469246\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                                    \n                    <\/div>\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1815891700\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1815891700 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-1815891700 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-1815891700 {\n    width: 60%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"height-fix is-invisible\"><img width=\"341\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.pm101.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Justin-Higgins.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n            \n<style>\n#banner-547469246 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/staging.pm101.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Justin-Higgins.jpg);\n}\n#banner-547469246 .bg {\n  background-position: 45% 50%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-856800897\" class=\"col medium-4 small-11 large-4\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"uppercase\"><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">JUSTIN HIGGINS<\/span><\/h1>\n<h4><em>Co-Founder<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Justin relies on his 7 years of communications and policy experience at the highest levels of U.S. politics to ensure that tech startups most efficiently leverage PR to raise, scale, hire and break through the noise to win business.<\/p>\n<p>Before his career in PR, Justin led the legislative and media strategies addressing Hurricane Maria as an appointed official for the Democratic Government of Puerto Rico. His leadership resulted in $10s of billions in U.S. Government funding and increased awareness of the humanitarian disaster through numerous TV broadcast hits and stories in the AP, NYT, Washington Post, among other outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to switching political parties, Justin was an advisor to a U.S. Congressman and then managed a national opposition research portfolio for the Republican National Committee during the 2016 presidential campaign to influence top-tier print and broadcast outlets.<\/p>\n<p>In his free time, Justin enjoys hiking and working out, spending time with his oversized and very loud dog named Brady, and is an avid New England sports fan.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-86476092\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-86476092 {\n  padding-top: 6px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"x\" target=\"_blank\" data-label=\"Facebook\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline facebook tooltip\" title=\"Follow on Facebook\"><i class=\"icon-facebook\" ><\/i><\/a><a href=\"x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-label=\"Instagram\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline  instagram tooltip\" title=\"Follow on Instagram\"><i class=\"icon-instagram\" ><\/i><\/a><a href=\"x\" target=\"_blank\"  data-label=\"Twitter\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline  twitter tooltip\" title=\"Follow on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon-twitter\" ><\/i><\/a><a href=\"mailto:x\" data-label=\"E-mail\"  rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline  email tooltip\" title=\"Send us an email\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" ><\/i><\/a><a href=\"x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline  linkedin tooltip\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" ><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#col-856800897 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_510472248 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1881951689\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-376687332\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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