Clarity. Precision. Success.
With a strong track record of winning complex and high-stakes public affairs battles, Kestrel helps sharpen the focus on your biggest challenges. As a leading Public Relations & Strategic Communications firm located in Columbus, Ohio, we specialize in creating specific, actionable, and measurable solutions that reach your key audiences and advance your mission.
About Us
Small but powerful, Kestrel packs a punch. Expect personal and specialized attention from leading experts in public relations and strategic communications who are deeply committed to your success.
Jen Detwiler
Partner
Jonathan Varner
Partner
What We Do
Strategy
We solve problems by helping organizations identify and define challenges and create actionable plans that leverage their resources to maximum benefit and value, with measurable results across strategic communications, crisis response, reputation management, and leadership visibility.
Advocacy
We craft advocacy campaigns aligned with your goals and priorities by building coalitions, engaging stakeholders, and leveraging media to amplify your message, shape public opinion, and influence key decision-makers across government affairs and public affairs, supported by targeted advocacy advertising that drives real policy change.
Public Relations
It’s not just saying the right thing. You need to reach the right audiences, at the right time, in the right way. We help you take complex issues and distill them into manageable messaging. Then, we make sure those messages reach the right people at the right time, with a calm hand and a strong sense of urgency.
Ballot Issues
We are the best ballot issue team in Ohio. No firm is better equipped to guide you through every stage of your ballot issue campaign, from stakeholder management and legislation drafting, to petition management and voter contact. We have the expertise and experience
to win.
Our Clients
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Success Stories
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Frequently Asked Questions
What sets your firm apart from other public relations firms in Ohio?
Strong public relations firms are defined not by activity but by whether they can move an issue, shape perception, and deliver results when it matters. At Kestrel, we pair senior media-relations and public-affairs experience with deep crisis and strategic-consulting capabilities, focusing on regulated industries, ballot and advocacy work, and targeted advocacy advertising to build coalitions, protect reputations, and drive measurable policy and public-opinion outcomes.
How does Kestrel approach strategic communications?
A strategic communications firm focuses on how messages are developed, positioned, and delivered in complex environments. That can include deliverables like crisis communication pieces, media training and strategy, and stakeholder engagement. Each piece is aligned to a specific objective rather than treated as a standalone tactic.
Strong public relations firms are defined not by activity but by whether they can move an issue, shape perception, and deliver results when it matters. At Kestrel, we pair senior media-relations and public-affairs experience with deep crisis and strategic-consulting capabilities, focusing on regulated industries, ballot and advocacy work, and targeted advocacy advertising to build coalitions, protect reputations, and drive measurable policy and public-opinion outcomes.
A strategic communications firm focuses on how messages are developed, positioned, and delivered in complex environments. That can include deliverables like crisis communication pieces, media training and strategy, and stakeholder engagement. Each piece is aligned to a specific objective rather than treated as a standalone tactic.
How does public affairs fit into your work?
Public affairs is often where communications and decision-making intersect. It involves understanding how policy, public perception, and stakeholder priorities influence outcomes. Our approach integrates public affairs into broader strategy so that messaging supports both immediate goals and long-term positioning.
What types of organizations do you typically work with?
Most of our work involves organizations navigating complex or high-visibility situations, particularly in regulated or scrutinized industries such as healthcare, pharma, insurance, and marijuana, as well as areas like hazardous waste and ballot issues. The common thread is the need for clarity, discipline, and a strategy that holds up under pressure.
Public affairs is often where communications and decision-making intersect. It involves understanding how policy, public perception, and stakeholder priorities influence outcomes. Our approach integrates public affairs into broader strategy so that messaging supports both immediate goals and long-term positioning.
Most of our work involves organizations navigating complex or high-visibility situations, particularly in regulated or scrutinized industries such as healthcare, pharma, insurance, and marijuana, as well as areas like hazardous waste and ballot issues. The common thread is the need for clarity, discipline, and a strategy that holds up under pressure.
Contact Us
How can we help you create a winning strategy?
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614-285-6855
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info@kestrelpr.com
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2323 W. 5th Avenue, Ste. 120
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