About

Our Vision
 
BergDavis Public Affairs is a leading public affairs consulting firm headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. We provide strategic communications consulting services to large and small companies across the United States. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional client services by:
 

 
Our Expertise
 
BergDavis Public Affairs specializes in targeted community and media relations campaigns designed to assist companies with reputation management, crisis communications, campaign management, lobbying and a host of other public affairs needs. We specialize in public affairs, not in chasing after the latest trend. We pride ourselves on being the best at what we do. Our approach is simple – to deliver measurable results.

Our communications strategies have been put to use by companies in a variety of industries including telecommunications, health care, retail, consumer products, hotels and resorts, residential and commercial development and biotechnology. BergDavis also works extensively with non-profit organizations and government agencies. We have a proven track record in the development and implementation of public relations strategies and communications campaigns throughout California and in selected cities across the country.

Following are the bios for some of our key personnel:
 
Jessica Berg

Jessica Berg's background in campaign politics and media strategy led her from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco where she established the professional consulting firm BergDavis Public Affairs with her partner Evette Davis. Ms. Berg and Ms. Davis supervise a staff which offers the highest quality counseling in media relations, community outreach, government affairs and lobbying. Ms. Berg specializes in crisis communications, community relations, reputation management, land use and labor relations practice areas.

Ms. Berg has advised numerous clients throughout California and beyond. She can often be found coordinating high level public affairs strategies in coordination with clients and their teams; supervising press outreach and fielding press inquiries; developing coalitions of community, business and political leaders; writing and producing persuasion materials, briefing papers, and press kits; serving as client spokesperson; conducting briefings for government officials; and organizing community outreach strategies and events.

Ms. Berg manages several of the firm's marquis clients including providing strategic guidance for Wal-Mart throughout Northern California. She is overseeing the firm's work to guide its clients in their efforts to build hundreds of units of housing throughout San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. Ms. Berg is also leading the communications and outreach team working to resurrect the historic Moulin Rouge Hotel & Casino in Uptown Las Vegas on behalf of Republic Urban Properties.

Ms. Berg has proven especially effective in bringing together coalitions to support proposed development projects, often bridging divergent community interests with those of the project sponsor. Her goal is to develop grassroots support for her clients which is both qualitative and quantitative in nature. She also counsels clients that there is a time to use the media for productive purposes, as well as a time to avoid the spotlight.

Additionally Ms. Berg is skilled at jumping into difficult crisis situations to provide common sense advice in the heat of the moment. In the past couple of years she has counseled entities dealing with sensitive issues that range from the unexpected arrest of a school teacher for inappropriate conduct to the unanticipated announcement of a new major league ballpark.

Before returning to the Bay Area, Ms. Berg worked for one of the nation's leading political consulting firms, Doak, Shrum, Harris, Carrier, Devine, assisting in the creation of political and communication strategies for state-wide and national political and public interest campaigns. Her work contributed to the election of numerous Senators, Governors and Congressional representatives, as well as the passage of legislative efforts aimed at reforming telecommunications and youth anti-smoking efforts.

Ms. Berg is an active member of San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) and Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW). She is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Oakland. Ms. Berg holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Evette Davis

Evette Davis is a veteran communications professional with close to 20 years of experience in politics, public relations and public affairs. A former journalist and congressional press secretary, Davis co-manages the firm's public affairs activities with her partner Jessica Berg. She also oversees the firm's campaign consulting services.

Davis is a skilled communications professional with relationships that extend well beyond San Francisco. Davis manages lobbying, grassroots outreach, coalition building, media relations, labor relations, crisis communications and litigation support for clients in cities across Northern California and beyond. She is known for her strategic messaging advice and her ability to help steer public conversation to meet her client's needs.

Davis is a trusted advisor to some of the country's largest corporations including The Home Depot and Wal-Mart. She also routinely provides strategic advice to some of San Francisco's largest companies, trade associations, cultural institutions, and non-profits. Davis' current and past clients include Babcock & Brown, Catellus/Prologis, the DeYoung Museum, the California Academy of Sciences, the Exploratorium, Ross Stores, Republic Urban Properties, Suncor Capital, the Hotel Council of San Francisco, the Committee on Jobs and others.

Davis's recent work includes co-managing a campaign to renew funding for San Francisco's Public Library System; helping gain approvals for Mint Plaza, an important public plaza at Fifth and Market streets; negotiating a crucial compromise regarding Saturday road closure in Golden Gate Park on behalf of the city's most popular cultural attractions; and gaining approval for the first Home Depot retail store in San Francisco.

Davis also manages the firm's pro-bono services. Current clients include City Car Share, the San Francisco Botanical Garden, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library and the San Francisco Public Library. Previous pro-bono clients include the Contemporary Jewish Museum and Jewish Vocational Services (JVS).

In 1994 Davis served as press secretary to Rep. Karen Shepherd (Utah), managing press operations for the Washington office. Additionally, she spent more than eight years working as a reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington DC., writing for the Alameda Newspaper Group, the San Francisco Business Times and the Weekly Bulletin, published by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute.

Davis holds a Bachelor's Degree in Communication from Mills College. She is a past member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). Davis also served as an Adjunct Professor at the Edward S. Ageno School of Business, Golden Gate University.

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