Aidan Ryan
Head of North America Issues & Crisis | PR Week 40 Under 40 | APR
- Role
- Co-founder and Publisher at Foundlings Press
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Aidan Ryan
I counsel executives and corporate boards on mission-critical issues impacting their brand, bottom line, and license to operate. My expertise includes crisis management, litigation and legal affairs, geopolitical issues, workforce issues and employee experience, and reputational risk mitigation. As Senior Vice President and Crisis + Issues lead for North America at We. Communications, I\'ve counseled companies from Fortune 10s to unicorn startups through bet-the company litigation, business and shareholder disputes, labor relations and corporate campaigns, environmental crises, data breaches, corporate espionage, sexual abuse and misconduct, high-profile government investigations, DE & I and cultural transformation, and geopolitical risk management. I also have experience in guiding clients through leadership transitions, private funding rounds, executive Congressional testimony, rebranding, and other critical events in the life of a company. I regularly provide expert commentary to media outlets on crisis management, reputation risks, and the business of law. Recognitions include PRWeek\'s 40 Under 40 (2025) and Lawdragon\'s Top 100 Global Leaders in Strategy & Consulting (2022).Highlights include- Acting as spokesperson for the trustees of an elite research university during a high-stakes investigation- Preparing a tech CEO for a Congressional committee hearing (including authoring testimony) that led to the passage of the $52B CHIPS Act- Guiding a global financial company through the announcement of a multibillion-dollar fine and rare corporate guilty plea tied to the resolution of DOJ and SEC investigations- Helping defend a $6B federal contract from legal challenges and political attacks- Helping to secure major investments for workers while avoiding reputation-damaging conflict in collective bargaining In addition to my work in the corporate world, I am a writer, filmmaker, and publisher.
Experience
Co-founder and Publisher
Sep 2015 — Present · Buffalo, NY, US
Four friends started a poetry magazine in Buffalo, NY in 2015. That magazine grew into the independent publishing company Foundlings Press, now home of the Strays chapbook series, the Ralph Angel Poetry Prize, the anthology Constant Stranger, and many other projects. As publisher and managing partner I oversee Foundlings\' business, legal, and editorial affairs.
Education
Canisius University
Bachelor's degree, Creative Writing
2011 — 2014
St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute
High School
The University of Edinburgh
Master's Degree, United States Literature
2014 — 2015
Skills
- Google Classroom
- Conflict Resolution
- Microsoft Office
- Journalism
- Poetry
- Magazines
- Copy Editing
- Writing
- Books
- Classroom Management
- Newspapers
- Public Speaking
- Creative Writing
- Social Networking
- Classroom Instruction
- Fiction
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Short Stories
- Microsoft Word
- Project Management
- Editing
- Publishing
- Social Media
- Student Counseling
- Non-Fiction
- Novels
- Powerpoint
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