Our Team
Our team of highly experienced practitioners handles work from start to finish, with no dilution, leveraged by exceptional technology.
Our expanding footprint spans the U.S., Canada, the U.K., the E.U., Singapore, and Latin America.
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Sarah Swinehart Massey
Sarah is a seasoned communications strategist with deep roots in public affairs and a reputation for calm, confident leadership in high-stakes environments. She has spent her career crafting people-centered narratives that drive policy impact and public engagement, serving as a trusted advisor to elected officials, global nonprofit leaders, and corporate executives.
Sarah Swinehart Massey
Senior Advisor
Sarah is a seasoned communications strategist with deep roots in public affairs and a reputation for calm, confident leadership in high-stakes environments. She has spent her career crafting people-centered narratives that drive policy impact and public engagement, serving as a trusted advisor to elected officials, global nonprofit leaders, and corporate executives.
As a former global spokesperson featured in Politico, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press, Sarah is known for helping leaders show up with clarity and confidence, from media interviews and board meetings to brand launches and moments of public scrutiny.
Before joining Stillpoint, Sarah led communications at the ONE Campaign, a global nonprofit founded by Bono to fight extreme poverty. There, she developed communications strategies that mobilized public support for policy change and produced award-winning brand and impact campaigns with A-list talent.
Earlier in her career, Sarah spent a decade on Capitol Hill, where she led media operations for two Speakers of the House. She managed more than 100 press conferences and high-level interviews and served as communications lead for major events with US presidents and international dignitaries, including overseeing all media planning and logistics for the historic visit of Pope Francis. At the House Ways and Means Committee, she led communications strategy on complex economic issues such as U.S. trade agreements, tariff policies, health care and tax reform.
Whether in the halls of Congress or on the global stage, Sarah brings a rare blend of strategic insight, message discipline, and a deep understanding of what moves people and policy.
Career Snapshot
The ONE Campaign – Senior Director of Strategic Communications
Edelman – Media & Crisis, DC Media Training Lead
Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan (R-WI) – Director of Media Affairs
Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH) – Director of Media Affairs
House Ways and Means Committee, Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) – Communications Director
Specialties
Public affairs and policy communications
Executive positioning and thought leadership
Media relations and broadcast media
Crisis communications
Change narrative and organizational restructuring
Advocacy and nonprofit communications strategy
Message development and storytelling
Catriona Woolner Winders
Cat is a corporate affairs strategist and serves as a trusted advisor to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, business leaders, and organisations confronting critical issues and reputation management opportunities.
Catriona Woolner Winders
Senior Advisor, UHNWI & Luxury 🇬🇧
Cat is a corporate affairs strategist and serves as a trusted advisor to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, business leaders, and organisations confronting critical issues and reputation management opportunities.
Combining a deep understanding of integrated brand strategy with creative communications, Cat aligns corporate narrative with risk management, helping organisations elevate their competitive position, build stakeholder trust, and drive sustainable growth. Throughout her career, Cat has guided UHNWs, industry leaders, and public figures on developing legacies and navigating critical issues discreetly and effectively.
Among her professional highlights are highly confidential legacy projects for private clients, the creation of Selfridges’ Project Earth, an industry-leading sustainability initiative, oversight of communications for both parties during the £4bn Selfridges Group transaction spanning four brands and 17,500 employees, and the founding of Paternoster, an agency committed to purposeful, customer-focused communications. She also led Kingfisher through multiple high-profile crisis incidents and managed executive communications for Walgreens’ merger with Alliance Boots, impacting over 370,000 colleagues worldwide.
She has also advised leading luxury brands including Burberry, Holt Renfrew, Brown Thomas, de Bijenkorf, Coach, and Lane Crawford, in addition to extensive work with UHNW families across Canada, Europe, and the Middle East.
Her academic credentials include a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia, studies at the Université de Paris (La Sorbonne), the Ritz-Escoffier School of Gastronomy in Paris, and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (Prince of Wales’s Business Sustainability Programme).
Specialties
Reputation management
UHNW and family legacy building
Luxury brand and consumer affairs
Brand building and positioning
International Communications
Sustainability
Crisis and recovery management