Bruce Haynes is an American communications consultant. He is currently Chairman of Public Affairs, Managing Director and co-head of the Washington, D.C. office fo
Sard Verbinnen & Co
, a global strategic communications and consulting firm.

Early life

Bruce Haynes was born in

Florence, South Carolina Florence is a city in and the county seat of Florence County, South Carolina, United States. It lies at the intersection of Interstates 20 and 95 and is the eastern terminus of the former. It is the primary city within the Florence metropolit ...

to Ann and Harold Haynes. He attended

Furman University Furman University is a private liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1826 and named for the clergyman Richard Furman, Furman University is the oldest private institution of higher learning in South Carolina. It became ...

and earned a bachelor's degree from

Francis Marion University Francis Marion University is a public university near Florence, South Carolina. It is named in honor of American Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion. History The university dates back to 1957, when the University of South Carolin ...

in 1990. In 1992, while studying law at the University of South Carolina, Haynes was selected as an alternate delegate to the

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Career

After graduating law school, Haynes started his career as staff counsel for former

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Carroll A. Campbell Jr. He was next hired by South Carolina Representative

Bob Inglis Robert Durden Inglis Sr. (born October 11, 1959) is an American politician who was the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2011. He is a moderate member of the Republican Par ...

to serve as his chief of staff, and later became Inglis' campaign manager during his 1998 U.S. Senate campaign against

Ernest Hollings Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. A conservative Democrat, he was also the 106th governor of South Carolina, t ...

. Throughout the 2000s, Haynes worked as managing partner and head of public affairs advertising for National Media Public Affairs, based in

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. While at National Media Public Affairs, Haynes helped to develop advertisements for

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vice president of public affairs, Frank Jemley, created the public relations and advertising company Jemley Public Affairs. In 2008, National Media Public Affairs merged with Issue & Image, a company founded by

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and Mark Squier, to form the bipartisan communications firm Purple Strategies. Haynes became the new firm's managing partner. Purple Strategies is a headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia and has worked with clients including BP,

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, the

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, and the

United States Chamber of Commerce The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is the largest lobbying group in the United States, representing over three million businesses and organizations. The group was founded in April 1912 out of local chambers of commerce at the urging ...

. In June 2018, Haynes joine
Sard Verbinnen & Co.
a global strategic communications and consulting firm as Vice Chairman of Public Affairs, Managing Director and co-head of the Washington, D.C. office. Haynes serves the firm's global roster of clients in public affairs, crisis communications, corporate reputation and positioning, mergers and acquisitions, litigation communications and other special situations. In April 2020, Haynes because Chairman of Public Affairs fo
Sard Verbinnen & Co.
succeeding Ed Gillespie.

Other activities

In 2008, Haynes served as a media consultant to the

Republican National Committee The Republican National Committee (RNC) is a U.S. political committee that assists the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican brand and political platform, as well as assisting in fu ...

's presidential independent expenditure campaign. Additionally, he is a member of the

Arthur W. Page Arthur Wilson Page (September 10, 1883 – September 5, 1960) was a vice president and director of AT&T from 1927 to 1947. He is sometimes referred to as "the father of corporate public relations" for his work at AT&T. The company was experiencing r ...

Society, the President's Advisory Council of

and serves on th
College of Charleston Department of Communications Advisory Council
He has served as a guest political analyst for CNN.com.

References

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