ABOUT
US

Wainger Group is an independent, strategic communications consulting firm

“Liz and her team do not take a cookie cutter approach. They draw on their experiences and broad understanding of the communications and media industry to personalize both the engagement and the results.”

– Beth Brummel, VP External Affairs, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Arts

Liz Wainger contributes to:

HuffPost
Social Media Today
Washington Business Journal

Our Process

We start with what matters to you—making sure your enterprise is positioned with messages that convey an authentic brand identity across every one of your communications platforms.

We tailor unique solutions that get to the heart of your greatest challenges and help you get your point across, while bridging communications gaps, heightening visibility, increasing revenue and achieving the greatest return on your investment.

Liz Wainger founded Wainger Group in 2000 to be the firm that she always wanted to hire when on the client side.

Liz was frustrated that the principals of consulting firms would come and sell the work, but then disappear and leave the work in the hands of often inexperienced people. She grew tired of agencies that didn’t understand the business, delivered poorly written and constructed products, and didn’t bring compelling ideas to the table.

Wainger Group operates differently

  • We dive deep to learn what will advance your goals.

  • We commit to doing what’s right for the client, always, with no exceptions.

  • We provide flexible, “just-in-time consulting, assembling the talent that best fits your needs, adjusting staffing and resources as your project requires.

  • We do what makes best sense for your brand and your vision—with a sharp eye on your budget and bottom line.

  • We’ll tell you honestly what we think, because honesty is critical to good working relationships.

  • We will build a partnership with you that is a very real part of every Wainger Group engagement.

Our Clients

Wainger Group works with leading companies, institutions, nonprofits and government agencies to harness the power of communications and drive success.

Our Clients

Wainger Group works with leading companies, institutions, nonprofits and government agencies to harness the power of communications and drive success.

Liz Wainger

President

For more than two decades, Liz has served at the side of executives at Fortune 500s, nonprofits, start-ups and government agencies, offering creative communications strategies that illuminate value, build revenue and reputations, and break down internal silos.

Before founding Wainger Group in 2000, Liz held a senior communications positions with Morino Institute and Venture Philanthropy Partners, The National Trust for Historic Preservation and The American Institute of Architects. She was a reporter at The Washington Post on the Metro and Style desks.

As a Certified Professional Facilitator, she is part of an elite group of professionals, highly educated and certified to be skilled at creating workshops and group processes that get to the heart of the matter, foster alignment, build consensus, and derive solutions to complex challenges.

A prolific writer, she is the author of 2018 book, Prism of Value®: Connect, Convince and Influence When It Matters Most. She has blogged for Huffington Post and her work and has appeared in the Washington Post, Washington Business Journal, and numerous professional and digital publications.

She currently serves on the boards of School for Ethics and Global Leadership and Jubilee Housing. In 2015, she was named by the Washington Business Journal to the distinguished cadre of Women Who Mean Business in Washington, D.C.

Buddy

Chief of Security and Chief Happiness Officer

Buddy serves as Wainger Group’s head of security, giving intruders pause with his deep and loud bark. He also oversees shredding of papers left within his reach.

When Buddy is not sniffing visitors, he makes everyone feel good with his exuberant tail wagging, enthusiasm for life and abundant kisses.

You can communicate the most compelling, persuasive messaging to your clients, constituents, community to inspire engagement and action. We can help.

You can communicate the most compelling, persuasive messaging to your clients, constituents, community to inspire engagement and action. We can help.