Gain deep insights into your target demographic, craft engaging messages, and deliver powerful results.
Stronger Communication.
At Lauren’s Group, we use the latest advancements in AI, data modeling, targeted advertising, and creative development to engage, persuade and activate.
Legislate
Our Legislate program uses advanced AI, audience analysis, and data modeling technologies to build creative advertising that can pass or kill legislation at the municipal, state, or federal level. With our program, you can quickly and accurately identify the best strategies to reach your target audience, craft persuasive messages, and maximize your chances of success
Pass
Our digital technology suite was built specifically for ballot initiatives and issue advocacy, providing the insights necessary to inform our creative process and target the exact right audience to pass local, state and federal issue campaigns. With our cutting-edge technology, you can easily identify the best strategies to reach your key demographic, craft compelling messages, and maximize your chances of success.
Build
Our corporate digital brand reputation product helps you lift and repair your brand by using advanced predictive modeling, precise audience targeting, and tailored creative development. Our sophisticated digital tools allow you to gain deep insights into your customers and create compelling stories that are sure to resonate with them.
Smarter Tools
Our modern day public affairs programs allow you to gain deep insights into your target demographic, craft engaging messages, and deliver powerful results.
Legislate
Leverage cutting-edge AI, audience analysis, and data modeling technologies to craft compelling advertising campaigns that possess the power to either propel or halt legislative initiatives across various tiers of government, from local to federal levels.
Pass
Our digital technology suite is tailored exclusively for ballot initiatives and issue advocacy campaigns, furnishing us with the requisite insights to drive our creative workflow and precisely identify and target the optimal audience for local and state issue campaigns with pinpoint accuracy.
Build
Elevate and refurbish your corporate brand reputation through the application of cutting-edge predictive modeling, laser-focused audience targeting, and tailored creative ideation. Our arsenal of sophisticated digital instruments empowers you to optimize your brand’s public perception with unparalleled precision and efficacy.
Fierce Advocates.
We’ve combined our extensive experience in politics, advocacy and traditional communications with our deep knowledge of technological innovations and the digital landscape to bridge the gap between strategy and execution.
Christiana Purves
President
Christiana is a digital brand reputation and crisis communications professional with high-level experience as a consultant, campaign manager, spokesperson, and media liaison for corporations and competitive political campaigns. Her specialties include strategic communications, marketing, rapid response, crisis management, stakeholder and media relations, political strategy, campaign operations, team building and management and digital and social media development.
Phil Bailey
Vice President
Phil is a Columbia native and a College of Charleston graduate. Phil began his career with Charleston Mayor Joe Riley’s 2003 re-election campaign. Phil is a veteran of numerous state Senate races and statewide campaigns in South Carolina and served as the Caucus Director for South Carolina Senate Democrats from 2005 to 2014. Phil is also a 2013 graduate of Leadership South Carolina.
Alex Garcia
Vice President
Alex discovered his talent in grassroots campaigning nearly 12 years ago while serving as Deputy Campaign Manager in a State Senate campaign. Since then, he has served as chief of staff to sitting Lt. Governor Jeanette Nunez as well as many roles within the RPOF and RNC. He most recently served as the Regional Political Director of Florida.
Stephanie Duclos
Account Executive
Stephanie manages daily internal operations for both Laurens Group and The Under Fire Podcast. She also handles various political, brands and advocacy projects, acting as an intermediary between the client and other departments while working directly with the client to learn their goals and establish how the company can meet them. Stephanie specializes in copywriting and social media management.
Dylan Shropshire
Account Executive
Dylan is originally from Lexington, SC but now resides in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He graduated from the College Of Charleston, with a degree in Political Science and Economics in 2019. He began his professional career as a clerk in a probate and estate planning law firm run by a former state senator and then sitting Charleston County GOP Chairman. He joined the team in June of 2021.
Lucas Kuklinski
Account Executive
Lucas is a 2020 graduate of the University of South Carolina. Lucas began working for Laurens Group in Spring of 2021 after working in finance and compliance on Senator Lindsey Graham’s 2020 campaign. He got his start in South Carolina politics interning on Governor Henry McMaster’s 2018 campaign before moving on to the South Carolina Senate and later the Southern Group. He is a huge Gamecock fan and a native of Illinois.
Christopher Walton
Account Executive
Chris is a native of Atlanta, GA and also graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. He previously worked at the Georgia General Assembly, and with an Atlanta mayoral campaign before joining Lauren’s Group. His interests include skiing, live music, and conservation.