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Lane Kasselman
Kasselman has spent well over two decades advising on public policy, crisis strategy and communications for blue chip and start up companies, celebrities and influencers, political campaigns, public officials and nonprofits. Kasselman serves as the President of the global financial services firm Blockchain.com and is a frequent guest on Bloomberg Technology as well as regularly interviewed by journalists across the United States and Europe.
Goldbrier was founded in 2015 as a family office and has continued to grow after several successful exits.
In 2017 Kasselman's consulting firm, Greenbrier, was acquired by The Messina Group. Today, the firm continues to help companies and individuals avoid, manage and recover from crises, and has worked with clients around the world to solve complex reputational issues.
Before Greenbrier, Kasselman headed communications and public affairs for Uber Technologies, Inc. in the Americas and played a crucial role in creating permanent regulatory frameworks for Uber products in countries, states and cities across the globe.
Prior to Uber, he worked as the Director of Communications and Public Affairs for AT&T and built the national model for winning regulatory and land use campaigns in local markets.
Since 2009, he has served as founder of Kasselman LLC, a boutique non-partisan public affairs firm. It started with only one client, the Newsom for Governor Campaign, and has grown as a leader in the industry and an impressive client list of some of the most notable campaigns, officials, companies and nonprofits in the country - including crisis response management for B.P. during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and events and visual communications messaging for the American Foundation for Equal Rights during same-sex marriage court decisions.
Earlier in his career, Kasselman was recruited by the Markham Group, the leading visual communication messaging firm in the Nation, to manage advance with then-Senator Hillary Clinton’s 2008 Exploratory Committee for President. Originally from Santa Monica, California, Kasselman had an early passion for politics.
He attended California State University Sacramento where he was offered his first communications job with Governor Gray Davis. Kasselman went to specialize in public interest law at Golden Gate University and was recruited out of law school to help lead policy for Mayor Gavin Newsom. Kasselman is a graduate of the Stanford University venture capital program.
Kasselman currently lives in Mill Valley with his wife, Jamie, an e-commerce executive, their two sons and two dogs.
Landon Lerner
A mission-focused Counselor, Risk Manager, and Strategist, Lerner offers experienced and cross-functional advice across Fortune 500 and leading start-up environments. Demonstrating a rapid career trajectory, from a Los Angeles based trial powerhouse, to being recruited to a multi-national firm to lead a half billion dollar trial team, to founding a boutique tech-focused practice in San Diego’s start-up scene, Lerner was tapped to be the pioneering member of Lime's legal department, spearheading Lime's transformation from successful start-up to multi-billion dollar valuation. More recently, Lerner was recruited to join financial services powerhouse Intuit, where he served as a trusted advisor to business units across the company.
Lerner is a business-minded in-house lawyer. As a general rule, he do not start with “no” as the answer to every question like so many attorneys. Rather, he develops close relationships with internal clients so they feel comfortable coming engaging counsel early and often, where he analyzes the appropriate level of risk based on business objectives. Lerner is considered by many to be a businessperson with a legal toolkit.
With in-depth experience in the high-growth tech, mobility, regulatory, and fin-tech sectors, Lerner brings a practical business-focused viewpoint which allows him to translate complex legal issues into actionable information. He is passionate about counseling businesses to succeed in high pressure and high stakes scenarios. Areas of expertise include fin-tech, rapid global market entry and expansion, regulatory analyses and statutory construction, cross-border privacy practices and advice, risk profile identification and management, practical trust and safety advice, management of complex litigation, close collaboration with media teams, Board management, and day to day counseling of leadership and business units.
Lerner has a breadth of knowledge and expertise that allows him to get results. Focused on winning as a way of driving personal development as well as commercial success, Lerner consistently has sought challenging roles, excelling in situations that require sharp thinking and adaptability to transfer learned experience to fast-paced and demanding present situations.
Lerner currently lives in San Diego with his wife, Britney and their son.
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