Find the answer.
Work through a business, public policy, or communications question before choosing the response.
STRATEGIC COUNSEL & COMMUNICATIONS
Every next chapter
starts with a
better question.
When the answer is not clear, Ocean Star helps you understand the situation, find a direction, and move the work forward.
Tell us what you’re working through ↗A PARTNER IN THE THINKING
From what’s happening
to what happens next.
A team can know its field well and still face a decision that is difficult to frame, explain, or advance.
Ocean Star starts with the goal and the reality around it. Together, we clarify the problem, consider the choices, and decide what communications need to accomplish.
The thinking behind the work ↗FLAGSHIP WORK / PUBLIC POLICY
Sometimes the right question leads well beyond communications.
Ocean Star contributed its expertise toward developing substantive solutions to a problem affecting hundreds of thousands of people.
Working with former Congressman Brian Bilbray on the Tijuana River sewage crisis, Ocean Star has moved from strategic communications into environmental research, policy development, proposed federal legislation, government briefings, and the work of building a case for action.
Guided by a commitment to environmental stewardship and public service, the firm has contributed more than $100,000 in estimated professional services pro bono to this effort.
Explore the Tijuana River work ↗HOW WE HELP
Find the answer.
Align the direction.
Make it understood.
Align the direction.
Connect the organization’s aims with its decisions, position, and path forward.
Make it understood.
Build the messages, programs, and capabilities that let people act on the strategy.
SELECTED WORK
Complex questions.
Practical contributions.
From an environmental crisis to proposed federal solutions.
↗02 / INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTFinding the leadership already in the work.
↗03 / BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONSGiving a local audience a reason to return.
↗ABOUT OCEAN STAR
Independent thinking.
Experience inside the work.
Ocean Star draws on experience in Congress, business, media, and community settings, where ideas must meet decisions, people, and consequences. Fritz Chaleff developed the philosophy that guides the firm. Ocean Star is building on it as an institution.
About Ocean Star ↗LET’S START WITH YOUR QUESTION