Strategic Crisis Advisors LLC

Strategic Crisis Advisors LLC (SCA) is a United States-based professional services firm specializing in crisis management, business continuity, emergency management, and crisis communications. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the firm advises organizations on preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disruptive events ranging from natural disasters to reputation scandals. Its consulting team has worked with hundreds of companies across industries including chemical, energy, pharmaceutical, financial, high-tech, manufacturing, food, retail, and non-profits. SCA's service lines include crisis management, business continuity, emergency management, and crisis communications. The firm emphasizes tailored solutions rather than one-size-fits-all plans, arguing that standard approaches can produce expensive plans that do not fit an organization's actual needs. Its consultants support clients through strategic crisis planning, plan development, crisis exercise design and conduct, and counsel during actual incidents. The firm has been acquired by Witt O'Brien's, a provider of crisis and emergency management services. Following the acquisition, SCA retained its Atlanta-based headquarters and its entire consulting team joined Witt O'Brien's as full-time employees. SCA and Witt O'Brien's describe a shared mission: helping clients save lives and protect value by being as resilient as possible to disruption. SCA's leadership has included Charlie McDonald, Vice President and Corporate Crisis Management Practice Leader, who joined in April 2014 as part of the divestiture by Crisis Management International of its crisis preparedness business, and Brent H. Law, Vice President of Client Services, who previously provided client relations and operational leadership for Crisis Management International.

Strategic Crisis Advisors LLC is a crisis management and business continuity consultancy based in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm's consulting team has advised hundreds of companies on preparing for and responding to crises of many kinds, from natural disasters to reputation scandals. Its practice areas span crisis management, business continuity, emergency management, and crisis communications. A significant part of SCA's team came from Crisis Management International (CMI). In April 2014, Charlie McDonald joined Strategic Crisis Advisors as part of the divestiture by Crisis Management International of its crisis preparedness business. McDonald had led the CMI crisis management practice for the previous ten years, developing the company's offering and providing crisis management and crisis communications planning and training to dozens of companies. Before that, he spent ten years as the crisis management competency leader for DuPont. Brent H. Law, SCA's Vice President of Client Services, had for over ten years provided client relations and operational leadership for Crisis Management International before directing the client relations function at SCA. SCA built its offering around the idea that crisis management plans must fit the specific organization rather than follow a single standard template. The firm's consultants supported clients through strategic crisis planning and plan development, crisis exercise design and conduct, and counsel during actual incidents. Its client base spanned industries including chemical, energy, pharmaceutical, financial, high-tech, manufacturing, food, retail, and non-profits. At some point the firm was acquired by Witt O'Brien's, a provider of crisis and emergency management services. In announcing the acquisition, SCA stated that SCA and Witt O'Brien's share the same mission: to help clients save lives and protect value by being as resilient as possible to disruption. Following the transaction, SCA retained its Atlanta-based headquarters and its entire consulting team joined Witt O'Brien's as full-time employees. The combined organization positioned itself to bring innovative solutions to clients facing increasingly frequent disruption.

• Charlie McDonald joins Strategic Crisis Advisors as part of the divestiture by Crisis Management International of its crisis preparedness business.

• Witt O'Brien's acquires Strategic Crisis Advisors; SCA retains its Atlanta headquarters and its consulting team joins Witt O'Brien's as full-time employees.

A specialist consultancy helping organizations prepare for and respond to crises, emphasizing tailored rather than standardized planning.

• Crisis management consulting

  Strategic crisis planning, plan development, and counsel during actual incidents.

• Business continuity planning

  Continuity planning focused on the business, its customers, and its people rather than only IT or workspace.

• Emergency management

  Emergency management services for organizations facing disruption.

• Crisis communications

  Crisis communications planning and training.

• Crisis exercise design and conduct

  Design and delivery of crisis exercises for client organizations.

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