New York, NY – Narrative Strategies announced its expansion into New York today, positioning the firm to better serve a growing client base across sectors. Narrative also announced the addition of managing directors Caleb Barnhart and Graham Newhall to lead the new office. Barnhart and Newhall bring extensive experience in public affairs, reputation management, and financial communications to the firm.
“Narrative’s fastest-growing client base has been in financial services, life sciences, and technology, with the vast majority of those clients headquartered in New York,” said Narrative CEO and Founding Partner Ken Spain. “Expanding our geographic footprint in New York is the next logical step as we continue our growth trajectory. Our expanded team will not only strengthen our relationships with our clients and our ability to provide them with premium counsel, but it will also enable Narrative to grow into new sectors, tackle bigger challenges, and execute at an even higher level.”
This latest expansion signifies a long-term commitment to New York. Additional staff will join the office by year's end, and further hires are planned for 2026. This marks Narrative’s third office location, following the opening of an office in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 2024. Narrative's growth has recently earned the firm a spot on Inc.'s 2025 Fastest Growing Private Sector Companies in America.
“Caleb and Graham are two exceptionally talented New York-based professionals who respectively possess skillsets and experiences that further differentiate Narrative from our competitors,” Spain added. “Caleb’s expertise in financial communications and crisis management, combined with Graham’s background in public affairs and AI search, give added dimension and depth to Narrative’s senior leadership team.”
Caleb Barnhart joins Narrative after serving as a senior vice president at Sloane & Company, where he provided counsel on media relations, financial communications, and issues management to Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and trade associations. Previously, Barnhart was a director at Weber Shandwick, specializing in strategic communications campaigns targeting financial media and crisis management, public affairs, data privacy, and cybersecurity. He also worked in the Corporate Advisory practice at Hill + Knowlton Strategies, focusing on corporate communications, investor relations, and financial services and technology clients. Barnhart earned a bachelor's degree from Seton Hall University.
Graham Newhall comes to Narrative with extensive experience in strategic communications across complex sectors. Graham led communications and messaging strategy for leading cryptocurrency advocacy organizations, including helping to develop the public positioning and messaging for the launch of the DeFi Education Fund, Blockchain Association, and Apiary. He also advised on the national communications strategy for Swing Left, a grassroots coalition that helped flip control of the House of Representatives in 2018. Earlier in his career, he ran the communications team at Artsy, the $100 million venture-backed global arts marketplace. He also advised the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Guggenheim Museum. Newhall earned a bachelor's degree in history from New York University.
Narrative Strategies is a full-service firm that provides strategic communications and counsel, public affairs and issue management, media and public relations, content development, corporate and executive communications, crisis and reputation management, insights and intelligence, creative design and video production, grassroots and coalition management, advertising and digital marketing, and brand development and activation. Narrative is a trusted partner for Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, industry coalitions, and nonprofits that must synthesize the complex, engage critical stakeholders, and shape a winning narrative.
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