Brian Forest

brian forest

Brian Forest is the Founder of Arboreal Communications LLC™, a communications shop specializing in messaging, writing, and executive positioning. He is a seasoned public affairs veteran who has worked on nearly every major policy issue of the last decade. He has years of experience providing strategic messaging counsel to leaders at the highest levels of business and government—from Fortune100 CEOs to several of Time’s 100 Most Influential People including congressional leaders, presidents, and prime ministers. 

Forest, a longtime senior Senate leadership aide, crafted messages and strategies that shaped national conversations and helped secure important bipartisan legislative achievements. He also directed strategic messaging for a major Washington trade association where he managed public affairs campaigns and provided executive communications support to senior leaders and CEOs. He previously worked in a variety of roles spanning campaigns, journalism, academia, international institutions, state government, the White House, and PR agencies such as Edelman. 

He has worked on thousands of remarks and opinion pieces over his career including high-profile national addresses, State of the Union responses, and op-eds that have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, and nearly every other major newspaper.