With a career spanning 25 years reflecting in-depth political experience, Cheri Jacobus has developed a record of delivering results. Her expertise is in message development, media strategy, press relations and communications services, as well as policy and legislative strategy, communications and public affairs consulting for companies and organizations dealing with Congress, the White House and federal agencies. She founded Capitol Strategies public affairs and communications firm in 1998, building a client base that includes political campaigns, defense contractors, business coalitions, political grassroots organizations, law firms, and conservative leaders and activists. She also is an adjunct professor at George Washington University graduate program for political management.

The political bug biting early, Cheri Jacobus managed her first political campaign in high school, successfully propelling her candidate into the position of freshman class president.

Since then, Cheri Jacobus has managed and advised several noteworthy political campaigns, and was a media spokesperson at the Republican National Committee. She appears on national television programs such as "Crossfire", "The O'Reilly Factor", "Your World With Neil Cavuto", "Larry King Live, "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" and "Talk Back Live" on CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, and CNBC, "The Montel Williams Show" and ABC's "Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher" and many more offering political analysis, commentary and debate. She also has lectured at The Leadership Institute, American University, Young American Broadcasters, American Bar Association Legislative Conference and other groups.

While serving as Communications Director for the House Education and Workforce Committee after the Republican takeover of Congress in 1995, Ms. Jacobus helped shape policy by incorporating communications strategy into issue development, as well as directing press relations for the Committee's issues in the Congress and serving as press spokesperson.

As a key advisor to Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, Ms. Jacobus also spearheaded the effort to expose abuse of power by Clinton aides when a top Clinton staff member used Marine One, the presidential helicopter, for a golf outing in Frederick, Maryland. The Clinton aide ultimately resigned under pressure, and taxpayers were fully reimbursed.

In 1988, after graduating from the American Campaign Academy, an intense, 10-week campaign management program dubbed "The West Point of Politics" by Newsweek magazine, Cheri Jacobus served as campaign manager and chief political strategist for Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) in his uphill battle to defeat an entrenched and well-financed Democrat incumbent at a time when incumbent Congressmen enjoyed a 98.5% re-election rate.

Though Mr.Gilchrest was outspent more than 6 to 1, Ms. Jacobus devised and implemented a strong earned media strategy that resulted in Mr. Gilchrest garnering 49.6% of the vote in one of the nation's closest races, surprising "conventional wisdom" in both Maryland and Washington, and paving the way for Mr. Gilchrest to easily win the seat two years later.

Cheri's Washington experience also includes working for former House Republican leader Bob Michel (R-IL) and other Republican Members of Congress, in addition to lobbying and devising and implementing media strategy for successful repeal of the boat luxury tax.

A native of Peoria, Illinois, Cheri Jacobus graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism.