Not a Consultant. A Crisis Veteran and Trusted Advisor.
Crisis Communications. Built on Experience. Driven by Results.
When corporations face their most difficult moments, they call Matt Barkett.
With decades of experience navigating high-stakes corporate crises, Matt Barkett has served as lead communications counsel for some of the nation's most complex and high-profile incidents. From aviation accidents and cyber security to labor relations and litigation, his clients have included major corporations, insurers, private equity firms, and legal teams who needed steady, strategic counsel under pressure.
Barkett Crisis Consulting was founded on a simple premise: organizations deserve a communications partner who has been in the room before, knows how to communicate with key audiences from media to customers, investors, employees and community leaders. We understand what's at stake when a company's reputation is on the line.
Calm Counsel, Strategic Solutions. That's Barkett Crisis Consulting.
Mission.
To provide corporations with clear, concise, and decisive communications counsel, before, during, and after a crisis so clients can protect their reputation, their people and their future.
Vision.
To chart a clear path for clients to promptly and decisively address a crisis from start to finish, taking care to balance all actions against a key question: does what we say or do help end or in fact extend the storyline?
Meet Your Counselor.
Matthew Barkett
Founder & Principal Counselor
Matt Barkett has spent decades at the center of some of the nation’s most complex corporate communications challenges. His experience spans aviation incidents, cyber security, high-profile litigation, labor disputes, international media events, and corporate mergers. This experience gives him a breadth of real-world crisis experience that few communications professionals can match. Before founding Barkett Crisis Consulting, Matt built an extensive network across the legal, insurance, and corporate sectors, relationships that continue to benefit his clients when navigating the intersection of communications, law, and public perception.
When a crisis strikes, Matt doesn’t send a junior associate. He shows up.