Emily Lampkin Vice President Emily Lampkin provides counsel on long-term communications planning, message development and crisis communications. She brings to DCI Group more than fifteen years experience in issue advocacy, crisis recovery and grassroots politics. Prior to joining DCI Group, Mrs. Lampkin served as Deputy Chief of Staff and a top advisor to U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings where she managed congressional, communications and intergovernmental affairs for the Secretary. Previously, she created and managed a nationwide coalition and communications effort for No Child Left Behind, a cornerstone of President Bush's domestic agenda. At the beginning of the Bush Administration, she was the Deputy Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Commerce for Secretary Don Evans. There she developed and managed communications plans for priority policy agenda items including Trade Promotion Authority and the 2002 steel tariff measure. Mrs. Lampkin is a veteran of numerous national, state and local campaigns and in early 1999 she joined the Bush for President campaign, where she served in a number of communications roles: first as the regional communications coordinator for ten industrial Midwestern states; later as Vice President Cheney's traveling press secretary; and lastly managing surrogate and communications efforts in Broward County during the Florida recount. Mrs. Lampkin has provided public affairs commentary on television and radio, both as a guest and a host. A native of Missouri, she and her husband, Marc Lampkin, reside in Virginia with their young children. Back to Our People