Paddi LeShane
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
✉ pleshane@ctlobby.com
📞 (860) 614-3991

Paddi LeShane, co-founder of Sullivan & LeShane Public Relations, Inc., recognized the need for integrated government and public relations advocacy. So in 1988, she pioneered a new model of public affairs management in Connecticut, one that continues to thrive today on a culture of strategic thinking and problem-solving.

Paddi and Patrick Sullivan first created Sullivan & LeShane, Inc., in 1983, which remains one of the state’s leading government relations firms. Now Paddi is nationally celebrated as a thought leader in strategic communications and finding creative, outside-the-box ways to develop solutions that are specifically tailored to each client’s needs. A tireless networker with solid relationships that traverse numerous Connecticut industries, Paddi is always at the ready to meet any client communications need. An active member of the Greater Connecticut Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA-CT), Paddi won that chapter’s prestigious 2017 “Practitioner of the Year” award, and continues to serve on the executive committee for the Public Affairs Council’s Board of Directors in Washington, D.C.

“If you’re looking for innovative client solutions that maybe haven’t been thought about before, you want Paddi in the room.”