About the Team
Scott Howell
Founder, CEO
Starting in South Carolina working on local races, Scott has become one of the country’s most admired media consultants. His unique creativity along with strong strategic and messaging skills have helped make Scott Howell & Company (SHC) one of the premier media firms in the country.
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Founder, CEO
Starting in South Carolina working on local races, Scott has become one of the country’s most admired media consultants. His unique creativity along with strong strategic and messaging skills have helped make Scott Howell & Company (SHC) one of the premier media firms in the country.
Early on, Scott had a passion for campaigns. He worked at the RNC under the legendary Lee Atwater as a specialist for targeted legislative campaigns. From there Scott went on to work under Karl Rove before launching his own firm in 1993.
Having earned many hard-fought victories, Scott still looks back to the firm’s efforts in 2002 when SHC won pivotal races that swung control of the U.S. Senate back to Republicans; and then to 2004, where he helped John Thune defeat Tom Daschle, whom the New York Times reported was, “the first Senate party leader in more than five decades to be voted out of office.”
Scott lives in the Dallas area with his wife Julie, and their two kids.
Dan Allen
Principal
Coming off of two successful cycles at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and a brief stint on Capitol Hill, Dan joined SHC in 2005. With him, he brought his no-nonsense style and a wealth of top-level communication and strategy experience.
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Principal
Coming off of two successful cycles at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and a brief stint on Capitol Hill, Dan joined SHC in 2005. With him, he brought his no-nonsense style and a wealth of top-level communication and strategy experience.
Since then, he’s been in the center of many of SHC’s successful efforts; including when the firm racked up nine out of ten victories in targeted races for control of the House in 2010. In 2012, among other races, Dan played the lead role on one of the closest House races in the country helping Dr. Dan Benishek carve out a narrow victory in MI-1.
Prior to joining SHC, Dan served as the Director of Communications for the Majority Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives and on the Senior Staff at the NRSC. In the 2002 cycle, he was Press Secretary as Republicans defied history on their way to regaining the Senate Majority. Then in the 2004 cycle, he was Director of Communications as the GOP strengthened that majority with a net gain of four Senate seats.
He and his wife Maureen reside in Alexandria, Virginia with their two daughters and the family’s two golden retrievers.
Michael Strobbe
Production Supervisor
For over 10 years, Michael has worked for Scott Howell & Company (SHC) in commercial and film production as a producer and video editor. He serves as our Post-Production Supervisor, keying in on editing, workflow and project supervision.
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Production Supervisor
For over 10 years, Michael has worked for Scott Howell & Company (SHC) in commercial and film production as a producer and video editor. He serves as our Post-Production Supervisor, keying in on editing, workflow and project supervision.
Michael is known for having a broad range of knowledge in media and production. He has a creative and technical background in visual arts, but is also a problem solver, always involved in a range of projects. He takes pride in working closely with our team, making sure every detail has been taken care of – from the early stages of prepping our projects all they way through completion. In addition to working on political campaigns, Michael has tackled other roles as post-production supervisor and as an on-site producer; ensuring the smooth operation from shoot through spot delivery. His work includes part of the production teams on the movies Sinners and Saints (2010) and Daylight’s End (2014).
Michael attended Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX as a history major and moved into the production world back in 2005 as an intern for SHC, working his way up the ladder filling various roles throughout the years.
Ashley Davis
In-House Producer
Over the past 4 years, Ashley has worked in commercial production developing creative content and project management. For Scott Howell & Company, she most often takes on a role on our post-production side working with our internal team on editing projects.
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In-House Producer
Over the past 4 years, Ashley has worked in commercial production developing creative content and project management. For Scott Howell & Company, she most often takes on a role on our post-production side working with our internal team on editing projects.
Ashley has a strong background in creative marketing, which she applies to our various projects. Her valuable insight and experience makes her a key member of our team. Beyond political, she has worked in a corporate role for Walmart assisting in the management of their national TV campaigns.
Ashley graduated from Arkansas Tech with a double major in Political Science and History as well as a criminal justice minor.
Mark Smith
Art Director
Mark has over 20 years of design, advertising and new product experience for companies like Pizza Hut, Pepsi, Pete’s Wicked Ale, Discover Card and Elmer’s Glue. He’s bringing all that experience from working on top national brands to SHC helps our client’s creative apart from the rest of the pack.
Read MoreMark Smith
Art Director
Mark brings over 20 years of design, advertising and new product experience to our team.
In his career Mark has helped Pepsi explore new product innovations, Pizza Hut re-energize their employee retention, Gambrinus Company explore the brand potential for Pete’s Wicked Ale, Federal Express take advantage of their increased holiday traffic to promote low first quarter sales, Velamints reposition their chocolate mints as an adult indulgence, take the “old” out of Mug Root Beer, Discover Card develop the keychain credit card, Elmer’s Glue develop an Imaginarium Store, and Procter & Gamble develop positioning for a new line of Crest products.
And he’s bringing all that experience from working on top national brands to SHC helps our client’s creative apart from the rest of the pack.
Mark has a MA in Graphic Communication from Texas A&M at Commerce and a BS in Studio Arts from The University of Texas at Austin.