Robin Buckley is the president and founder of Buckley & Kaldenbach, Inc.

Prior to forming Buckley & Kaldenbach, Robin directed all media involving regulatory and legislative policy matters at federal and state levels for LCI International, the nation’s sixth-largest long-distance company. Robin’s work at LCI provided her with the opportunity to work on a day-to-day basis with the company’s senior executives, crafting messages and communications strategies to grab the attention of Capitol Hill, the Federal Communications Commission and Wall Street.

While at LCI, Robin created a comprehensive communications strategy to educate the media about LCI’s proposal to structurally separate the Baby Bells. Her efforts generated multiple placements in both national and international publications, including an op-ed in the London Financial Times. In addition, Robin designed a media plan to launch LCI’s local phone service product; developed a comprehensive crisis communications plan to respond to media inquiries on slamming, human resources; and handled all media inquiries related to LCI’s corporate giving program.

For two years prior to joining LCI, Robin worked for a variety of corporate and association clients in the Washington, D.C. office of Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart. Robin’s accomplishments at Ogilvy include the development of a strategic planning guide on corporate giving for a major pharmaceutical company; conception of a national voter registration program for a major brewing company; design of a nationwide media and public education program to mark the 40th anniversary of the Interstate Highway System; and implementation of a grassroots mobilization strategy for a coalition of AIDS service providers. Robin was also the recipient for two consecutive years of the Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart Professional Achievement Award in Public Affairs.

Robin has over a decade of experience on Capitol Hill. She served as press secretary to a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee where she was the member of the senior staff responsible for overall communications strategy and message development. Robin also served as deputy press secretary to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as deputy press secretary to the chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee. During her senior year of high school, Robin served as a Congressional Page in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Robin received her undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University. She serves on the development committee for Doorways for Women and Families and previously served on the board and executive committee of the Arlington Free Clinic.

Isabel Kaldenbach is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Buckley & Kaldenbach, Inc.

From 1993 to1998, Isabel rose through the ranks at Amtrak where she eventually served as the Director of Communications for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, the busiest rail corridor in the nation and one of the busiest in the world. Isabel directed all external and internal communications, including radio, television, and print media; outreach to federal, state and local governments; employee communications; and customer relations. Prior to being Director of Communications, Isabel managed government affairs for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, where she coordinated contract negotiations with state agencies, economic development efforts with Mayors and Governors, and generally served as Amtrak’s liaison with federal, state, and local governments.

Isabel also has extensive experience in legislative and executive offices. She served as a Congressional aide on transportation, labor, human services and judiciary issues for U.S. Representative Barney Frank, was an LBJ Fellow for U.S. Representative Gerry Studds, and served as a domestic policy and judiciary aide to U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy. She also served as a policy analyst for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ federal relations office.

Fluent in Spanish, Isabel was honored by the Arlington County Board as a 2003 as Arlington County Volunteer of the Year for her work providing translation services through the county Police Department’s Bilingual Ride-Along program, providing translation services for officers on duty. She is a state-certified foster parent and was honored in 2007 as Arlington’s foster parent of the year, an award given by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Isabel has served as chair of Arlington County’s Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (a zoning agency), vice Chair of the Friends of Arlington Library, Chair of ArlingtonDogs, and was on the Board of Arlingtonians for Clean Environment.

Isabel also has her own law practice in Virginia, focusing on small business, family, and juvenile law. She is admitted to the Virginia Bar, and is a member of the Arlington Bar, Fairfax Bar, and American Bar Associations.