WHO
We Are

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 board of the Arlington Free Clinic and is a member of the Northern Virginia Alliance League.

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

Before starting Buckley & Kaldenbach, Isabel served in a variety of senior public relations and government affairs posts at Amtrak. Isabel directed government affairs, media relations, employee and customer communications in the Northeast Corridor, the busiest rail corridor in the country and one of the busiest corridors in the world. She was responsible for all proactive comprehensive communications campaigns (for example, capital improvements, expansion of service, introduction of high speed rail equipment, and intermodal station and equipment improvements). She also developed and coordinated media events and announcements with federal officials, Governors, Members of Congress, state legislators, Mayors, chambers of commerce, and other political and business leaders. Isabel directed crisis communications efforts during emergencies, coordinating outreach to the media, customers, employees, and government policymakers and agencies.

Prior to her seven-year tenure at Amtrak, Isabel worked for two Members of the U.S. Congress and one U.S. Senator, as well as the federal-state office of Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She also served as director of public and government affairs for a legal services organization, and did legal work for the law firm of Reed Smith Shaw & McClay. Her legislative experience includes political strategy, legislative drafting, and constituent relations and she has extensive experience in appropriations, budget, and authorization legislation, particularly in areas of judicial matters, transportation, and public safety.

Isabel is fluent in Spanish and has a JD from Georgetown, MA from Harvard, and an undergraduate degree from Princeton. She serves on several civic boards and commissions including the Arlington County Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board and county Open Space Master Plan task force. For more than a decade she has volunteered as a bilingual translator with the Arlington County Police Department. In 2003 she was named one of the county’s ten Outstanding Volunteers of the Year by the Arlington County (VA) Board.

Isabel has published articles in the ABA Journal, Hispanic Magazine, Commonweal, Yankee Magazine, and a number of regional papers. She has won fellowships from the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, and James Bradford Ames Fellowship from the University of Massachusetts for research into African-American history.