With two decades of experience in the industry, Mr. Harvin has provided strategic communications solutions in over 60 countries. He is a founding Partner at Sanitas International, a global strategic communication, public affairs, digital media and political advisory firm based in Washington DC. Mr. Harvin is also a Partner at Barbaricum, a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business and SBA certified HUBZone which provides advisory services to the US Government.

Mr. Harvin, who was recognized as one of the top public relations practitioners under 40 by PRWeek in 2013, has served the White House and has held senior communications and public affairs positions with the Secretaries of Defense and Veteran Affairs, Members of Congress and the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. He has represented multiple Heads of State, corporations, and sovereign governments in emerging markets around the globe.

Mr. Harvin serves as a Board Member and Advisers to the Washington Inter-Governmental Professional Group, a DC-based organization with over 3,000 members from the private sector, diplomatic community and staff members from Congress and the Federal Agencies. He is a Member of the Board of Advisers for the Department of Communications at Georgia Southern University, is a Member of the Board of Advisers for The Alliance for the Restoration of Cultural Heritage (“ARCH”) International, Inc. and is an active member of the Public Relations Society of America. Mr. Harvin is a native of South Carolina, he resides in Washington DC.

In 2013, Mr. Harvin presented as a panel expert on the influence of social media in the Middle East at SXSW during the presentation "I Overthrew My Governemnt: Now What?"

Tomas Bilbao is Managing Director of Avila Strategies LLC a public affairs consultancy that protects and enhances clients’ reputations by anticipating risks, building strategic relationships with stakeholders, and ensuring effective communication of value propositions to relevant interest groups.

Mr. Bilbao is a public affairs executive with over a decade of experience in shaping public policy. With experience in the legislative and executive branches of federal government and the non-for-profit and corporate sectors, Tomas has designed and executed successful campaigns that have positioned clients to influence and take advantage of emerging challenges and opportunities.

A recognized subject-matter expert on U.S.-Cuba relations, Tomas has advised top Cuban-American executives and led a public policy campaign that played a key role in the historic shift in policy announced by President Obama in December 2014.

He has launched and supervised groundbreaking social projects in Cuba, helping his clients make a positive impact on the ground while advancing their goals. By leveraging key relationships and building coalitions, Tomas has helped industry leaders influence U.S. policy changes in the areas of banking, telecommunications, travel, and hospitality and microenterprise development.

As a consultant to Fortune 500 companies, Tomas has helped provide business intelligence in the areas of reputation management, crisis mitigation, political risk assessment and communications.

Tomas has been widely published in, and appears frequently on, national and international media outlets. He holds a degree in International Studies from American University in Washington, DC and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Mr. Bilbao is a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.