Matthew John Kucharski, APR
Matt Kucharski, APR, is president of Padilla. In addition to leading the agency’s business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) practice groups, he is a seasoned marketing, communications and business counselor with expertise in branding, corporate communications, reputation management and crisis/critical issues response.
Kucharski has planned and implemented strategic communications, brand building and reputation management programs and projects for a wide range of Padilla clients from global Fortune 500 enterprises to promising category challengers. He has extensive expertise in brand and reputation management, message development, thought leadership, integrated campaigns, new product and service launches and major company transformations. He also is one of the agency’s highly sought-after executive media and presentation coaches.
He is architect of Padilla’s Engaging for Action™ brand and communications planning methodology, which has been successfully executed on hundreds of client engagements. He is an adjunct instructor at the University of Minnesota and serves on several nonprofit boards.