Lydia Niles

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Lydia Niles is a Director at Global Strategy Group, where she works with companies and associations to navigate reputational challenges, advance policy goals, and shape industry narratives in Washington and beyond.

Leveraging her experience in crisis response and media strategy, her client portfolio has included Apollo Global Management, Advanced Energy United, BlackBerry, the Pulitzer Prize Board, the Entertainment Software Association, and the Consumer Data Industry Association.

Before joining GSG, Lydia was a Senior Account Manager at Curley Company, where she supported clients with executive thought leadership, coalition building, and shaping Beltway media coverage around key legislative battles. She began her career working on state and federal legislative campaigns and ballot initiatives for the 2018 midterms at Northwest Passage Consulting, a political consulting firm in Seattle. She has also held positions at the Brookings Institution, the Office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Signal DC, and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France.

Lydia was born and raised in Chicago and received a dual B.A. in Magazine, Newspaper, and Digital Journalism and Political Science from Syracuse University.