Versant knows that today’s public policy arena can be a daunting place to find yourself without an engaged supporting team, finding the right doors to open and helping you navigate your way to success.  That is where Versant thrives.

Versant works to help clients refine their messages, and then develops strategies that turn advocacy into actions.  Versant team members help to ensure that messages are targeted to the right audiences -- in the House, Senate, Governor’s office, or in any number of agencies and bureaus.  Along the way, they serve as your eyes and ears, identifying potential problems or red flags, listening to concerns, answering questions, disseminating timely information and clearing obstacles until success has been achieved.

Versant’s ability to develop effective and trusted liaisons between our clients and policy makers in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C. has made the firm one of the premier agricultural, rural affairs and environmental firms in the entire Northeastern United States.

The Versant Strategies partners are former Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee Chairman John Barley, former national president of the agriculture teachers’ association Dr. MeeCee Baker, and former Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Dennis C. Wolff.  Our senior consultants are Walt Peechatka, former Pennsylvania Acting Agriculture Secretary, and former Pennsylvania House Agriculture Committee Chairman Art Hershey.  Do-it-all executive assistant Debbie Chappell rounds out the Versant team.