Founder and CEO, Nick Shapiro has more than 20 years of crisis management, national security and strategic communications experience in the White House, at the CIA and in the private sector. Previously, Shapiro was the CIA's Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the Director. Shapiro also served in the White House as a Senior Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Aide on the National Security Council, and he was a National Security Spokesperson for President Obama.

While in the federal government, Shapiro helped lead the Obama Administration's response to the H1N1 Pandemic, the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, the Gulf Oil Spill, the Christmas Day "Underwear Bomber" Terrorist Attack, the Boston Marathon Bombing, the Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, as well as numerous other cyber attacks, data breaches, and natural disasters.

Since leaving the U.S. Government in 2015, Shapiro became the Global Head of Crisis Management for Airbnb and then in 2019 he launched 10th Avenue Consulting LLC to support high-profile individuals and companies who are facing complex and challenging problems.

Nick Shapiro is a Board Member of the international disaster and humanitarian relief organization All Hands And Hearts and is an Adjunct Professor of Crisis Management at Tulane University.