Don Hunt Partner/Managing Director Don Hunt leads LE&A health care and emerging technology practice, and has more than 20 years of experience in all facets of public and media relations. Hunt spent a significant portion of his career consulting with a wide range of health care organizations, and has extensive knowledge of the many clinical, financial and community issues driving the industry.

Hunt has delivered meaningful, national-level results for a wide array of clients, ranging from large-scale insurance carriers to technology M&A firms and nationally recognized health systems. He has also been a technology columnist for the Chicago Tribune for the past 10 years and is a sought-out media resource on a wide range of health care and IT topics.

Hunt joined LE&A in 2000 after five years as Director of Communications for DP Fox Ventures, LLC, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based business management and investment firm led by Dan DeVos, with interests in commercial and residential real estate, transportation and sports and entertainment.

While at DP Fox, Hunt provided oversight for all marketing and public relations functions for a wide range of affiliate business operations. He also helped lead the development of a stand-alone marketing company which provides regional and national media buying, graphic design and strategic planning services.

Prior to DP Fox, Hunt worked in the agency world as a consultant to companies including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Whirlpool Corporation and the former Upjohn Company (now Pfizer). A reporter by training, he has written for the New York Times and a variety of other publications.

Hunt has served on the boards of the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, glimaWest, and the Grand Rapids Griffins Youth Foundation, and is currently a member of the West Michigan Make-a-Wish committee. He has also served as co-chair of the West Michigan Technology Council for the Right Place economic development program and is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

Andrea Clark, APR Director With more than 16 years of professional experience in the public relations and communications industry, Clark has provided strategic communications counsel and issues/crisis management to myriad clients throughout Michigan. Her experience includes working with non-profit organizations as well as clients based in the manufacturing, food service, health care, retail and education industries.

Prior to joining LE&A, she served as vice president of marketing and communications at Miller Johnson, a leading Michigan law firm. She also served as vice president of media and public relations at a large public relations agency for more than a decade.

Clark earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University, and her Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) from the Public Relations Society of America in 1999. She serves as President-Elect of the West Michigan chapter of the PRSA and on the board of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Outstate Michigan and is the co-chair of the Association for Corporate Growth’s marketing committee.