Friends,
Another year, another chance to fill your inbox with updates you didn’t ask for but are hopefully glad to receive. The good news: we actually did some cool stuff in 2025. The bad news: you have to hear about it from me.
2025 Wrap-Up
The Lafayette Company turned 10 this year, and we celebrated with friends, clients, and colleagues at a very fun party at Washington’s historic Hotel Monaco in May. We sealed the deal by having our name trademarked (#brand).
Our client portfolio continues to expand, so we’ve expanded our team, too. In 2025, we welcomed Morgan Martinez as our Executive Vice President, Corrine Williams as a Media Relations Consultant, and Mitch McQuate as our Director of Accounts.
We are immensely proud to have, in just a month’s time, successfully planned and executed a star-studded inaugural Symposium on Young American Men. We’re so grateful to our sponsors, partners, and speakers who made it possible. We’re already putting together the 2026 event with great enthusiasm – and a longer timeline to get it all done!
Our clients’ work reached new heights and new audiences, from the pages of The Washington Post to the seats at the National Press Club. And on a personal level, writing this piece in National Review on the return of “King of the Hill” definitely “sparked joy” (as a millennial, I think I am supposed to be in constant pursuit of this) for me.
LSU is terrible (the Ole Miss cope is a lot of fun though!). So, too, are the Saints. The only team making me happy these days is Team America, because we’re turning 250 this year (thank goodness for Botox), and the Marquis de Lafayette had a not-insignificant role to play in all of that. You’ll be hearing from us a lot (beaucoup, even) in the coming months as we don our party hats (chapeaux de fête) and become especially insufferable promoting French-American heritage and the good ole U S of A.
Looking Ahead
As we continue to grow in 2026 and beyond, we’re looking for the perfect person for our Director of Media Relations position. If you know someone who would be a good fit (or you’d like this awesome job), please let us know. More on the opportunity here.
Our Thanks
2025 was our biggest year yet. It wouldn’t be possible without you – yes, you. Thank you for your friendship. We hope your Christmas is merry and bright (and if December brings another holiday you celebrate, I really hope it’s wonderful and filled with good things, too) and that the year ahead offers lots of health, happiness, and success for you and those who matter to you.
We’d love to work together, so just drop us a line any time. In the meantime, have a great holiday season, and we’ll see you next year!