Brian McCabe oversees a significant portion of the firm’s client portfolio as well as the firm’s digital services team. His breadth of experience includes extensive work in the telecommunications, technology and financial services sectors helping clients develop effective approaches to public policy issues, mergers and acquisitions, crisis communications and litigation issues.

Brian served as president of the award-winning Progress for America (PFA), a national political organization which was active during the 2004 presidential campaign. The PFA team produced the ad “Ashley’s Story,” which the Washington Post said “significantly affected the race” and Ad Age named a top ten ad of the year – the only political ad to be recognized. He then led PFA’s national campaign to build support for the confirmation of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito in 2004 and 2005.

Prior to joining DCI in 2002, Brian founded his own public affairs firm, McCabe Consulting Group, as well as Custom Scoop – a customizable media monitoring and analysis technology acquired by Carma International in 2016. Preceding that, Brian served as executive director of Senator Bob Dole’s New Hampshire primary campaign.

Brian earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire, where he served as student body president. Between semesters, he learned the value of hard work installing irrigation systems with Gilford Well.

Brian is currently a member of the University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees (2024-2028) and an advisor to the University of New Hampshire Foundation (2020-present), where he has also served as a member (2010-2020) and chair (2019-2020). He also served on the Board of Trustees at the Brooks School from 2017-2023.

Brian and his wife, Loren, live in Meredith, New Hampshire with their golden retriever, Finn. They spend their summers enjoying the outdoors, biking, hiking or on the lake.