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WHITNEY WETZEL

(West Virginia)

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:LinkedIn

Whitney Wetzel is the Director of Communications and Advocacy at 3PS, where she leads integrated strategies at the intersection of public affairs, media, and messaging. With a background in both journalism and state government, Whitney brings a deep understanding of how to shape narratives that influence decision-makers, engage the public, and drive results. At 3PS, she helps clients navigate complex policy challenges, tell their stories effectively, and achieve their goals. True to the firm's mission, she works to put clients in the best position possible to succeed and to be a light in every interaction on their behalf.

0-5 years

Named Best Anchor by both the West Virginia Broadcasters Association and the Associated Press of the Virginias

Recipient of a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Breaking News Coverage

Emmy Nomination for Feature Reporting

Licensed West Virginia real estate agent, holding multiple industry designations, including:
     Accredited Buyer's Representative (ABR)
     Seller Representative Specialist (SRS)
     Military Relocation Professional (MRP)
     GREEN Designee
     Graduate, REALTOR Institute (GRI)

Awarded Rookie of the Year by Old Colony Realtors for 2024

Whitney Wetzel serves as Director of Communications and Advocacy at 3PS, LLC, a full-service government affairs, marketing, and public relations firm based in Charleston, West Virginia. Whitney joined the team in 2025, bringing with her more than a decade of experience in media and public sector communications.

A graduate of West Virginia University with a B.S. in broadcast journalism and a minor in political science, Whitney began her career as a television news anchor and reporter, covering stories across West Virginia and Kentucky. Her time in journalism earned her multiple industry honors and a reputation for thoughtful, compelling storytelling.

Following her broadcast career, Whitney transitioned into state government, where served as Director of Communications for the West Virginia Department of Human Services. In that role, she led communications for the state's largest agency during a major organizational restructure, managing media strategy, branding, and crisis communications at the cabinet level.

At 3PS, Whitney bridges the firm's communications and government affairs efforts - offering strategic counsel to clients in sectors including healthcare, human services, and education. Her expertise spans campaign development, stakeholder engagement, and media relations, and she brings a passion for storytelling and advocacy to every project. Whitney is proud to help clients create meaningful change in West Virginia communities and beyond.

BENJAMIN BEAKES

(West Virginia)
  • (304) 993-8917

  • P.O. Box 7058CharlestonWV25356

Ben Beakes is the founder and managing member of 3PS, LLC, a government affairs and public relations firm headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia. When he launched the firm in 2015, Ben's mission was clear: to put clients in the best position possible to achieve success, and to be a light to clients and to those with whom the firm interacts on their behalf. That guiding principle still defines 3PS today. Since its founding, the firm has represented more than 50 clients across a wide range of industries. From association management and lobbying to marketing and strategic communications, 3PS is committed to delivering results with purpose through thoughtful strategy, meaningful relationships, and a values-driven approach to advocacy.

11-15 years

2012 Generation Next: Top 40 under 40

2016 University of Charleston Alumnus of the Year

  • Ben Beakes is a true professional who has provided first-rate service to the institutions that comprise the West Virginia Independent Colleges and Universities. Our decision to engage 3PS has been a wise investment resulting in an amplification of our voice among decision makers, strengthened brand recognition, and increased engagement among our donors. - Chris A. Wood, President - Davis & Elkins College
  • Ben and 3PS have done a phenomenal job in understanding the intricacies of the issues that impact the managed care industry. He is able to clearly state our position and advocate on our behalf, as well as have an informed discussion around those topics with policy-makers throughout the state. - Tadd Haynes, President - WellPoint West Virginia
  • Ben has been an outstanding colleague in the services he has provided for our WVICU organization. His energy and competency reflect a benefit far beyond his fees. He represents our interests as though he was actually one of our members! - Dr. Daniel Anderson, President - Appalachian Bible College
  • Ben Beakes is the founder and managing member of 3PS, LLC, a government affairs and public relations firm headquartered in West Virginia. A 2002 graduate of the University of Charleston with a degree in political science, Ben began his career as Political Director for the West Virginia Republican Party. In 2005, he was appointed Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Betty Ireland, becoming one of the youngest individuals to serve in that capacity in state government.

    Following his time in public service, Ben briefly worked in the private sector before being named State Director of the McCain 2008 presidential campaign in West Virginia. In 2009, he returned to his alma mater to serve as Vice President for University Development, a role he held for five years. Ben then joined Alpha Natural Resources as Director of Government and External Affairs, managing state and federal policy efforts.

    On September 1, 2015, Ben launched 3PS, combining his deep policy experience, strategic insight, and extensive relationships into a firm designed to serve clients with integrity and purpose. With over two decades of experience in public policy, politics, and advocacy, Ben has built a reputation as a tireless and trusted voice for the individuals, companies, and associations he represents.

    JOE REIDY

    (West Virginia)
    • (304) 676-3675

    • P.O. Box 7058CharlestonWV25356

    Subjects: All Subjects

    Joe Reidy joined the 3PS team in 2021 following years of experience managing and advising Republican campaigns at every level of government. At 3PS, his work has centered on public affairs strategy for clients in highly regulated industries. Joe and the entire 3PS team take pride in being full-time, year-round advocates offering clients the consistent focus and strategic insight necessary to effectively navigate policy, politics, and regulation. In all of our work, we strive to put our clients in the best position possible to achieve success and to be a light to our clients and to those with whom we interact on their behalf.

    0-5 years

    Joe Reidy serves as Vice President of Public Affairs at 3PS, LLC, a government affairs and public relations firm based in Charleston, West Virginia. A Berkeley County native and graduate of West Virginia University, Joe has spent his career at the intersection of politics, policy, and advocacy.

    Before joining 3PS in 2021, Joe advised successful campaigns at the local, state, and federal levels. He has worked with national consulting firms, trade associations, and political organizations to drive legislative strategies and build grassroots and grasstops engagement across the region.

    At 3PS, Joe leads public affairs efforts for clients in some of the most heavily regulated sectors, offering strategic counsel, coalition development, and policy support tailored to each client's unique needs. With a deep understanding of West Virginia's political and regulatory landscape, Joe brings energy, insight, and unwavering focus to every engagement.

    Joe lives in Charleston with his wife, Katie, their daughter, Georgia, and their golden retriever, Charley.

    Clients:
    Clients:

    37) PENNSYLVANIA ATHLETIC TRAINERS SOCIETY, INC

    38) Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association

    39) Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition

    40) Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Cardiology

    41) PENNSYLVANIA DEER FARMERS ASSOCIATION

    42) PENNSYLVANIA INTERIOR DESIGNERS LEGISLATIVE COALITION

    43) PENNSYLVANIA INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, INC.

    44) PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR TRUCK ASSN

    45) Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association

    46) Pennsylvania Prison Society

    47) PENNSYLVANIA RECREATION VEHICLE AND CAMPING ASSOCIATION

    48) Pennsylvania Rural Water Association

    49) PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION

    50) Pennsylvania Section, American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists

    51) Pennsylvania Section, American Water Works Association

    52) PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, INC

    53) Pennsylvania State Alliance of YMCAs

    54) Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs

    55) PENNSYLVANIA STATE SHOWMEN'S ASSOCIATION

    56) Pennsylvania Utility Contractors Association

    57) Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau

    58) R.J. Corman Railroad Group

    59) Resource Environmental Solutions

    60) SAS Institute Inc.

    61) Securities Industry & Financial Markets Assoc.

    62) Solar Energy Industries Association

    63) T-Mobile USA, Inc.

    64) THEA Development LLC

    65) Tower Health

    66) UCB, Inc.

    67) Water Works Operators' Association of Pennsylvania

    68) Western Pennsylvania Bleeding Disorders Foundation

    69) William Penn Human Services

    70) Windstream Communications, Inc.

    71) Wireless Infrastructure Association

    72) Women Against Abuse, Inc.

    Clients:

    1) Accenture LLP

    2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

    3) Advocating for Seniors

    4) Ajax Building Company, LLC

    5) American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility

    6) AshBritt, Inc.

    7) Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter Inc.

    8) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

    9) Assurant Group

    10) AT&T Services, Inc.

    11) Atkins North America, Inc.

    12) bestbet Jacksonville

    13) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC

    14) Boatsetter

    15) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

    16) Brandt Information Services

    17) Broward College Foundation

    18) Broward County

    19) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

    20) C.W. Roberts Contracting Inc.

    21) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.

    22) CDR Maguire

    23) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

    24) Cicero Action

    25) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

    26) Citigroup Washington Inc.

    27) City of Boca Raton

    28) City of Coral Gables

    29) City of Fort Lauderdale

    30) Clara Homes

    31) Cody Khan

    32) Community Care Plan

    33) Community US Fund Management Inc.

    34) Coventry

    35) CVS Health and All Affiliates

    36) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    37) Development Corporation for Israel

    38) DialCare, LLC.

    39) Ducky Recovery, LLC.

    40) Ecoresiliency Miami LLC

    41) Ecosouth Florida, LLC

    42) Elevated, LLC

    43) Elite DNA Therapy

    44) Emovis USA, Inc.

    45) Environmental Resilient Communities LLC

    46) EPAM Government Solutions, LLC.

    47) Field of Dreams

    48) Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals

    49) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

    50) Florida Community Financial Services Association

    51) Florida Credit Union Association

    52) Florida Institute of Technology

    53) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.

    54) Florida Power & Light Company

    55) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association

    56) Florida Realtors

    57) Florida Surplus Lines Association

    58) Florida Transportation Builders Association

    59) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association

    60) Fox Corporation

    61) G7 Security Services

    62) Gartner, Inc.

    63) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve

    64) Graduation Alliance, Inc.

    65) Grind Hard Ammo LLC

    66) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

    67) Hillpointe, LLC

    68) Horsepower Electric

    69) INSIGHTEC

    70) International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children

    71) K9s for Warriors

    72) Kalshi Inc.

    73) Land Sea Homes

    74) Lennar Homes, LLC

    75) Life Science Logistics, LLC

    76) Litecon LLC

    77) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.

    78) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

    79) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

    80) Melbourne Greyhound Park

    81) Memorial Healthcare System

    82) Miami-Dade County

    83) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners

    84) National Speech & Debate Association

    85) Neal Communities

    86) Neal Land & Neighborhoods

    87) Neal Land Development Group

    88) New College Foundation, Inc.

    89) Nile Inc.

    90) North American Transit Alliance

    91) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

    92) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

    93) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

    94) Orange Barrel Media

    95) Orlando Health

    96) Palm Beach Atlantic University

    97) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

    98) Palm Beach Zoo

    99) Paypal

    100) PCI Gaming

    101) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

    102) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

    103) Primerica, Inc.

    104) PrizePicks

    105) Project LIFT

    106) Promise Network Inc.

    107) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

    108) RAI Services Company

    109) Real Public Notices LLC

    110) RELX Inc.

    111) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

    112) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

    113) Ryan, LLC

    114) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

    115) SaferWatch, LLC

    116) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

    117) SAI Interactive

    118) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

    119) School Board of Brevard County

    120) Sellers Dorsey

    121) Sobe Sky Development, LLC

    122) South Automotive Group

    123) St. Petersburg College Foundation

    124) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

    125) Starkey Hearing Technologies

    126) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

    127) Take Stock in Children

    128) Tamiami 137, LLC

    129) Tampa Bay Rays

    130) The City of Miami

    131) The City of Venice

    132) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.

    133) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.

    134) The Everglades Trust

    135) The GEO Group, Inc.

    136) The North Highland Company

    137) Town Of Highland Beach

    138) TRC Companies, Inc.

    139) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

    140) University of Florida Student Government Association

    141) University of Miami

    142) Veyer, LLC

    143) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

    144) Waste Management Inc. of Florida

    145) WolfCap Team, LLC

    146) Woolpert, Inc.

    Clients:
    Clients:
    Clients:

    CHRISTOPHER SCHOONOVER

    (Florida)
    Clients:

    1) Accenture LLP

    2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

    3) Advocating for Seniors

    4) American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility

    5) Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter Inc.

    6) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

    7) Atkins North America, Inc.

    8) bestbet Jacksonville

    9) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

    10) Brandt Information Services

    11) Broward College Foundation

    12) Broward County

    13) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

    14) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.

    15) CDR Maguire

    16) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

    17) Cicero Action

    18) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

    19) Citigroup Washington Inc.

    20) City of Coral Gables

    21) City of Fort Lauderdale

    22) Clara Homes

    23) Community Care Plan

    24) Community US Fund Management Inc.

    25) Coral Rock Development Group, LLC

    26) Coventry

    27) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    28) Development Corporation for Israel

    29) DialCare, LLC.

    30) Ducky Recovery, LLC.

    31) Elevated, LLC

    32) Elite DNA Therapy

    33) Field of Dreams

    34) Florida Association of District School Superintendents

    35) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

    36) Florida Community Financial Services Association

    37) Florida Credit Union Association

    38) Florida Institute of Technology

    39) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.

    40) Florida Power & Light Company

    41) Florida Realtors

    42) Florida Surplus Lines Association

    43) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association

    44) Fox Corporation

    45) Gartner, Inc.

    46) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve

    47) Grind Hard Ammo LLC

    48) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

    49) Hillpointe, LLC

    50) Horsepower Electric

    51) INSIGHTEC

    52) International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children

    53) K9s for Warriors

    54) Kalshi Inc.

    55) Land Sea Homes

    56) Lennar Homes, LLC

    57) Life Science Logistics, LLC

    58) Litecon LLC

    59) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.

    60) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

    61) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

    62) Melbourne Greyhound Park

    63) Memorial Healthcare System

    64) National Speech & Debate Association

    65) Neal Communities

    66) Neal Land & Neighborhoods

    67) Neal Land Development Group

    68) New College Foundation, Inc.

    69) North American Transit Alliance

    70) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

    71) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

    72) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

    73) Oportun, Inc.

    74) Orange Barrel Media

    75) Orlando Health

    76) Palm Beach Atlantic University

    77) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

    78) Palm Beach Zoo

    79) Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

    80) Paypal

    81) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

    82) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

    83) PrizePicks

    84) Project LIFT

    85) Promise Network Inc.

    86) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

    87) RAI Services Company

    88) RELX Inc.

    89) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

    90) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

    91) Ryan, LLC

    92) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

    93) SaferWatch, LLC

    94) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

    95) SAI Interactive

    96) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

    97) School Board of Brevard County

    98) Sellers Dorsey

    99) Sobe Sky Development, LLC

    100) St. Petersburg College Foundation

    101) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

    102) Starkey Hearing Technologies

    103) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

    104) Take Stock in Children

    105) Tampa Bay Rays

    106) The City of Miami

    107) The City of Venice

    108) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.

    109) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.

    110) The Everglades Trust

    111) The GEO Group, Inc.

    112) The North Highland Company

    113) TRC Companies, Inc.

    114) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

    115) University of Florida Student Government Association

    116) University of Miami

    117) Veyer, LLC

    118) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

    119) Waste Management Inc. of Florida

    120) WolfCap Team, LLC

    121) Woolpert, Inc.