Dennis Lonergan
As a partner in Eidolon Communications, Dennis has worked extensively for progressive, political, advocacy, civic and other non-profit clients since 1986. Prior to forming Eidolon, he was Senior Writer at The Kamber Group, a Washington, D.C.-based public relations firm. Prior to joining Kamber, he worked as deputy press secretary for then-U.S. Rep. S. William Green (NY-18), and as a political advertising producer. Dennis was co-chair of the board of directors of GLAAD/NY for two years, during which time he was co-founder of the GLAAD Media Awards. He volunteers as an adult literacy tutor for Literacy Partners in New York, and is a member of the board of directors of SAGE, Services and Advocacy for Gay & Lesbian Elders.
John Graves
John has been a partner in Eidolon Communications for 17 years, during which time he has developed strategy and management programs for a wide-range of non-profit accounts, many of which he put in the mail for the very first time, including Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York Restoration Project, Legal Action Center, and Poetry Society of America. Prior to forming Eidolon, John was National Program Director of the American Social Health Association, where he stewarded ASHA’s winning bids for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s AIDS Hotline and National AIDS Education contracts; he personally directed the establishment of the CDC AIDS Hotline in New York when it was launched in 1985-86. He was chair of the board of directors of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, guiding its growth from a small neighborhood-based STD clinic to the largest gay and lesbian primary care health facility in the world.
