Schweitzer Consulting, LLC

Schweitzer Consulting, LLC is a Honolulu-based public relations and communications firm founded in 2004 by Julie Schweitzer Ford. The firm describes itself as a "small shop, big results" operation that delivers award-winning PR and communications expertise without the bureaucracy of a large firm. It is headquartered at 1288 Kapiolani Blvd., #1207, Honolulu, Hawaii.

The firm employs under 49 people, maintains a minimum budget of $10,000 - $25,000, and charges an average hourly rate of $175. Schweitzer Consulting does not do paid advertising; clients typically arrive through word-of-mouth referrals or direct working experience. The firm is small by design and will not take on new clients if the added workload would jeopardize attention to existing clients.

Services include reputation management, public relations, branding, and business consulting. The firm focuses on traditional communication and public relations, helping clients articulate messaging or stances on issues that matter to them, then working to include their thought leadership in public dialogue. Schweitzer Consulting also helps organizations raise visibility and public standing by positioning them as industry experts among stakeholders, protecting brand integrity, boosting corporate reputations, facilitating cross-sector partnerships, and reducing negative sentiment, misinterpretation, or litigation.

The firm serves the finance and health care industries, with particular focus on healthcare, and works with small and medium businesses. Representative clients include Pacific Global Investment Management Company, Healthcare Association of Hawaii (HAH), Q2 Solutions, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC-Oahu), and HCA Consulting Group, International.

Schweitzer Consulting earned PRSA's prestigious "Best in Show" award in 2020 for work done on behalf of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii. Over the years, the firm has also earned awards for reputation management, crisis management, viral marketing, media relations, customer loyalty programs, international communications, websites, research, and overall writing. The firm was featured in Hawaii Business Magazine on preparing for a crisis.

Founder, Principal, and President Julie Schweitzer Ford has 30+ years of communications experience with mainland and Hawaii-based PR agencies as well as in-house roles with the Governor's Office. She spent 10 years with the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii, departing as its COO in 2004 to launch Schweitzer Consulting.