Impact Through Strategic Engagement

Your Trusted Partner for Success

Sigrist & Co. helps organizations align their priorities with the realities of the political, policy, and public landscape. We take a hands-on, collaborative approach—working across teams, sectors, and stakeholder networks to design and execute strategies that create measurable impact. Every engagement is tailored to your organization’s goals and operating environment, ensuring each action strengthens both your outcomes and your reputation.

With Sigrist & Co., you gain a trusted partner invested in your success. Our experience spans public affairs, government relations, industry coalitions, and organizational strategy, grounded in strong relationships and a record of meaningful results. Clear communication and transparency guide our work, keeping leaders and stakeholders informed, engaged, and aligned from start to finish.

Tailored Strategies for Winning Outcomes

Every client and every issue is unique. That’s why Sigrist & Co. is focused on customized strategies designed to address your specific challenges and objectives. From aligning internal priorities to navigating external pressures, we help you:

  • Connect business and organizational objectives with the political and regulatory environment

  • Break down silos and foster cross-functional collaboration

  • Develop clear, consistent messages that resonate with decision makers and the public

  • Design and lead strategies grounded in people, perception, and positioning - then deploy government relations to ensure policy advocacy is fully aligned with your external affairs and business objectives.

Expertise

Public & External Affairs Strategy

Cross-Organizational Collaboration & Messaging 

Coalition Building and Stakeholder Mobilization

Political and Legislative Strategy

Program and Organizational Implementation

Government Relations

Media Communications

Association & Board Engagement

Association and Trade Group Optimization

Consumer Product Goods (CPG) & Retail Expertise

Meet Erin Sigrist

Erin Sigrist has built her career on problem solving, creative thinking, and collaboration, leading high‑stakes initiatives where business, policy, and community intersect. For nearly a decade, she served as the exclusive lobbyist and president of a statewide trade association representing Vermont’s retail, manufacturing, distribution, and energy sectors, guiding members through complex legislative and regulatory environments with clarity and confidence, guiding coalitions and leading stakeholder mobilization and grassroots campaigns.

With more than twenty years of experience in communications strategy, coalition management, and community engagement, Erin helps organizations “meet the moment” by aligning internal priorities with external realities. Her practice blends deep knowledge of Vermont’s political landscape with a network that spans the country, recognizing that modern politics and policy extend well beyond state borders.

Today, Erin partners with clients to build on their existing foundations, strengthening relationships, sharpening messages, and advancing priorities that matter. Drawing on strategic public affairs expertise and a nuanced understanding of government processes, she enables clients to engage effectively with stakeholders, customers, decision makers and communities across Vermont, New England, and key markets nationwide.