LEADERSHIP
CATHERINE POLISI
President & Founder
Catherine Polisi Jones is the President and Founder of strategic advisory firm Polisi Jones, which she founded in 2014 after advising some of the largest and most well-known public and private companies in the world on their communications strategies throughout the past two decades.
Prior to founding Polisi Jones, Catherine served in senior roles at leading strategic communications firms in New York City and Greenwich, including Brunswick Group, Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher (JWBK) and ASC Advisors. She works with companies globally across all sectors, advising clients on media and investor communications, marketing strategies, messaging, brand building, online branding and social media strategy, media and presentation coaching, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism, internal communications and corporate crises.
In 2008, while Global Head of Media Relations for Lehman Brothers' Investment Banking Division, Catherine took a leadership role in managing and executing Lehman Brothers' corporate crisis communications initiatives during the global financial crisis, the firm's bankruptcy and subsequent acquisition of Lehman Brothers by Barclays Capital. Catherine continued her communications role at Barclays Capital after it acquired Lehman and helped rebrand Barclays' new investment banking platform.
In addition to her work in strategic communications, Catherine also previously worked as a television reporter at WENY-ABC in Elmira, NY and News 12 CT, and as a print reporter at The Ithaca Journal in Ithaca, NY.
Catherine is a volunteer and Board Director at Abilis, a CT non-profit that provides therapeutic, employment and training services to individuals with special needs. Previously, she was a Board Director for the India Cultural Center (ICC), a non-profit that promotes Indian culture and art throughout Fairfield and Westchester Counties; a Principle at B*Cured, which aims to end brain cancer; and Junior Council Member for REACH Prep, which provides underserved, high-achieving students access to transformative educational experiences that help cultivate our next generation of young leaders.
Catherine was named a YWCA Greenwich Brava Award winner in 2018 for her professional and community contributions. In 2017, she was given the title of Honorary Accountapreneur by The Accountability Lab of Nepal, a non-profit organization that provides support to young Nepalese entrepreneurs as they develop and implement low-cost, high-impact solutions for achieving accountability in their local communities.
Catherine graduated with a B.A. in Art History from Williams College in 1999 and an M.A. in International Law and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in 2004. She is a Certified KRI Kundalini Yoga instructor, sound therapist and medical intuitive, as well as a meditation and pranayama practitioner and teacher.
MORGAN MELNIKOFF
SENIOR STRATEGIST
Morgan Melnikoff joined Polisi Jones as a Senior Strategist and Outsourced C-Suite Executive in 2019 and brings a diverse set of skills to the team, including investor relations, business development, operations, fund launches, marketing, branding, messaging, fundraising, hedge fund compliance and accounting.
A proven entrepreneur, Morgan built and launched multimillion-dollar Everpoint Health in the middle of COVID-19 while on a temporary hiatus from Polisi Jones in order to co-found the company, and created one of the first national companies that provided rapid corporate and institutional COVID-19 testing.
Prior to joining Polisi Jones, Morgan worked as an investor communications consultant and assisted emerging hedge fund managers launch their businesses, providing support with investor outreach, marketing, pitch book content and design creation, due diligence preparation and legal document review. Previously, Morgan spent six years at Luxor Capital Group, LP where she managed all aspects of the firm's investor relations functions, and provided direct support for the firm’s operations, accounting and compliance. Morgan began her career as an auditor at Ernst & Young in the Financial Services Organization (FSO) where she worked with various clients, including UBS AG, Fortress Investment Group and Jefferies Group, Inc.
Morgan is an active volunteer for cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering. She worked with the development team and Dr. Robert Motzer to establish the Memorial Sloan Kettering Translational Kidney Cancer Research Program (TKCRP), a powerful platform to integrate the expertise of multiple disciplines, with the singular goal of curing kidney cancer. She founded and chaired the fundraising event "Rock Out for the Cure" to benefit kidney cancer research, which raised over $1 million—the most successful third-party fundraising event in Memorial Sloan Kettering’s history. In addition, she spent time bringing congressional awareness to the lack of funding for kidney cancer, which has since been increased from $5 million to $30 million annually. Morgan was chosen to be the 2018 keynote speaker at the Memorial Sloan Kettering "Celebration of Fundraisers” and was profiled on the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center website, Greenwich Magazine and CBS news.
Morgan holds a Master of Science degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Fordham University at Rose Hill.
GISELLE WHITE
SENIOR STRATEGIST
Giselle White joined Polisi Jones as a Senior Strategist in 2025 and serves as an Outsourced Investor Relations and Business Development Executive to our hedge fund clients. She has worked in the financial services industry for the past 30 years and has served in lead roles in investor relations, marketing and business development at various hedge funds since 2014.
Most recently, Giselle served as Director of Business Development and Investor Relations at Ardsley Partners, an alternative investment management firm with a more than 30-year investing history, where she was responsible for driving the growth and diversification of the firm's client base and assets under management. In this role, Giselle leveraged her extensive network within the institutional investor landscape to identify and cultivate strategic relationships with potential and existing investors, such as pensions, endowments, foundations and family offices.
Prior to joining Ardsley, Giselle worked at Arosa Capital, an alternative investment firm focused on energy investing and related markets; New Mountain Capital, an alternative investment firm investing in private equity, public equity and credit capital with $30 billion in assets under management; DGHM, a value investing firm that invests both long and short across all market capitalizations; and Harvey Partners, a long/short, small-cap equity hedge fund.
Giselle began her career in private banking and private wealth management at JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley. She is a Board Advisor at Pause + Purpose, a meditation and yoga studio based in Westport, CT; an Advisor and Presenter at Phelps Forward, an organization that provides career counseling, networking and job placement to minority female, first-generation college students from top-tier colleges; and is on the Executive Board and Head of Events at the Connecticut Council where she supports the Council’s Vital Voice Global Partnership.
She holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Strategy from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Miami.
ELIZABETH BING
SENIOR STRATEGIST
Elizabeth Bing joined Polisi Jones as a Senior Strategist and Outsourced C-Suite Executive in 2025 with a focus on messaging, branding, investor communications, legal and compliance work and corporate storytelling. Elizabeth’s background and training in complex litigation, corporate law and corporate governance began at Shearman & Sterling Law firm in 2002 and continued thereafter at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, Kirkland & Ellis and Wiggin and Dana.
With her education and training in law, Elizabeth blends her legal insight with her work in brand building, communications and corporate storytelling to create powerful, highly differentiated messaging and brand positioning for her clients. As a Senior Strategist at Polisi Jones, Elizabeth applies analytical rigor as a former litigator to the messaging she develops and partners with our private equity clients and their portfolio companies to clarify their corporate narratives, deploy their investor communications strategically to drive outcomes and support business initiatives aimed at cultivating growth.
Elizabeth’s career as a litigator began at Kirkland & Ellis representing hedge funds and private equity clients in high-stakes commercial litigation and investigations. She later focused on securities litigation and government investigations at Wiggin and Dana before joining UK investment bank NatWest Markets as Senior Counsel in 2022. At NatWest, Elizabeth worked closely with the company’s board of directors and CEO, overseeing corporate governance for the U.S. region and developing strategic presentations for the company’s executive leadership.
Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Classics from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor from The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. She studied British Politics and Public Policy as a Hansard Scholar at The London School of Economics.
MICHAEL STINEMAN
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIST
Michael Stineman joined the Polisi Jones team as a Technology Strategist in 2025 where he serves as an Outsourced Chief Technology Officer and oversees technology and digital solutions for our clients, including social media reporting, monitoring, measurement and compliance management; technology integration with existing corporate systems; SEO and SEM; digital ad marketing and measurement; A/B testing; AI solutions; and post-transaction technology integration, among other areas.
Throughout Michael’s 25-year technology career, he has worked with Fortune 100 companies as a digital strategist bridging the gap between complex digital technologies and practical business outcomes. He utilizes transformative digital solutions to unlock ROI for clients through the strategic use of technology and human-centered design. Michael believes in employing a data-driven approach to product development, digital marketing, business measurement and digital transformation initiatives. He has deep expertise in structured data design and methodology, AI and machine learning, and data integration and utilizes these skills to drive client product roadmaps to successful outcomes.
Prior to joining Polisi Jones, Michael was Executive Vice President at Modus, a digital consulting firm, and Senior Vice President of Client Services at Bootsoft. He also previously worked at Thomson Financial and Baseline Financial Services.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Middlebury College.