Cave Henricks Communications Austin Texas
CHC Team

Our Staff

Barbara Cave Henricks
President

A former journalist at NBC Radio in Washington, she moved to Manhattan and into publishing in 1989, landing a position in the publicity department at Workman, a smaller publisher which grew to great fame with its innovative packaging, expert marketing, and clever design. Two years later, she moved to Houghton Mifflin Company where she spent six years as the associate director of publicity, handling a prestigious list of nonfiction titles by authors such as Al Gore, astronaut James Lovell, Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder and dozens more. In 1996, she joined Goldberg McDuffie Communications and in 2000, helped create and lead the company's new division, Goldberg McDuffie Business, where she served as Vice President and Director.

Henricks has spearheaded campaigns for some of the biggest business names in business today including Jack Welch (Jack: Straight from the Gut), Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan (Execution and Confronting Reality), Arthur Levitt Jr. (Take on the Street), Vanguard founder John Bogle (The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism), Marcus Buckingham and Curtis Coffman (First, Break All the Rules), Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton (Now, Discover Your Strengths), Maria Bartiromo (Use the News), and Patrick Lencioni (Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars). She has worked closely with a number of corporate clients including The Gallup Organization, McKinsey & Company, Mercer Consulting, Honeywell, Ernst & Young, The Boston Consulting Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Goldman Sachs, The Financial Times, and J.D. Power and Associates. In addition, she has partnered with most of the major publishers including Simon & Schuster, Random House, Currency/Doubleday, St. Martin's Press, Warner Books, Thomas Nelson, Harvard Business School Press, Yale University Press, Jossey-Bass, and Wiley. Barbara graduated from Indiana University with a B.A. in Radio and Television and has done graduate work in Communications at Purdue University.

Barbara lives in Austin, Texas with her three children, Kate, Corey and Brady and her husband, glass artist Michael McDougal.
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Dennis Welch
VP, Publicity Director

A poet, writer, businessman, inventor of marketing systems and a seemingly endless source of ideas and innovations, Dennis Welch joins Cave Henricks Communications after more than a decade at The Gallup Organization. There his notable accomplishments included launching Gallup's Hispanic interviewing team, inventing marketing systems for Gallup's transition into becoming a powerful consulting company, and leading Gallup's foray into faith communities. In addition to his role at Cave Henricks, Dennis is also the author of Rich People Shop Here. He holds a BA and an MBA from the University of Houston.

The legendary George Gallup told Dennis many years ago, "Whatever you do Dennis, be a writer," going on to call him "one of the five top writers in the company." From his early days of showing off on the school playground by spelling Antidisestablishmentarianism in the first grade, to a stint in Nashville writing and recording songs, Dennis has done just that.

The father of two grown sons, Dennis and his wife Susie live in Austin.
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Lew Shelton Campbell
Office Manager

Lew Shelton Campbell brings more than 15 years of office and managerial experience to her multi-faceted role at Cave Henricks Communications.

A former trade show and political clothing company owner, she left that business and joined Maximus, administering the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for the state of Texas. She rose quickly through the company and within six months was leading a team of anywhere from six to ten staff in processing applications for children's health insurance.

Lew is currently pursuing her degree in Behavioral Sciences and lives in the Austin area with her husband Jason and their three boys.
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Kaila Murphy
Publicist

Kaila Murphy is not afraid. And in the public relations business, that's a big plus.

From her days growing up in Abilene to her successful sojourn at The University of Texas, she has been willing to step out and take chances and do whatever it takes for the people and ideas she believes in. Along the way, she has been not only a great student, an effective debater, a quick learner, and a solid leader -- but someone whose positive attitude and keen execution skills are serving her well in the publishing world.

She has worked on successful titles like Jeanne Bliss' I Love You More Than My Dog, David Livermore's Leading With Cultural Intelligence and is currently working directly with Barbara on a new book by Tom Rath and Jim Harter, Wellbeing. Her positivity and warmth come through loud and clear to our authors and the media we work with every day. Not surprisingly, it is turning into great success for those we serve.
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Jessica Krakoski
Publicity Manager

Jessica Krakoski loves a challenge. She never shies away from a difficult task, and more often than not she wins the day with perseverance and smarts.

Jessica's first job in publishing turned out to be at Simon & Schuster's Simon Spotlight Entertainment imprint, a purveyor of mostly pop culture and celebrity memoirs. She distinctly recalls her first day on the job: "My boss called me in and said that she would be busy the next few days and I would need to accompany Tommy Chong around to his media meetings and interviews. I'm brand new to the city, I have no idea what I'm doing, and I'm way in the deep end of the pool on day one. It was the best intro to PR I could have asked for." She obviously rose to that challenge, too. She went on to a stellar career there, and worked with many notable authors before leaving to take a position at the Perseus Books Group.

Her love for business and books coalesced as she became a Publicist for Basic Books, an imprint of the Perseus Books Group that specializes in non-fiction and business titles. After a successful 2 year run, she came to the attention of Barbara Henricks and her team while working together on the publicity and PR for a Basic business title.
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