Our Team
Joshua Morby
Partner
Joshua Morby is a partner at Nation Consulting. He is an experienced journalist and successful public relations
and corporate fundraising specialist. Morby focuses on regional and statewide economic development efforts, serves
as Executive Director of the Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance, and works with New North, Inc., among other clients.
Before joining Nation Consulting, Morby served as the Deputy Press Secretary for Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle. While working for Governor Doyle, Morby coordinated the day-to-day messaging, public relations strategy, and overall communications efforts for all of the state's cabinet level agencies. In addition to serving as a spokesperson for Governor Doyle, Morby helped organize, promote, and execute press conferences and media appearances by the Governor, cabinet members, and constituent groups around the state.
During the 2002 Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign, Morby worked as the full-time staff for a third party candidate's bid for Governor. His unique and creative press strategies helped the first-time candidate garner an unprecedented amount of local, state, national, and even international attention. The campaign ended as the most successful third-party campaign in Wisconsin's modern political history.
Morby worked both as a general assignment and freelance reporter for a number of publications in Wisconsin, ranging from the state's largest daily newspaper to several community weekly and bi-weekly publications. While working as a journalist, he covered a variety of stories and subjects, ranging from national politics, local sports, community news, and feature stories.
Joshua Morby is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. He lives in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Milwaukee.
