Communications LAB

Finding your voice in the world is not an easy thing to do and amplifying your message can be even harder. That's what Communications LAB is all about. Rising above the din of competing messages, points of view and contrary opinions doesn't just happen – as our name indicates – it’s both an art and a science. ​ Communications LAB was launched in 2013 but its roots and history go back nearly 20 years. Our founder and CEO, Arianna Barrios, has been a successful public relations and marketing professional for more than 20 years under her own banner of Barrios & Associates. In 2012, Barrios and her husband, Brian Lochrie, began negotiations with Roger Faubel to form a unique partnership with his well respected firm, Faubel Public Affairs, where Lochrie has been President for over a decade. In 2013, Barrios & Associates purchased the Media Relations and Marketing Division of Faubel Public Affairs and entered into a strategic alliance to develop an enhanced professional partnership of community outreach and marketing expertise. The experiment has proved tremendously successful and Communications LAB (LAB = Lochrie And Barrios) was born. ​ ​With clients ranging from health care, transportation and hospitality to tourism, public utilities and political campaigns, Communications LAB is a full service boutique agency with the expertise of a big agency - without the big agency price tag. We're ready and waiting to provide you with focused communications consulting services, strategic planning, crisis communications, media relations and community outreach services you need to reach your target audiences. We invite you to contact us and let the Comm LAB staff help you discover your voice.