The Exoro Group

2024 Legislative Guide

We find the answers, relationships and resources you need to get the change you want.

The Exoro Group, founded in 2002, serves the best corporations, governmental entities and non-profits. We achieve results by blending scientific analysis, modern communications and deep connections.

Our Team

Experienced. Invested. Good instincts.
Critical minds. Committed to our clients.

President and Owner

Maura is one of the most influential people you’ve never heard of. An advisor and strategist to Utah’s top elected officials and business leaders, she’s driven by her desire to advocate and achieve success for others. Maura has built a thriving career from her passions. Her experiences span development work in Uganda, Time Magazine and as a leader of several organizations. She founded Exoro in 2002.

Maura Carabello
Vice President

Brittany’s expertise is strategy-management and problem-solving. Her decade in broadcast news makes her a savvy professional able to craft solid communications. Her ability to understand the client’s objectives and create the path for success makes her a senior and sought after project manager. She is one of the best in the business.

Brittany Manookin
Senior Advisor

Dan has proven success in business and government for over four decades. His influence is subtle, behind the scenes and ubiquitous. His mind is a wonder and he can map your path for success. He brings wisdom and improvements to any team. Dan does not abide fools.

Dan Hartman
Associate

Jessica utilizes her skills in content creation, instructional design, and management systems to successfully strategize and execute communication plans. Jessica specializes in coordinating social media tactics to help organizations tell the stories that captivate their target audiences.

Jessica Stewart
Associate

Britta is a seasoned communications professional with a passion for making meaningful impacts. Her experience in nonprofits, political research, and public relations makes her adept at crafting compelling narratives that resonate across platforms. With a keen eye for detail, Britta brings a strategic perspective to every project she undertakes.

Britta Bailey
Advisor

You think you are good at details until you see Dani’s work. With 15+ years of public communications, grassroots and project management under her belt, her project execution is exceptional, on time, strategic and successful.

Dani Johnson
Senior Advisor

LaVarr is an original owner and founder of Exoro. Although organic gentleman farmer is now his primary title - his 35 years of public policy and communications work has become legendary. As the founding publisher of Utah Policy Daily, he steers the most influential insider publication in the state. His diverse career has produced a unique advisor for our clients.

LaVarr Webb
Office Administrator

Aimee has worked in operations and systems both big and small. You can’t ruffle her feathers and there is nothing in administration she can’t handle. She can keep all the balls in the air and schedule meetings nobody else can. Just remember, if there's one person to keep happy at Exoro, it's Aimee.

Aimee Baarz
Senior Advisor

Tage brings a career’s worth of experience in public policy, engineering, and management. He is able to navigate the finer requirements of successful government and private interactions. As one who has been through a litany of corporate and public processes, he will provide paths forward from the point of view of a principal who has seen it before.

Tage Flint