Patrick Slevin is a public affairs strategist, author, speaker, and former Florida mayor who has spent more than 30 years helping clients navigate political resistance, community opposition, and high-stakes public fights.

He is the founder of SL7 Consulting and the creator of the NIMBY War Room, a strategic framework designed to help developers, energy companies, infrastructure leaders, and land-use stakeholders assess influence, measure opposition risk, and build the political cover needed to win approval.

Patrick has advised Fortune 500 corporations, multinational developers, trade associations, foreign governments, renewable energy companies, and data center operators. He is a two-time PRSA Silver Anvil Award winner, a #1 Amazon bestselling author of two books on NIMBY opposition strategy, and a nationally recognized speaker on public approvals, stakeholder pressure, and project risk.

Clients bring Patrick in when the project matters, the politics are real, and the cost of getting it wrong is too high.