Dagny Akeyson Ellenberg

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ABOUT DAGNY AKEYSON ELLENBERG

I’m a public affairs executive with more than a decade of experience helping organizations navigate complex, high-stakes challenges and win. I specialize in strategically positioning clients, shaping the environments they operate in, and building campaigns designed to deliver results.As Fiona Hutton & Associates\'(FHA) Managing Partner I lead integrated public affairs efforts grounded in strategy, discipline, and performance and oversee the people side of the agency\'s operations. Our teams are known for embedding closely with clients, treating their issues like our own, and executing sophisticated, multi-pronged campaigns that work seamlessly with government relations, legal and regulatory strategies to drive outcomes.I bring a clear-eyed, execution-focused approach to every engagement, informed by a deep understanding of how decisions actually get made. I’m known for sharp strategic judgment, high standards, and a competitive instinct—qualities that guide both my client work and my leadership of FHA’s team and operations.Outside of the public affairs and business space, I\'m also a proud mom to a feral (but highly adorable) toddler, avid reader and newly minted South Bay resident with a passion for food and travel. I am curious by nature and came about my politically adjacent career through a lifelong obsession with history and hyper-local journalism (shout out to my favorite OG town crier, the San Clemente Times).