Shanan Guinn

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ABOUT SHANAN GUINN

Shanan is an executive with 15+ years of experience as both a leader and practitioner in high-stakes strategic communication in the public and private sectors. Her work has ranged from grassroots political campaigns, to creating compelling strategic messaging, to enterprise-level organizational transformations and executing public affairs strategies. She has the breadth of experience and depth of insight to lead and motivate global communications and public affairs teams.Her recent work in strategic public affairs spans the corporate and political spheres—including stints in the White House, the Department of Defense, and BP p.l.c. She has played a pivotal role in managing the public optics of the executive branch. She has organized and integrated a fragmented corporate communications infrastructure for a multi-billion-dollar corporation. Her multidisciplinary background affords her a keen sense of communication strategy from the boardroom, the market, the ballot-box, and beyond.Shanan has worked closely alongside executives in both the C-Suite and the federal government. Her leadership qualities include a unique facility for managing organizational transformation. She has been tasked by leaders at the highest level of government and corporations to transform and merge departments to work more efficiently, effectively and create positive change.She is a thought leader in public affairs and public relations, engineering communication strategies from inception to execution.