Keisha McClellan is a Vice President, Global Crisis & Issues at Weber Shandwick. She is an award-winning executive with extensive experience in media, crisis management, and strategic communications. She is the former Head of Creative for the in-house agency for The Oprah Winfrey Show and Harpo Studios and has held positions with Clark Hill PLC, The Walt Disney Company’s Anti-Piracy Protection group, Levick Strategic Communications, and Edelman’s Crisis & Risk Management practice.



Keisha helps companies across industries identify, manage, and mitigate reputational risk. She is a trusted advisor to senior leadership in the private, public and non-profit sectors on a broad range of issues including corporate positioning, leadership transitions, brand safety, intellectual property disputes, data privacy and cybersecurity incidents and other business resiliency issues. She provides strategic communications advice to a range of clients from healthcare, technology, financial services, food and beverage, entertainment and consumer products and services.



Her publications on cybersecurity and brand equity management include, “Fund Boards: Be Ready to Combat Cyber Risks,” “Held Hostage: Why Attacks Are on the Rise Against Film & Media Industries,” “Cyber Assaults Go Local: Why Ransomware Targeting City, County & State Governments is on the Rise,” and “Better Labor Relations Begin with A.I.”



Keisha holds a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, an M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a B.A. in English and Political Science from Spelman College.