Don Spetner

Don is a senior strategic advisor at Weber Shandwick, counselling CEOs and boards on how to structure, staff and elevate world-class marketing and communications functions. Drawing on assignments as chief communications officer for three global enterprises, he guides leadership communications, C-suite support and talent development across technology, energy, financial-services and consumer sectors.

 

Previously, Don spent 12 years at Korn Ferry as EVP, Corporate Affairs—holding the roles of CMO, CCO and senior partner in its corporate-affairs search practice—where he placed communications chiefs for Chevron, Yahoo!, Genentech, eBay, Microsoft and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Earlier, he led corporate communications at SunAmerica and Nissan North America following formative posts in global PR agencies. A co-founder of FHS Capital Partners, he has chaired Emerson College’s Board of Overseers and serves on the board of the USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations.