Erin K Risner

SENIOR ADVISOR, MARKETING

For the past 17 years, Erin has advised and grown global and national U.S. brands–including Fortune 500 companies–to catalyze impact. Through her vast strategic communications, marketing, brand building, and storytelling expertise, she guides C-Suite leaders on ideal brand positioning and thought leadership to cut through the noise and complexity. The result: clarity, simplicity, and action that provokes the heart.

Throughout her career spanning the nonprofit, tech, social entrepreneurship, and philanthropy sectors, Erin has led digital campaigns that have reached more than 500 million people; she has secured and managed strategic partnerships with major brands including Warner Bros., Disney Studios, Amazon Studios, Levi’s, Gates Foundation, ONE Campaign, AOL, and Teva, while spearheading successful PR initiatives and agency relationships that drive organizational growth.

Erin has demonstrated a talent for unifying fragmented brand messaging, targeting funder audiences, and building high-performing teams. She excels in leveraging cultural trends to drive digital and organizational transformation, bringing deep expertise in inclusive communications and creative storytelling. Her approach combines big-picture strategic thinking with detail-oriented execution to achieve breakthrough results. She’s written 16 value propositions for LEBEC clients across the capital spectrum to help them unlock millions in catalytic philanthropy.

Passionate about youth development and education, Erin has served on the board of Girls to School since 2009, supporting girls' education and economic development initiatives in Mauritania, West Africa. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Media and Global Studies from Drury University.

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