Teal Pennebaker

  • Teal Pennebaker has nearly two decades of communications experience in tech, healthcare, and politics. She has advised executives at Amazon, in the Obama Administration, at Stanford, at high-profile nonprofits, and at fast-growing startups -- providing messaging positioning, thought leadership development, and speechwriting. Teal is a business communications lecturer at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, and she and her husband are active in Democratic politics. A graduate of Wellesley College and the Harvard Kennedy School, Teal lives in Austin with her husband, two kids, and—if her kids convince her—two kittens.

Tim Granholm

  • Tim Granholm has more than 15 years’ experience leading strategic communications initiatives in both the public and private sectors. Tim has extensive experience running communications campaigns on the national and regional stage from his time in the Obama White House and as a leader in the Biden Administration’s public response to COVID-19 as part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Tim led internal communications and advised multiple CEOs at Boeing, in addition to working with members of the c-suite during his eight years at the company. A graduate of Indiana University and Northwestern University, Tim lives in Chicago with his wife and three daughters.

Jamie Hill

  • Jamie Hill is a communications strategist with 13 years experience leading communications and public affairs initiatives across big tech, startups, and the U.S. government. She spent nine years at Google building national public affairs programming around education, online safety, and economic opportunity. She has extensive experience partnering with executives and organizations on thought leadership positioning, public affairs and advocacy positioning, and internal and external communications. She serves on the board of the YWCA-NYC and is an active volunteer with local organizations and in Democratic politics. A graduate of University of California, Berkeley (Go Bears!), Jamie lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their dog, Kevin.

Lauren Sanborn

  • Lauren Sanborn is a communications and social media strategist who's spent her career running social teams inside major comms organizations, including Head of Social at Amazon and CrowdStrike. Bullish about embracing owned and new media, Lauren has built executive presence and reputation strategy for some of the most recognized companies, including Amazon where she ran global social programs — 35 channels, 111M+ followers, nine countries — and advised on high-stakes issues and crisis response on social. She has partnered directly with dozens of C-suite leaders on their positioning and content programs.

Erin Fitzgerald

  • Erin Fitzgerald leads communications, policy, and enterprise marketing at Headway, a leading health tech company focused on building a new mental health care system everyone can access. Prior she served as vice president of communications, marketing, and external affairs at Quartet Health, an early mental health tech company focused on integrated care. During the Obama Administration, Erin worked on the frontlines of the Affordable Care Act at the US Department of Health and Human Services, and served in the White House. She has a background in strategy consulting, including for veteran NGO Team Rubicon Global. Erin began her career as an aide to former U.S. Senator Barack Obama, and helped launch the communications team on the 2008 Obama campaign. She earned her B.S. from Northwestern University and her M.P.P. from Harvard University, where she taught grassroots organizing and movement building with Professor Marshall Ganz.

Hari Sevugan

  • Hari is a leader in the field of strategic communications with deep experience developing winning messages for major organizations, positioning their brands for the long-term and moving their target audiences to action. He has built and led campaigns for some of the most innovative companies, highest-impact advocacy organizations, and most-watched political races in the country over the last two decades. He specializes in helping organizations who anticipate having or are experiencing increased regulatory, legislative, media, or public scrutiny. Hari has led communications and campaigns for Uniswap Labs, Uber and a driver app coalition, and Pete Buttigieg among others. Hari sits on the boards of NARAL, iVote, and EdBuild, among others. He was named one of Politico’s “Top 50 Politicos to Watch,” and his analysis is regularly sought out by the New York Times, the WSJ, CNN, FOX News, and other major news outlets.

Abby Berry

  • Abby Berry is a communications leader specializing in frontline employee engagement, with expertise in messaging development, channel strategy, executive communications, and crisis response. Before joining Shallot, she spent a decade at Amazon leading internal communications strategies for the company’s 1.1 million frontline employees. Her work included global safety communications, building the internal communications function for Amazon Logistics, and launching a digital community and advisory program for 3,000+ delivery service partners. A proud Hoosier and graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Abby now calls Nashville home.

Jana Claxton

  • Jana Claxton has over 20 years of experience working in integrated communications for leading global brands in healthcare, higher education, retail, and technology. Jana is a trusted PR advisor equipped to lead a range of strategic communication initiatives, from major product launches and high-profile acquisitions to internal engagement campaigns and company milestones. Known for her versatility, Jana has earned a reputation for ramping up quickly to tackle challenges of all sizes, driving strong results for clients through her energetic yet focused approach. Jana holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University. She lives in the Emerald City (aka Seattle) with her husband and three children.

Stacy Hill

  • Stacy Hill is a communications strategist specializing in employee and healthcare communications. Over two decades she has advised leaders at Optum, UW Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, and more, helping them strengthen internal communications, executive engagement, and enterprise-wide strategy. Originally from South Dakota, Stacy has lived in Washington, D.C., and London, and is now based in Seattle with her husband and two children.

Sarah Fisher

  • Sarah Fisher is a communications leader with more than 15 years of experience helping companies and executives navigate their most critical moments, from IPOs and acquisitions to organizational change and crises. Most recently, she led internal and executive communications at Point72 Private Investments, advising the Managin Partner, and its portfolio of founders on communications strategy. As VP of Global Communications at Rokt, she built the ecommerce company's first communications function from the ground up and readied the company for public markets. Before Rokt, she led communications, events, and social impact at Compass, helping take the real estate technology company public in 2021. Sarah spent nine years at Google, most recently leading executive communications for the company's VP of Corporate Engineering, after earlier roles in employee communications and public policy. She began her career on Capitol Hill as a staffer for the House Energy & Commerce Committee, and her consulting clients have included Pinterest, Cargill, and Gauge. A graduate of Columbia University, Sarah lives in the Bay Area with her husband, daughter, and french bulldog, Wallace.