Kathryn Kranhold, a former senior VP-corporate communications at Walt Disney Co., is joining Edelman March 1 as executive VP in Los Angeles.

At the media combine, she handled PR, corporate governance, financial reporting, shareholder & government relations and crisis matters.

Most recently, Kranhold was at Brunswick Group, doing corporate reputation, litigation and issues management. She also did a stint as VP at Sard Verbinnen & Co.

She spent more than 20 years in journalist, which included a 12-year stint at the Wall Street Journal.

At Edelman, Kranhold reports to James Williams, GM in Los Angeles.