 |
| Jen Skyler |
Jen Skyler, who was the first communications hire at WeWork, is joining American Express as chief corporate affairs officer on Oct. 28.
Responsible for external communications, social media, corporate social responsibility and reputational risk management, Skyler will take over for Mike O’Neill, who is retiring.
Prior to WeWork, Skyler established and headed Facebook’s consumer communications group and covered the White House for CBS News.
In a note to staffers, AmexCo CEO Stephen Squeri said Skyler “has a terrific track record of leading high-performing teams, creating innovative social media, press and content campaigns, launching products and managing complex public policy issues.”
She will report to Squeri and join the company’s executive committee.
Skyler is leaving We Company as it plans to make an initial public offering. Wall Street has been very cool to news of the stock sale.
Established through a founding gift from 2025 Page Hall of Fame inductee and former Weber Shandwick Global CEO Andy Polansky, the fund is meant to serve as a catalyst for empowering future senior communications leaders as well as increasing the diversity in the chief communications officer pipeline.
Some well-honed communications strategies typically deployed in an activist situation must be set aside when the activist is also the founder of the company. Such situations require a more tailored response: one that respects the founder’s credibility without conceding the company’s future, addresses shareholders’ financial interests while acknowledging questions of legacy, and anticipates that the fight may be as personal and persistent as it is strategic.
Molly Fogarty, who rose to head of corporate affairs & sustainability at Nestle during a nearly 23-year stint, will join Brunswick Group as a partner in DC on Sept. 14.
Senior leaders have been exiting newly combined agencies since the wave of integrations started—the kind of departures that don't always make headlines but show up in who's running client accounts six months later.
Why CEO visibility is no longer optional as a communications tactic.
