Shari Yost Gold
Shari Yost Gold

Shari Yost Gold, a long-time advisor to VP Kamala Harris, has joined MikeWorldWide as senior advisor.

She's been running Yost Gold Consulting in Washington since 2003, crafting visibility and influence campaigns for political campaigns, companies, nonprofits and public figures.

Yost Gold has advised the Democratic Governors Assn., ex-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Google, Hearst, Cosmopolitan, Louis Vuitton, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Motion Picture Assn. of America, Black Economic Alliance, Gucci and the Teamsters' James R. Hoffa Scholarship Fund.

Yost Gold will partner with MWW founder Michael Kempner to meet the increasing demand for crisis and communications support at the intersection of business and government, as well as work with the firm's client teams.

MWW ranks No. 10 on O'Dwyer's roster of independent firms, with 2020 fees of $38.9M.