Kent Hollenbeck

Deputy General Manager + Executive Vice President, Corporate & Public Affairs—Edelman

Sessions:

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• Scalable Visual Storytelling: Breaking down barriers to develop and share compelling visual stories within budget
  Main Conference

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Kent has 18 years’ experience in corporate communications, crisis and issues management, and executive communications for Vulcan, UFC and Microsoft, and in sectors including health care, sports and entertainment, and higher education.

Kent is deputy general manager of Edelman’s Portland office and leads the Pacific Northwest corporate and public affairs practice overseeing strategy and client engagements in crisis and issues management, business and social purpose, corporate reputation and employee experience.

His experience spans hardware (Gateway Computers) and 13 years with Waggener Edstrom. Kent was agency lead for financial communications at Microsoft and a key contributor to its overall narrative strategy.