Esther Campi

During a career spanning 20+ years, Esther Campi has been a trusted adviser to America’s top leaders – from Fortune 500 CEOs to U.S. senators. From her roots as a top chamber of commerce executive, U.S. Senate press secretary and award-winning journalist, Campi has emerged as a leading expert in executive branding and high-stakes communication.

Her firm, Campi & Company, specializes in executive branding, corporate reputation management and public affairs. In Campi & Company, clients gain a partner who knows how to navigate high-stakes communication, whether in a boardroom, a hearing room or a newsroom.

Campi had a front-row seat on corporate America at the Metro Atlanta Chamber, where she helped leaders at companies like Equifax, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Georgia-Pacific lead high-profile issue campaigns. She learned her way around Congress as a spokeswoman for U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, and helped clients navigate New York politics and press at the top-rated agency Eric Mower and Associates.

Campi understands reporters because she was one. She covered Congress and the state legislature as capital bureau chief for the Biloxi, Miss., Sun-Herald, and covered Cornell University as an education reporter for 
The Ithaca Journal. Along the way, she earned two statewide Associated Press awards.

Campi is a sought-after speaker, columnist and industry expert, and former adjunct and frequent guest lecturer at the School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2008, she was named one of Georgia Trend Magazine's "40 Under Forty: Georgia's Best and Brightest," and is a proud graduate of Leadership Atlanta.

Campi holds a master’s degree from the top-ranked Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she won the Robert H. Wieder Award for journalistic promise.