From Promote to Protect: The Evolution of the Communicator, With Jessamyn Katz

This episode of PodCatalyst features guest host Kamyar Naficy, chair of the IABC International Executive Board, and Jessamyn Katz, CEO of Heyman Associates, a leading executive search firm focused on communications, corporate affairs, marketing and investor relations.

Jessamyn has been with Heyman Associates for nearly two decades. Since 2019, she’s led the firm’s strategy and day-to-day operations. In January 2024, she stepped into the role of CEO.

Tune in as Jessamyn touches on the trends she’s seeing in national and global executive searches. As the role of the communicator evolves, the function only grows more important. Learn about the shifts she’s seeing in strategy, managing communications through political cycles, the emergence of comms “plus” roles, skills gaps and the evolution of AI, and more.

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