Kate Schneiderman

Kate has nearly twenty years of experience in strategic communications and public affairs working across sectors, including consumer and tech, on corporate reputation, executive transitions, transactions, bankruptcies and restructurings, IPOs and investor relations initiatives. She also has extensive experience advising private equity firms and their portfolio companies on mission critical communications strategies. Representative clients include ABInBev, Cruise Automotive, Gibson Guitars, Razr and Shopify.

Kate began her strategic communications career at Abernathy MacGregor (now H/Advisors Abernathy), and then served as Communications Director and Deputy Chief of Staff for the New Orleans City Council President post-Hurricane Katrina, leading all communications initiatives and advising on economic development, housing and education policy. She later returned to Abernathy for ten years, becoming a Managing Director and Chief of Staff. As a member of the firm’s leadership team, Kate led Abernathy’s talent, training, staffing and marketing departments. She also has experience managing profile raising and public relations campaigns for prominent foundations and non-profits. Kate graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.