Elizabeth Castro serves as a Senior Managing Director at Alpha, where she co-leads the Corporate Communications practice out of the Chicago office. She joined the firm with 25 years of cross-disciplined external and internal communications expertise at agencies and industry leading companies. Elizabeth has a proven track record in building and leading high-performing teams, developing and executing communications strategies, and creating impactful processes and tools. Her expertise spans public/media relations, executive communications, issues and crisis, social media, thought leadership, employee engagement and more. Elizabeth graduated from Kansas City Art Institute with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- 15 years at large to boutique corporate reputation agencies
- 10 years at publicly traded, industry-leading brands
- Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.
- SCAHealth (Optum/UnitedHealth)
- Essendant
- Peoples Energy
- Weber Shandwick
- O’Malley Hansen Communications
