Makenna Gaeta is a strategic communications and public affairs specialist leveraging her experience working at the nexus of journalism and public relations to support clients. 

Focus Areas 

• Executing targeted media research and analysis to inform clients on the news driving their position on business and policy priorities. 

• Distilling dense news into digestible updates on clients’ policy interests. 

• Developing comprehensive media and stakeholder engagement plans to build and nurture client relationships with key players.  

Previously, Makenna was the editor-in-chief of WORD Magazine, developing award-winning coverage and mentoring early-career writers. As a local journalist for Santa Barbara County, CA, she reported on the community’s living conditions as a microcosm of state-wide trends.