About Whitney Keyes

Over the past 25 years, Whitney Keyes has worked as a Vice President of Partnerships and Public Relations for a social enterprise helping people with disabilities, a Senior Manager for Microsoft overseeing global branding and product launches, supported entrepreneurial women and people of color through the Small Business Administration and consulted with thousands of individuals and organizations around the world. She currently serves on the Board of PROVAIL and Northwest Access Fund, empowering children and adults with disabilities to live full lives.

She was appointed to the National Women’s Business Council, a non-partisan federal advisory council created to serve as an independent source of advice to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues impacting women in business.

Whitney has received numerous grants from the U.S. State Department to empower women leaders, social entrepreneurs, and youth in Asia and Africa. Her program work in Malaysia was selected among thousands of initiatives funded by the U.S. government to be included in U.S. Sec. of State John Kerry’s briefing paper on successful public diplomacy programs.

Whitney served as a professor and fellow for the Center for Strategic Communications at Seattle University and guest lecturer for the University of Washington and other academic institutions. She’s taught Global Reputation and Brand Management, Digital Media and related marketing communication courses.

She is the author of Propel: Five Ways to Amp Up Your Marketing and Accelerate Business (Career Press).