Stephanie Walstrom
Managing Director, Strategy
Experience
- Senior Director, Hamilton Place Strategies
- Global Marketing Director, The ONE Campaign
- Associate, Fund Development Corporation
Biography
Stephanie Walstrom is a managing director at Penta, where she advises clients on strategic communications, crisis communications, and public policy. She works with clients across the nonprofit and private sectors on a wide range of issues.
Prior to joining Hamilton Place Strategies in 2019, Stephanie served as global marketing director for the ONE Campaign, an advocacy nonprofit. While at ONE, she delivered successful integrated campaigns on international development issues, including HIV/AIDS, education, and development finance. Stephanie also led ONE’s marketing analytics program after building it from the ground up and managed several high-profile media events.
Previously, Stephanie worked at Wisconsin-based consulting firm Fund Development Corporation, where she managed public affairs and fundraising campaigns for major nonprofit brands. She also interned for Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), where she supported the Senator’s legislative team with research and constituent communications.
A proud Midwesterner, Stephanie graduated from Marquette University with a B.A. in International Affairs and Political Science. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and son.