Stacey Clark Ohara

An accomplished Corporate Communications Executive with a distinguished career, Stacey Clark Ohara is renowned for her ability to help companies speak honestly, act decisively, and keep employees aligned when stakes are high. She has supported CEOs and senior leaders through tough transitions, public pressure and internal change. Her work aligns stakeholders, builds trust, and makes communication center to the business.

She has 20+ years shaping internal and executive communications across Salesforce, Tableau, Juniper Networks, and Cisco Systems. She has led messaging for acquisitions, CEO and C-Suite leader transitions, earnings results, enterprise-wide strategy and transformations, crisis communications, and large-scale culture work. Her communication strategies centered on storytelling and simplifying complex information, conveyed a cohesive company narrative, and ensured consistent, effective messaging during high-stakes moments both internally and externally.

At Tableau and Salesforce, she guided leadership through a social justice crisis preventing an employee walkout and protecting customer relationships. At Juniper Networks, she built the first internal communications function and created a system for leaders to communicate decisions and priorities. Her work earned an IABC Gold Quill Award and helped Juniper achieve a spot on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list in 2009. She also led Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and philanthropic programs that expanded science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) access and support for young women.

Her approach is direct, data-driven and human. She helps leaders say the hard thing in a way people can hear, understand and act on.