Christi Beard

Christi Beard has extensive experience in corporate communications, starting with a role as Marketing Communications at Prizm Development from May 1999 to July 2000. Christi then served as Public Relations Editor at Lennox International from July 2000 to December 2007, managing internal communications and media relations. From January 2008 to February 2010, Christi held the position of Director, Corporate Communications at Broadlane. Following this, Christi worked at Golin from February 2010 to March 2022 as Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications, overseeing B2B accounts and managing significant business. After Golin, Christi joined Avanade in March 2022 as Global Client Success & Communications Lead, before transitioning to Cisco in May 2024, where roles included Director of Marketing Campaigns and Director of Internal Communications. Christi holds a B.S. in Journalism from Texas A&M University, obtained in 1999.