Mara Riemer

Mara Riemer is a Managing Director in the Corporate Positioning & Insights team within FTI Consulting’s Strategic Communications segment. Ms. Riemer brings extensive experience building evidence-based reputation strategies and advises organizations across industries on how to use data and insights to strengthen reputation, shape corporate strategy and build resilient stakeholder relationships.

Based in Washington, D.C., Ms. Riemer serves as a strategic knowledge partner to company leaders and makes significant contributions to client engagements, leveraging her expertise in issues management, community investment strategy, labor relations and evidence-based communications planning.

Before joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Riemer held senior positions at Brunswick Group and other organizations including Las Vegas Sands and Altria, where she championed the role of data analytics in crisis response, communications campaign development, brand and reputation strategy, product development and consumer experience design.

Ms. Riemer holds an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh. She has completed executive education programs in "Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy" at the MIT Sloan School of Management and "Driving Strategic Innovation" at the Wharton Aresty Institute of Executive Education.

Ms. Riemer serves on several professional boards and advisory councils, including the Aspen Business Roundtable on Organized Labor and FirstThen, a health technology start-up. She previously served as President of the Insights Association Southwestern Chapter and as President of the University of Texas at Arlington Master of Science in Market Research Advisory Council.