Scott Schneider

Scott Schneider is a Managing Director in the Strategic Communications segment, based in Washington D.C. Mr. Schneider advises clients on crisis and litigation communications, public affairs, media relations and corporate and financial communications.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Schneider was Counselor to the Chair and the Director of the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In that role, he was the chair’s principal advisor on communications and oversaw SEC-wide external communications strategies, media relations, crisis preparedness and response, rulemaking and enforcement communications, digital strategy, speechwriting, public engagement and internal agency communications.

Before joining the SEC, Mr. Schneider was the Managing Director of Financial Communications at Ketchum, where he counseled leading U.S. and global companies, working directly with CEOs, CFOs, business unit leaders and communications leaders to support major financial events, such as mergers, acquisitions, spinoffs, IPOs, earnings and investor/analyst conferences, and crises, including product recalls, geopolitical risks and pandemic-related issues.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Schneider served the Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission immediately after the global financial crisis. He led the agency’s communications efforts ahead of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act and managed rulemaking communications to implement the legislation. Previously, Mr. Schneider served in various communications roles for former U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, his home state, including as Communications Director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Mr. Schneider holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in political science from the University of Redlands.