Fiona Guthrie

About

Guthrie is a distinguished thought leader in the communications sector, working at some of the most reputable legacy organizations and media outlets. For the past 13 years, Guthrie has worked at the Ford Foundation, where she directed media and, later, public engagement strategy. She served as the foundation’s acting vice president of global communications and, most recently, as its director of story.

Prior to that, Guthrie was a producer for BBC World Service and BBC TV in London, a supervising producer and radio host for ABC Australia, and a producer with the BBC’s New York bureau in the aftermath of 9/11. She also served as media relations chief at the Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York.