Regan Douglass

Regan Douglass leads Sparkwise Communications, a consulting group that provides strategic communications support to mission-driven and public-serving clients. She partners with executives, individuals, and teams to develop custom communications strategies, messages, campaigns, and content.

Regan worked for over a decade in arts, culture, civic engagement, education, and systems-change philanthropy, directing communications for California Humanities—a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities—and College Futures Foundation—a foundation focused on educational and economic opportunity for students who are under-served. There she developed high-impact statewide audience engagement campaigns and launched a news media funding strategy. Previously, Regan managed communications efforts for PolicyLink, a think tank focused on applying community wisdom and original research to improve life outcomes nationwide for low-income people of color.

In addition to leading communications efforts for nonprofits, county government, and a multi-national corporation, Regan has taught writing courses at a large university, edited journals, run communications trainings for institutions of all sizes, and co-authored a NY Times bestselling book on advancing opportunity for Black communities. Regan graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude from Pomona College with a BA in English and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University.

She serves on the leadership team for ComNetwork San Francisco Bay Area.