Amy Kot leads Edelman’s Employee Experience practice in the Pacific Northwest, with 15 years of experience creating and driving strategic internal communications, change management and employee engagement programs.

Amy has partnered with many of the world’s leading brands — including Nike, HP, Starbucks, Sony Pictures Entertainment, PayPal and Microsoft — to develop and implement award-winning programs that improve employee morale, enhance leadership and team effectiveness, strengthen recruiting and retention efforts, and accelerate business performance.

Prior to joining Edelman, Amy was a senior consultant in the Communication and Change Management practice of Willis Towers Watson, a global HR consulting firm, and before that, managed corporate communications programs for Fortune 100 companies at Porter Novelli. She began her career at Imagio/J. Walter Thompson, a Seattle-based advertising and PR firm.

Amy has been recognized for her work with a number of industry awards, including most recently the IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) Gold Quill for communications excellence.