Michael Dutton

Background

About Michael Dutton

Michael Dutton provides communications support for The Executive Leadership Council, an organization of current and former black CEOs, board members and senior executives at Fortune companies. He is a Washington, D.C-based public relations counselor with more than 30 years of experience in corporate communications, marketing and broadcast production. Prior to working with The Executive Leadership Council he was vice president of the Corporate Communications Practice at Walker Marchant Group, a minority woman-owned public relations agency in Washington, D.C. Michael spent most of his career at IBM, where he produced corporate television and product advertising, organized recognition events and served as corporate media spokesman on wide ranging issues. He also directed international employee communications and served as worldwide ombudsman for Otis Elevator Company, directed public relations efforts for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and Foxwoods Resort Casino, and directed northeast regional media relations for Fannie Mae. Earlier in his career he worked in television and radio production in New York and Virginia. In March 2020, Michael was appointed vice chair of Character.org, a nonprofit organization promoting character development in K-12 education, and became co-founder and president of Intellegi Inc, a start-up company using a next generation cloud-based SaaS adaptive learning platform to offer interactive and immersive learning solutions. Michael has a bachelor’s degree in Mass Media Arts from Hampton University in Virginia, and a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in the City of New York.