Michael Neuwirth

Background

About Michael Neuwirth

I created my portfolio career of today following 30 years in corporate and agency roles delivering communications solutions for companies, mostly food & beverage makers. Today my work is comprised of three areas: communications consulting, angel investing, real estate/investment management. I led and advised businesses and nonprofits including the American Sustainable Business Network, Danone, B Lab (B Corp certification), Fund for Social Equity, and others, now serving clients as an independent consultant. Services including issues/crisis mgmt, sustainability communications, NFP development, stakeholder mapping, audits and assessment, communications planning, change management, and cohort building.I develop companies, brands & their markets through stakeholder engagement, public relations, and corporate communications. I have an insatiable appetite to efficiently promote and protect brand and corporate reputations by harnessing the power of influencers, including journalists. I use storytelling to drive brand and category growth in emerging as well as established areas, and my experience includes doing so in the food & beverage industry and others. Verticals with expertise include the better-for-you food market, including probiotics, organic foods, and plant-based diets.I successfully navigate reputation challenges to business and categories under fire through mapping out players and their interests, and then identifying safe ground for communications. And doing so by enlisting influencers to relay communications aligned with business and brand objectives. I thrive on orchestrating cross-functional collaboration for promotional and protective communications with stakeholders. Consulting with rapidly growing companies about the opportunities and challenges associated with fast growth is an area where I learn the most. As co-lead of the Executive Forum Angels we organize pitch days for our members and lead DD, investing and advising entrepreneurs. As an aside, real estate investment and management is an area of work I grew up seeing my father pursue while excelling as a full-time physician and inventor.Open to discuss new opportunities, including consulting and board roles. Contact me at mjneuwirth@gmail.comCore Competencies: Corporate Communications | Executive Communications | Brand Public Relations | Crisis & Litigation Communications | Stakeholder Audits | Coalition Building | Nonprofits | Community Engagement | Agency Management | Trade Association & Industry Representation