Jessalyn Kiesa is the Senior Director of Communications at the National Education Association where she manages the organization’s overall communications and marketing strategy with an emphasis on member engagement and growth for the more than 3 million-member organization.
Prior to joining NEA, Jess was a Vice President at Blue State Digital where she managed a portfolio of agency accounts in both the nonprofit and corporate sectors. Her experience is in developing digital platforms, fundraising campaigns and communication strategies, building communities and mobilizing them to act.
Jess supported the first digital launch of Shatterproof and was instrumental in building the organization’s first email and social programs. Jess lost her brother to a heroin overdose in 2016 and remains committed to supporting Shatterproof to end the opioid epidemic and the pain this public health crisis causes families across the country.
