Executive Communications · Strategic Narrative · C-Suite Advisory

Complexity, translated into trust.

I help leaders communicate with clarity and impact — shaping executive voice, strategic narrative, and high-stakes communications across technology companies, national campaigns, federal agencies, and cultural institutions.

Name
Erik Westmoreland
Practice
Executive comms · Strategic narrative · Public affairs
Sectors
Technology & SaaS · Federal · Cultural
Experience
20+ years
Location
Monterey Bay, California
Status
Open to new engagements
$135M+
Funding secured
200+
Executive comms products
+60%
Employee engagement lift
30,000+
Workforce reached
91%
Positive sentiment
Erik Westmoreland
About

The common thread is translation.

I started as a journalist, which taught me to find the human story inside complicated institutions. That grew into executive communications, technology storytelling, and high-stakes engagement — from startups to national enterprises. I help leaders explain hard things clearly, align stakeholders, and move from complexity to action.

What I Lead

Strategic communications & messaging. Cross-functional teams. Public-facing and internal communications at national scale.

How I Work

Clear objectives. Iterative development. Accountability to audience and mission.

Non-Negotiables

Accuracy. Accessibility. Stakeholder trust. The best communications aren't decoration after the decision — they're how decisions are understood, tested, and trusted.

Selected Case Files

Work where the stakes were high.

Case 01 · National Healthy Homes Campaign

Taking a SaaS startup’s narrative all the way to a national policy win.

S Situation

A young technology company had a data-driven platform for housing-health assessment. Its biggest market required public awareness, founder credibility, and federal-level trust, all built from a standing start.

Client
Hayward Score · healthy-homes SaaS
Role
Director, Exec Comms & Public Affairs
Sector
Technology · Federal

T Task

Build the campaign that would earn that trust and carry it to a federal outcome.

  • Campaign narrative, visual systems & messaging architecture
  • Creative direction across designers, content creators & media vendors
  • National media relations & press engagement
  • Congressional & DoD briefings
FormatNational public-education campaign
Assets85+ digital & campaign pieces
AudiencesFamilies + policymakers
ChannelsDigital · print · earned media
BriefingsCongressional & DoD

A Action

Hayward Score Healthy Home Toolkit campaign creative
The Healthy Home Toolkit
Collage of Hayward Score family explainers and action plans
Family-facing explainers
“They should never have to tolerate a home that is making them sick.”
Prepared remarks · Senate

Read full remarks →

National Media Coverage

NYT ABC News CBS News Fox News Reuters San Diego Union-Tribune Army Times Navy Times PBS NewsHour

R Result

$135M+ secured. Coordinated media relations, creative, and briefings built the public pressure that supported Congressional and DoD engagement.
Case 02 · National Historic Interpretive Center

Telling a contested national story with accuracy, accessibility, and consent.

S Situation

A federal interpretive experience needed updating while addressing Indigenous perspectives, historical harm, and public education, among stakeholders with differing, at times opposing, views.

Client
Bureau of Land Management
Role
Creative Director · Tribal Liaison
Sector
Federal · Cultural

T Task

Deliver an accurate, accessible experience with consent from every side, concept through installation.

  • Interpretive framework & narrative to NPS standards
  • Creative direction across concept, design & installation
  • Liaison between BLM and Pacific Northwest Tribes
  • Risk management across opposing stakeholder views
ScopeConcept through installation
StandardsNPS federal guidance
StakeholdersBLM + Pacific NW Tribes
ApprovalOregon Attorney General
DeliverablePermanent gallery
The Perspectives Wall: side-by-side Native American and European American narratives of the Oregon Trail
The Perspectives Wall — one story, told honestly from two sides. Required final approval from the Oregon Attorney General.

A Action

Oregon Trail Interpretive Center gallery installation
Gallery installation
Gallery welcome panel in Umatilla language and English beside a covered-wagon diorama
Welcome signage · kʼwałanáwštaymaša
Many Peoples, One Trail exhibit panel on Native American women’s role in Oregon Trail trade
Many Peoples, One Trail

R Result

91% positive sentiment. A redesigned gallery earning positive feedback from tribal representatives and agency leadership, with a +43% media share across supporting engagement.
Case 03 · Enterprise Culture Change

Building shared identity across a 30,000-person distributed enterprise.

S Situation

A 30,000-person, globally distributed intelligence enterprise needed culture change and onboarding that reinforced trust, shared purpose, and mission clarity across a complex, high-security workforce.

Client
National Security Agency
Role
Chief, Enterprise Comms & Engagement
Sector
Federal · Defense

T Task

Land a culture-change framework enterprise-wide, and stand up the systems to sustain it.

  • Culture-change framework, adopted agency-wide
  • Mission-aligned internal communications
  • Executive speechwriting & leadership messaging
  • Global crisis framework · leadership of a 20-member team
Enterprise30,000-person workforce
Reach15 countries
Team20 communications staff
Training83 executives
Crisis24hr → under 30min

A Action

NSA Hawaii campus
NSA Hawaii
Mission Ready Day One onboarding graphic with Equip, Connect, Empower pillars
Mission Ready Day One · Equip / Connect / Empower
“There is power in knowing where you stand.”
Prepared remarks · NSA Hawaii

Read full remarks →

R Result

+60% engagement lift. A culture-change framework adopted across the enterprise, with strengthened onboarding, recognized with the NSA Star Award and honored by the agency’s Director.
Writing

Selected articles & commentary.

Contact

If the message matters, let's talk.

Available for executive communications, C-suite advisory, strategic narrative, and high-stakes communications engagements — technology companies, corporate teams, federal agencies, and mission-driven organizations.

Email
erik.westmoreland@gmail.com
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/erikwestmoreland
Location
Monterey Bay, CA
Credentials
MBA, AI & Sustainability, University of San Francisco · BA, Communications & Journalism, University of Maryland · Graduate Certificate, International Relations, National Intelligence University · AA, Chinese Mandarin, DLI/FLC · Public Affairs & Broadcast Journalism Certificate, DINFOS · Special Emphasis Program Manager (EEO) Certificate, DEOMI