Krista Haley Promoted to Senior Vice President at Berkhemer Clayton Retained Executive Search

(Los Angeles) —Krista Haley has been promoted to Senior Vice President at Berkhemer Clayton, Inc., a retained executive search firm located in downtown Los Angeles.   Haley joined Berkhemer Clayton six years ago and has served as Vice President for the last four years.  She previously worked for public relations agencies and legal firms in New York and Los Angeles.

“Krista has excelled in her management role at our firm, and in service to our client organizations.  It takes unique talent and judgment to find the best communications and marketing executives for our client companies, and Krista has built a solid track record in all facets of service to our clients.   Fred Clayton and I are pleased to announce her promotion to SVP,” stated Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, President of Berkhemer Clayton.

Specializing in corporate communications and marketing searches, Haley has worked on key client engagements for corporations including KIA Motors America, Gap Inc., and Edwards Life Sciences; universities including University of Southern California, University of Michigan, and Caltech; and non-profit organizations including City of Hope, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and Kaiser Permanente.

Previously Haley worked for Weber Shandwick Public Relations in Los Angeles, where she developed strategic communications, marketing and crisis management plans for major corporations in healthcare, technology, manufacturing, financial services and consumer products.  Her corporate clients included Mattel, Pacific Union Bank and the Automobile Club of Southern California, advising them on communications strategies related to financial restructuring, litigation, executive succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, and overall corporate reputation management.

Prior to joining Weber Shandwick, Krista worked in New York as a Managing Director at the public relations firm BSMG Worldwide, where her client work included TWA, Samsung and Deloitte & Touche.  She moved to the West Coast to help BSMG open its first Los Angeles office in 1997.

Krista received her Bachelors degree in Political Science from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA in 1991.