Kimberly Ratcliff

Kim Ratcliff brings more than 20 years of experience to solve nonprofit, private and public sector marketing and communications challenges. Her skills include strategic planning, branding, crisis communications, stakeholder engagement, change leadership, focus group facilitation and thought leadership. Since 2012, she has taught graduate- and undergraduate-level policy and nonprofit communications courses at The Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs.

She is currently vice president of engagement at Experience Management Institute, where she leads client relationships, drives business development with new clients and spearheads thought leadership. Ratcliff offers strategic counsel in her work with government, school districts, companies and nonprofits to improve their communications and marketing, with a focus on measurement. Her previous positions were leadership roles with three public relations and public affairs agencies, an educational consulting nonprofit and the Ohio Department of Education.

In 1995, Ratcliff earned her MPA from the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, and in 2018 she received her Accreditation in Public Relations. She has served on the board for Heartland High School, the first recovery high school in Ohio, and was previously president of the John Glenn College of Public Affairs Alumni Society Board.