Bradley Akubuiro

Bradley Akubuiro is a Partner at Bully Pulpit Interactive, an advisory firm founded by leaders of the Obama-Biden campaigns and administration. He leads BPI’s practices focused on corporate reputation, executive communications, and high visibility crisis management and media relations efforts as well as equity, diversity, and inclusion matters for clients. Previously, Akubuiro was the Chief Spokesperson and Head of Global Media Relations for The Boeing Company, the largest aerospace manufacturer in the world. In this role, he was responsible for leading Boeing’s team of media relations, media research, and media intelligence professionals enterprise-wide in their efforts to advance and protect the company’s interests around the globe. Akubuiro provided leadership and counsel through the company’s response to COVID-19, the national conversation around race, and several news making challenges and milestones in its effort to return the previously grounded 737 MAX to commercial service. He was a founding member of Boeing’s enterprise-wide Racial Equity Task Force. Prior to joining Boeing, Akubuiro served as Director, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs for United Technologies Corporation where he led the global corporate media relations and public affairs functions for the $77B Fortune 50 company. In an earlier role, he was deputy communications leader for the global military jet engines business at Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies. Prior to UTC, Akubuiro served in roles as a management consultant at the firm Booz Allen Hamilton, a policy advisor to Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., a governance reform consultant to the Republic of Liberia following 14 years of civil war, and as the founder of a Chicago-based non-profit focused on policy development and advocacy. In 2022, Akubuiro was named 40 Under 40 by both Crain’s Chicago and PR Week. He is a current board member for The 19th News and ReThink Media and a former member of the boards of both the DC Central Kitchen and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford. A nationally recognized expert in his field, Bradley has been quoted by outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, CNBC and The Washington Post and his columns have been featured in Business Insider, Forbes and Inc. Magazine where he has a regular column. Bradley is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University where he currently serves on the Board of Advisers and as an adjunct member of the faculty. C-Suite Advisor | Experienced Fortune 50 Executive | Board Director | Advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion