Douglas Meyer
Douglas is a strategic communications specialist who focuses on helping organizations understand their positioning and engage their audiences. Since joining the firm in 2003, he has led a wide array of successful engagements with organizations, associations, and funders across sectors as diverse as environmental conservation, sustainable development, drug development, healthcare, education, and international relations. He takes particular pride in helping clients build collaborative relationships with those who matter most to their missions. Alongside his work with B&W, Douglas has developed additional expertise in the challenges that communities face with a changing climate, as well as the strategies that can be used for public engagement around these and other issues. Prior to his time with B&W, Douglas held various marketing and communications positions at The Nature Conservancy, where he directed outreach efforts for international programs and special initiatives, served as one of the organization’s spokespeople, and created a capacity building program for local partners. He also worked for many years in film and television production, and contributed stories as a freelance reporter for NPR.
Douglas holds a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature and Spanish from Indiana University, and a master’s degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is based in upstate New York, and in his spare time he enjoys spending time outdoors with family and friends, and trying to play the guitar.