Kelly Stepno
Senior director and North American crisis practice lead
APCO Worldwide
Kelly Stepno, senior director with APCO Worldwide's global crisis management and litigation communication practice, is an attorney with almost 20 years of experience helping clients manage reputation-threatening events including product withdrawals, product liability lawsuits, patent disputes, regulatory activity, consumer protests, cybersecurity issues and executive misconduct. Her most recent projects include advising a company during a cybersecurity crisis, directing strategy and stakeholder engagement related to product liability litigation for a pharmaceutical company and developing a crisis communications strategy for a management consulting company. While her primary focus has been in the pharmaceutical, medical device and hospital sectors, she has experience in other industries including environmental, manufacturing, consumer goods and food and beverage.