Val Mack

Val Mack is a Managing Director in the Strategic Communications segment of FTI Consulting.

Ms. Mack advises companies on how to prepare for and approach shareholder activists and navigate M&A. Additionally, she advises private capital on how to build their brands through profile raising and transaction communications. She advises with a keen eye for creating opportunities and managing risk.

Before joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Mack worked for Elliott Management on communications and public affairs as the hedge fund grew assets under management (“AUM”) from approximately $35 billion to approximately $50 billion and built the firm’s private equity arm. Her role encompassed communications on regulatory issues, investment-specific efforts, media prep for executives, reputation management and quarterly investor communications.

Ms. Mack spent a decade in U.S. politics as a communications advisor and opposition researcher working on elections in more than 30 states and worked on two presidential primary campaigns. She also worked in the U.S. Senate and in the Massachusetts State House.

Ms. Mack holds a B.A. in communication studies, cum laude, from Northeastern University.