Dawn Beauparlant

CEO, North America

Dawn Beauparlant is the CEO of North America at WE Communications. In her role as chief client officer, she is responsible for leadership and growth of the agency's broad portfolio of global clients, harnessing the team’s tech savvy, creative flair and influence chops to shift perceptions, navigate tricky situations and shape the conversation. In short, she focuses on keeping clients’ needs at the center of all the agency’s efforts. As president of North America, Dawn oversees growth, development and integration across the agency’s health, consumer and technology sectors.

Dawn’s client experience is extensive having worked with such brands as Microsoft, AT&T, Volvo, Cisco and others. Dawn has been with WE for more than 17 years, and a member of WE’s global leadership team since 2010. Prior to taking on the role of chief client officer, she served as president of the Technology Sector, where she expanded the agency’s technology expertise and grew a diverse client portfolio including everything from emerging technology brands to multinational Fortune 500 companies. In her more than 20 years in communications, she has worked on behalf of numerous global companies to enhance and protect their corporate reputations, lead influencer programs, and execute communications strategies and campaigns for high-profile business transformations. In 2010, she was named one of PRWeek’s 40 Under 40 and in 2018 was one of PRNEWS’s Top Women in PR. She was nominated to Page Up, a group within the Arthur W. Page Society, in 2020.

Outside of work, you can find Dawn chasing new experiences with her family, from the soccer fields to the ski slopes, and soaking in as much time outside as possible.

Listen In Series

Episode 3: A Conversation with Eirene Chen, Head of Communications, Khan Academy, June 15, 2021

Episode 2: A Conversation with Hanson Hosein, President of HRH Media Group & Co-Founder of UW Comms Leadership, Apr. 1, 2021

Episode 1: A Conversation With Microsoft's Chief Storyteller, Steve Clayton, Mar. 9, 2021

Events & Interviews

Secrets of Success, 425 Business, May 16, 2022

Microsoft + WE: The Power of Partnership at PRovoke 2019, Speaker, PRovoke Global, Oct. 21, 2019

In2Summit: The Speed of Change, Panel Host, PRovoke NA, Feb. 13, 2018

Exceptional Women Out West Podcast: Be a Connoisseur of Questions, Interviewee, The Drum, July 21, 2016 

Blogs & Articles

Best Places Are Made of the Best People, Dec. 15, 2020