Kelly Clausen is Senior Director of Corporate Communications and Strategic Partnerships at Etsy where she is responsible for elevating and protecting the company's reputation. In this role, she oversees financial, impact, tech, product, advocacy & government relations, executive visibility, employer branding, policy, and crisis communications. She also spearheads revenue-driving and buzzy marketing partnerships with companies such as Airbnb, Samsung, Adobe, Amex, and Mastercard.

Kelly has over fifteen years of communications experience. Prior to joining Etsy, she worked in the Corporate Issues practice at Weber Shandwick where she led communications around mergers & acquisitions, IPOs, restructurings, executive changes, data breaches, product recalls, and a wide range of issues and crises. Earlier, she was a director at Taylor Rafferty, an investor relations firm specializing in enabling non-US based companies to access and communicate with the US investment community.