Kiara Pesante Haughton on Clubhouse

Bio

Kiara Pesante Haughton is an award-winning political strategist, justice advocate and public relations executive. She is Senior Vice President in the Issue Advocacy practice at BerlinRosen, leading the firm’s work around racial justice, politics and culture. Before BR, she was the Director of Communications for Civil Rights Corps, an organization leading landmark, anti-racist litigation and high-impact advocacy that empowers communities to change the unjust legal system.

Previously, she served as the Communications Director for the Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, where she was one of the youngest senior staffers in the chamber’s Democratic leadership. Before that, she was the Southern Regional Press Secretary and National Director of African American Media for the Democratic National Committee, where she led the party's media outreach and messaging in 11 states, in diverse communities across the nation, and advised more than 40 candidates and campaigns. Pesante Haughton was a local government leader in D.C. where she played an integral role in the expansion of ridesharing and public transportation options in the nation’s capital. She served on the battleground states press team for both the 2012 and 2016 Democratic National Conventions, and has held various roles at Edelman Public Relations, the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, and WSB-TV in Atlanta.

Pesante Haughton earned her Master’s in Public Administration from Howard University, and her bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Auburn University. She lives in D.C. with her husband and daughter.