25 years building
how leaders show up.
Davos & the rooms that matter.
I've spent 25 years inside the world's largest PR firms and the most important rooms in global business — creating foundational methodology, developing and executing the Davos programs, advising top executives. Now I provide executive visibility and thought leadership for those ready to own their position.
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Executive visibility strategist.
Founder and CEO of j.mcclellan collaborations.
The Work
I've spent 25 years building how senior leaders communicate, position, and lead — first at Edelman, then as EVP/Managing Director at Burson Global, and now independently. At Burson, I created and led the Executive Visibility & Thought Leadership practice from the ground up. At Edelman, I ran Executive Positioning for the New York office and served as global client relationship leader for PwC. I took my approach independent in 2020 and earned copyrights on my suite of positioning methodologies in 2022.
The Davos Credential
I'm one of the few practitioners who has been doing this work on the ground in Davos for more than a decade. That means bilateral meetings, stakeholder convenings, panel strategy, hosting salon-style events to 100 people dinners & cocktails, the kind of real-time counsel that only comes from having been in the room repeatedly for PwC, BCG, S&P Global, Princeton University, Mastercard, Burson Global, DCVC, and (RED).
The Network
Member, Fortune Global Advisory Panel. Member, Economic Club of New York. Regular presence at Milken, NYT, WSJ C-Suite Councils, Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit and Brainstorm Tech, and The Atlantic Festival. I know the rooms, the editors, the organizers, and the formats because I've been working them for two decades.
The Clients
I work with organizations and executives across financial services, technology, consumer, and professional services — from AI founders to Fortune 500 executives and boards, from liquidity events to long-term reputation building.