Lynn Casey

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Lynn Casey
chair and chief executive officer

Lynn's reputation for creating successful brand-building programs grows from her ability to listen, to strategize and to shoot straight. She works with Padilla Speer Beardsley clients in a variety of industries and is only the third chief executive officer to lead our employee-owned firm since it was founded in 1961.

Prior to joining a predecessor firm in 1983, Lynn was marketing communications manager for Burlington Northern. While there, she coordinated a diverse program to expand awareness of company services following railroad deregulation. She also developed Minnesota's first public relations campaign for foster care home recruitment.

Lynn is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Dakota. In addition, she holds a master's degree in mass communications from the University of Minnesota and a master's degree in business administration from the University of St. Thomas.

An accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Lynn has served on the Minnesota chapter's board of directors. On the national level, she chaired the PRSA Counselors Academy and serves on the board of the Council of Public Relations Firms.

Lynn also serves on the boards of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, the University of Minnesota Alumni Association, The Greater Twin Cities United Way, The Minneapolis Foundation, and is a member of the Greater Minneapolis Convention & Visitor Association's executive committee. She is a member of the Women's Economic Roundtable, the Capitol City Partnership, and is a trustee of Breck School, an independent college preparatory school based in Golden Valley, Minn.