Kathryn Bertram

Kathryn Bertram is the new Washington, DC-based Director of Advocacy at Amber Integrated (AI), a fully integrated advocacy, government relations, political consulting, strategic communications, market research, and advertising services firm.

In her role, Kathryn develops and implements strategic advocacy, communications, and public affairs campaigns for a range of public and private sector clients and non-profits, specializing in federal-level advocacy, coalition building, and coordinating state programs.

Prior to joining Amber Integrated, Kathryn worked as a senior advocacy and communication strategist with Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs in Baltimore for nearly 15 years, where she also gained expertise in data-informed behavior change, crisis communication, and behavioral economics to better understand public attitudes and build effective strategies that not only amplify issues but facilitate meaningful action. Her federal advocacy work secured one of the largest bipartisan funding increases to fight global diseases. A related global advocacy campaign she helped lead received PR Week's Global Campaign of the Year Award (2014). She also developed widely adopted advocacy resources that have become foundational tools for health advocates worldwide. Kathryn was a featured speaker on strategic communications with institutions such as the U.S. Department of Defense's Center for Excellence in Disaster Management, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Tulane, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Philadelphia, among others.  

Previously, Kathryn served as the Director of Communications for a $10 million Leadership for Healthy Communities program based in Washington, DC, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In this role, she led strategic communications, media relations, and policy advocacy to reduce childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes, providing strategic counsel to 11 policy organizations and state and local policymakers, and serving as a spokesperson in policy summits.

Kathryn received a degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and completed graduate coursework in Public Health at Drexel University. Kathryn also has advanced education certificates in Applied Risk Communication from Harvard, and in Human Centered Design from Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business.