shifting narratives through communications and culture

Stacey is a purpose-driven communications executive whose career spans more than two decades across brand advertising, healthcare, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector. With a unique blend of strategic acumen and creative vision, he has consistently used communications as a tool to clarify organizational priorities, build reputational equity, and shift cultural narratives.

After 17 years leading brand and performance marketing for iconic consumer clients such as Kraft Foods, The Walt Disney Company, LinkedIn, and Buena Vista Home Entertainment, in 2012 Stacey transitioned to the social-impact sector, guided by his commitment to racial equity and social justice. Since then, he has led communications for national nonprofits, philanthropic foundations, municipal agencies, and global healthcare enterprises, bringing the same rigor of brand building to advancing mission-driven impact.

As Vice President of Communications at the East Bay Community Foundation, he crafted a unified brand narrative that brought the foundation’s equity framework to life, helping it double its assets and earn recognition as Inside Philanthropy’s “Boldest Community Foundation” in 2019. At Medicines360, a nonprofit pharmaceutical company dedicated to women’s health, he directed strategic communications, organizational development, and social-impact initiatives that expanded access to essential medicines. He also oversaw communications efforts to support youth mental-health innovations and has designed initiatives ranging from a human-centered design strategy for a national youth sports nonprofit to asset-framing campaigns that reshaped philanthropic discourse.

Stacey’s career reflects a throughline: the belief that communications, when deployed strategically, can catalyze both organizational performance and social change. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in public administration from Baruch College, CUNY. Originally from the East Coast, he now lives in Oakland, California, with his wife and two children.