Jane G. Devron, Senior Vice President & Co-Founder

Jane Devron is a senior vice president and co-founder at Reputation Partners. She has 14 years of communications consulting experience, specializing in developing and implementing corporate communications/reputation management programs. Along with Nick Kalm and Megan Hakes, Jane founded Reputation Partners in 2002.

At Reputation Partners, Jane specializes in issues/crisis management, employee and labor communications and corporate accountability. Her work has included developing and implementing communications strategies surrounding litigation, labor union negotiations/corporate campaigns, RIFs, mergers and acquisitions, financial restatements, environmental activism and leadership transitions. As a key part of the firm’s Corporate Accountability practice, Jane additionally advises clients on sustainability reporting and effective engagement of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other “watchdogs”. She also has expertise in crisis preparedness, developing crisis communications response manuals and conducting crisis drills for clients. She has worked with a range of companies including Ace Hardware, Career Education Corporation, Discover Financial Services, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Eastman Chemical, IBM, LifeSource, Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals, OfficeMax, Owens Corning, Professional Education Institute and MyMenu.

Prior to joining Reputation Partners, Jane spent more than four years with Edelman Public Relations. She worked in the firm’s New York and Chicago offices where she focused on corporate message development, CEO/executive positioning, issues management and employee communications. While at Edelman, she provided counsel and services for a range of organizations, including Household International, The Nature Conservancy, Samsung and others.

Jane joined Edelman from Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide in Chicago, where she worked on corporate, trade and consumer PR programs for clients including R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Oracle, Snap-on Tools and Quaker Oats.

Jane holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in Evanston, IL. As a journalism student, she held several communications positions, including reporting for The Naples Daily News, Crain’s Electronic Media and Advertising Age. She also assisted in the New York-based employee communications department of Bloomingdale’s department stores.

Jane lives with her husband Jeff and her young children JP and Caroline in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood.