CMA Strategies announced today that they have added Keili McEwen as the Director of External Relations. McEwen has spent more than a decade working in a variety of political and nonprofit roles in Oklahoma and Washington, DC.
She most recently served as the Executive Director of Friends of the Mansion and was also as an advisor to Oklahoma’s First Gentleman, Wade Christensen, where she helped lead his national agriculture initiative, in conjunction with his chairmanship of the National Governors Association Spouses Leadership Committee. Prior to her role at the Governor’s Mansion, she worked in the Office of Governor Fallin as the Director of Public Affairs.
McEwen has also served as the Regional Director of the Oklahoma Alzheimer’s Association, where she successfully led a number of grassroots initiatives aimed at protecting those diagnosed with the disease. Her resume also includes working on the staffs of Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, the Southern Governors Association, and numerous local and statewide campaigns throughout Oklahoma.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma City University in Mass Communications, with a minor in political science, and a Master’s degree, also from Oklahoma City University, in Nonprofit Leadership.
McEwen’s responsibilities at CMA will include leading grassroots efforts, lobbying the state legislature and supporting candidate campaigns.
