Myra Oppel

Myra Oppel is a communications strategist specializing in crisis and media relations. A senior subject matter expert at Orbis Operations, she helps clients with strategic communication and capacity building. She also is a senior advisor at Copperfield Advisory in New York, where she served as partner. She has worked at strategic advisory firm Smith & Company, Accenture’s Federal Services subsidiary, as a political media consultant and as a strategist and media relations lead for two major electric utilities. Myra began her career as a journalist at newspapers in Mississippi and the Associated Press. An accredited public relations professional, she earned a master’s degree in Strategic Communication from Columbia University.