For more than 30 years, Leigh Fazzina. has helped healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and life sciences organizations strengthen their reputations, increase visibility and communicate complex ideas to the audiences that matter.
Work directly with Leigh for senior communications strategy, counsel and hands-on execution. Engage her for fractional communications leadership. Or build a customized team of seasoned communications professionals around your needs. Senior expertise. Flexible structure. No unnecessary layers.
ConsultantFractional Communications Leadership
Communications needs change. Sometimes an organization needs an experienced senior consultant who can step in and get to work. Sometimes leadership needs a seasoned communications executive at the table. And sometimes the assignment requires a small, senior-level team. Fazzina & Co. is structured to provide all three.
Work directly with Leigh for senior communications strategy, counsel and hands-on execution. Ideal for organizations that need experienced support for a specific challenge, initiative, launch or ongoing communications program.
Explore consulting
Bring senior communications leadership into your organization without adding a full-time executive. Leigh works directly with CEOs and leadership teams to set strategy, counsel executives, guide internal teams and agencies, strengthen communications functions, and help move business-critical priorities forward.
Explore fractional leadership
When an assignment requires broader expertise or added capacity, Leigh assembles and leads a customized team of seasoned communications professionals around the work. The expertise you need. Without paying for layers you don’t.
EXPLORE SENIOR TEAM SUPPORTFounded and led by senior healthcare and life sciences communications strategist Leigh Fazzina, Fazzina & Co. provides direct access to experienced communications leadership, strategy and execution, without the layers and overhead of the traditional agency model.
Organizations don’t always need another full-time executive. They may need experienced senior communications leadership for a period of growth, a major milestone, an interim transition or simply more strategic support. Leigh works directly with CEOs, executive teams and communications professionals as a fractional communications leader, interim communications executive and senior strategic advisor.
Depending on the organization’s needs, she can also serve in a Fractional Chief Communications Officer capacity—helping establish communications strategy, counsel leadership, strengthen corporate reputation, oversee communications programs and personnel, mentor internal teams and build the infrastructure an effective communications function requires.
Senior leadership when you need it. For as long as you need it.
Explore fractional leadershipLeigh Fazzina helps healthcare and life sciences organizations strengthen reputation, increase visibility, communicate complex ideas, engage important stakeholders and navigate moments that matter. Explore all capabilities
Corporate strategy, communications planning, messaging, positioning and stakeholder engagement.
Media strategy, earned media, storytelling, spokesperson preparation and media training.
Corporate positioning, reputation strategy, organizational milestones and stakeholder communications.
Executive positioning, thought leadership, speaking visibility and executive communications.
Launch strategy, commercialization communications, market education and media engagement.
Issues preparedness, crisis counsel, reputation protection and response strategy.
Social strategy, social listening, influencer engagement and digital visibility.
Senior leadership, team oversight, executive counsel and communications function development.
For more than three decades, Leigh Fazzina has helped healthcare and life sciences organizations communicate complex scientific, medical and business information clearly, credibly and strategically to the audiences that matter.
From startups and emerging companies to global healthcare organizations and established consumer health brands, Leigh brings more than three decades of communications experience across biotech, medical device, nutraceutical, supplement and broader healthcare sectors.
Explore healthcare & life sciencesTraditional agencies often build teams around their organizational structure. We build around your needs.
No predetermined staffing model. No unnecessary layers. No paying for resources your assignment doesn't require. Just experienced communications professionals doing the work they were hired to do.
Senior leaders win the business. Day-to-day work often sits several layers below them.
Seasoned specialists join only when the work calls for them.
Leigh Fazzina is a senior communications strategist with more than three decades of experience advising companies, organizations and executives on communications strategy, public relations, reputation, media relations and stakeholder engagement.
She founded Fazzina & Co. Communications Consulting, Inc. in 2008 to give organizations direct access to experienced communications counsel and execution without the traditional agency structure.
Today, Leigh works directly with clients as a senior consultant, strategic advisor and Fractional Chief Communications Officer, and assembles experienced teams when assignments require broader capabilities.
Meet LeighWhat clients and colleagues say about working with Leigh.
“Hands down, Leigh Fazzina is one of the best PR people in the healthcare industry. Her work is top notch. I have the pleasure of working with Leigh on and off projects since 2015. Her work has truly contributed to the growth and success of many organizations. She is smart, talented and a great person too.”
Thoughts and perspectives from Leigh Fazzina on communications, reputation, leadership, healthcare, media relations and the issues shaping organizations today.
Fazzina & Co. is a proud founding member of The Public Relations Collective, a nationwide alliance of senior-level public relations and communications professionals who have built their careers inside global agencies working with leading U.S. brands and now operate independently while collaborating with one another to grow, build business and deliver exceptional results for clients.
A senior communications consultant? A Fractional Chief Communications Officer? Additional capacity or an experienced team? That's where the conversation starts.
