Sukhi Sahni

Sukhi Sahni is a global communications leader with more than two decades of experience advising CEOs and executive teams across Fortune 100 companies and mission-driven organizations. Recognized for shaping human-first enterprise narratives, she has led strategic communications initiatives at Wells Fargo, Capital One, Sprint Nextel, and the Carnegie Endowment.

Sahni is widely regarded as an enterprise storyteller and reputation architect, known for translating complex business strategy into clear, compelling narratives that build trust with investors, regulators, employees, customers, and communities. At Wells Fargo, she played a central role in reshaping the company’s public narrative and digital trust strategy. At Capital One, she built and scaled the enterprise communications function during the company’s transformation into a technology-forward brand, leading through fast-moving reputation challenges. Earlier in her career, she supported Sprint Nextel during one of the largest telecom mergers in U.S. history, helping bridge cultures and safeguard reputation during a period of significant industry change.

Sahni currently serves as a fractional CMO and advisor to founder-led organizations on AI-driven transformation, helping leadership teams modernize communication and marketing strategies, measure impact, and drive growth. She is also an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University and the University of Delaware, where she is developing graduate-level curriculum in applied artificial intelligence for communications. She serves on the national board of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and on the advisory boards of the Institute for Public Relations (IPR) and Washington Women in PR (WWPR).

She teaches Fundamentals of Crisis Communication.

M.S. Journalism, West Virginia University
B.A., Economics and Psychology, Delhi University