JON WENTZEL

Senior Vice President, Communications
Nuclear Energy Institute

Jon Wentzel is Senior Vice President of Strategic Communications & Marketing at the Nuclear Energy Institute. A member of the Executive Leadership Team, he is responsible for all external communications and marketing communications for the organization. Jon’s portfolio includes industry-wide interactions with the media, content strategy and development for digital and social channels, executive speechwriting, conferences and events, and the industry’s advertising and marketing communications. He also supports the government affairs and policy work of the organization.

Jon previously served as the U.S. Chief Client Officer for Burson, responsible for enhancing the agency’s service to existing clients. In addition, he served as U.S. Practice Chair for the Consumer & Brand Marketing Practice from 2015 until 2017 overseeing the agency’s entire U.S. portfolio of consumer marketing business.

Jon spent twenty years with global public relations firm Ogilvy in a number of executive roles including lead for the Corporate and Public Affairs Practices for Ogilvy’s West region, including the agency’s sustainability practice OgilvyEarth.