Work directly with Leigh Fazzina. Engage her as your Fractional Chief Communications Officer. Or build a customized team of seasoned communications professionals around your needs.
Senior-level communications strategy, counsel and execution, with the flexibility to scale from one experienced communications leader to a broader team. Senior expertise. Flexible structure. No unnecessary layers.
ConsultantFractional CCOSenior team

Communications needs change. Sometimes an organization needs an experienced consultant who can step in, understand the situation and get to work. Sometimes the CEO needs a senior communications executive at the table. And sometimes the assignment requires an entire team. Fazzina & Co. was designed to provide all three.

Work directly with Leigh for senior counsel, strategic communications planning and hands-on execution. Ideal for organizations that need experienced communications expertise for a specific challenge, initiative, launch or ongoing program.
Explore consulting
Bring senior communications leadership into your organization without adding a full-time C-suite executive. Leigh can work directly with CEOs and leadership teams, oversee communications strategy and personnel, build or strengthen communications functions, and serve as an extension of senior management.
Explore fractional leadership
When an assignment requires broader expertise or additional capacity, Leigh assembles and leads seasoned communications professionals around the work. The expertise you need. Without paying for layers you don't.
See how we scaleFounded and led by senior 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.
Your communications executive. Without a full-time hire.
Organizations don't always need another full-time executive. But they often need the experience, judgment and strategic perspective one brings. Leigh works with CEOs, executive teams and communications departments as a Fractional Chief Communications Officer, interim communications leader and senior strategic advisor.
She can help establish communications strategy, counsel leadership, strengthen corporate reputation, oversee communications programs and personnel, mentor internal teams and build the infrastructure an effective communications function needs.
Senior leadership when you need it. For as long as you need it.
Explore fractional leadershipFazzina & Co. helps 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.
The science speaks. I make it heard.
For more than three decades, Leigh Fazzina has helped organizations communicate complex healthcare, scientific and medical information to the people who need to understand it.
Fazzina & Co.'s communications expertise extends to organizations outside healthcare seeking senior counsel in corporate communications, reputation, media relations, executive visibility, thought leadership and strategic communications.
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 people 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.”
“Leigh Fazzina has become one of my most trusted collaborators on working on communications projects together. We have had a long history of working and succeeding at several initiatives at several companies. She understands our business, provides useful counsel, and does the work required to get the job done. She has taught me a great deal in the social media arena, for which I am grateful. Most importantly, Leigh is a thinker, leader and ‘doer’ when it comes to helping your business. That is what we utilize her for. She doesn’t sugar-coat the demands of the tasks before us; she merely helps us overcome and achieve what we need to do. A most respected colleague who I look forward to working on more communications projects in the health care field.”
“After working in this industry for more than two decades, I’ve experienced my fair share of PR professionals. Leigh is, without a doubt, the best I’ve seen. Collaborating with her on one of my accounts, a clinical drug trial for patients with Parkinson’s disease Psychosis, showed me just how good she really is. She never was daunted by how challenging a task quantifying and then motivating this particular audience was, but rather responded strategically with a unique understanding of their situation. What’s more, her enthusiasm was infectious. To say Leigh possesses a "can do" attitude is an understatement. With Leigh on your team managing media relations and PR, you can rest assured that you’re in extremely competent hands.”
“I have worked with Leigh many times over the years and have found her resourceful, wise and conscientious in all her business dealings. She provides practical, and effective counsel in both traditional public relations and digital communications.”
“Smart and steady best describe Leigh Fazzina. Finely tuned to how marketing and communications are evolving, she brings those changes right to the clients to best position them for success. And when client needs are urgent and seemingly overwhelming, Leigh brings a steadiness that comes from confidence and experience. As a partner on shared client work, Leigh is a collaborator and not a competitor, putting first the needs of the client and presenting a united and seamless front.”
Thoughts and perspectives from Leigh Fazzina on communications, reputation, leadership, healthcare, media relations and the issues shaping organizations today.



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