Donelle Harder is a senior vice president at Pinkston, consulting clients on organizational leadership, strategic messaging, crisis communications, and public policy.
Prior to Pinkston, Donelle founded and led her own Oklahoma City-based consulting business, Pliris Strategies. She also previously served as one of four direct reports to Governor Kevin Stitt in the role as Senior Advisor to the Governor's 15-person cabinet and more than 12 state agencies comprised of more than 9,000 individuals and $12 billion in expenditures.
Harder first worked with Stitt as an advisor on his historic gubernatorial campaign that launched in Oct. 2017, and she continues to advise for his re-election today.
Harder accrued additional senior leadership experience in Washington, D.C. in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
Harder and her family share their time between Oklahoma City and Washington, D.C.