As head of Global Communications, Christine Nyirjesy Bragale leads the 20-person team that drives FHI 360’s brand strategy, digital communications, content strategy and storytelling, public engagement and events, media relations, and internal communications. She is known as a strategist passionate about inspiring action and influencing public policy through ethical and authentic storytelling.
Her decades-long career in public relations includes leadership roles at the Partnerships Incubator (operated by The Kaizen Company for USAID), the News Literacy Project, Mercy Corps, Goodwill Industries International and TASC, a national security company. Bragale and her teams have garnered multiple industry awards for communication and marketing campaigns, media relations, and print and video content — most recently in 2024, Best Branding/Rebranding Campaign and honorable mention for Nonprofit Communications Team of the Year from Ragan’s PR Daily.
Bragale spent the first part of her career as a television news producer and editor, including at The Associated Press, where she helped launch the global news agency’s television arm, APTN, and directed its news gathering operations in the Americas. As a member of the White House and United Nations press corps, she covered politics, diplomacy and other major international news stories.
Bragale holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a certificate in Latin American studies from Georgetown University, in addition to professional certificates in digital marketing from Columbia Business School and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. She also holds certification as an accredited business communicator from the International Association of Business Communicators.
