
Josh Deberge
At Leafly, Josh leads a team of talented professionals who enhance company’s external and internal presence, ensuring consistent... | Seattle, Seattle, United States
*50 free lookup(s) per month.
No credit card required.
Josh Deberge’s Emails jo****@le****.com
Josh Deberge’s Phone Numbers No phone number available.
Social Media
Josh Deberge’s Location Seattle, Seattle, United States
Josh Deberge’s Expertise At Leafly, Josh leads a team of talented professionals who enhance company’s external and internal presence, ensuring consistent brand identity and messaging across corporate, marketing, and other business segments. Develop strategies for positioning long-prohibited product in positive light to attract new customers while furthering efforts to increase engagement from core customers via commercial and digital communication and social media channels. Guide communications manager and team, senior director of content and content team, and leading marketing team in overseeing business-to-consumer (B2C), business-to-business (B2B), and channel verticals. Prior to his time at Leafly, Josh led Communications Readiness and Response efforts for Expedia Group, the multinational technology company specializing in travel and online booking services. While there, he guided company through sensitive issues, leading team of 5 in devising and executing communication strategies during critical times and navigating company through challenges by establishing new practices that mitigated negative impact. Before joining Expedia Group, Josh served as Director, National Communications and PR for Make-A-Wish, where he established and expanded internal communications team on national scale, introducing and launching online communications platforms and migrating existing communication channels and documents into system. He managed media relations strategy and supervised a staff that was responsible for coordinating national media opportunities; developing and implementing nationwide campaigns; handling crisis communications and brand reputation management; and providing counsel to chapters on media and communication issues. His efforts helped lead to billions of earned media impressions during his time there, including placements on every network morning show (The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning), the Wall Street Journal, NBC Nightly News, CBS Sunday Morning, People, Travel + Leisure, and many others. He also oversaw Make-A-Wish's global Brand Refresh efforts. Prior to joining Make-A-Wish, Josh worked for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) where he led external affairs and crisis communications for the federal government at some of the largest disasters in the nation’s history. Josh also has a background in meteorology and has worked in television – most recently in Phoenix – and in radio and print media.
Josh Deberge’s Current Industry American Airlines
Josh
Deberge’s Prior Industry
Fema
|
Make A Wish America
|
Expedia
|
Leafly
|
American Airlines
Not the Josh Deberge you were looking for?
Find accurate emails & phone numbers for over 700M professionals.
Work Experience

American Airlines
Director, Operations Communications and Issues Management
Mon Jul 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Leafly
Vice President, Brand and Communications
Sat Oct 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Jun 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Leafly
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Sat Jan 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Oct 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Expedia
Director, Corporate Reputation
Tue May 01 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Jan 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Make A Wish America
Director, National Communications and PR
Tue Dec 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sun Apr 01 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Make A Wish America
Senior Manager, National Communications and PR
Thu Dec 01 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sun Nov 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Fema
External Affairs Officer
Sat Nov 01 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sun Jan 01 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)