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New Business Development Officer TaKeysha Sheppard Joins
Bricker & Eckler
TaKeysha Sheppard has joined
the law firm of Bricker & Eckler LLP as chief business
development officer. Stepping into a reinvented role for the
firm, Sheppard will assist in building business connections
and fostering client relationships.
“Bricker takes great pride
in its valued and long-standing client relationships, its
unique client service model and its industry-level
expertise,” said Managing Partner Jim Flynn. “TaKeysha’s
experience and skills fit really well with those strengths
of ours. This is a strength
on strength fit for
us.”
Having developed and implemented business development
initiatives within the health care, government and energy
sectors, Sheppard has nearly 20 years of experience driving
new sales, public relations and marketing initiatives.
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TaKeysha Sheppard |
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She is the former director of community and member
engagement
for a Columbus-based health insurer. In that role, she
oversaw brand awareness, marketing and public relations
initiatives and developed organization strategy using
research, analytical data and marketplace trends.
Sheppard is also the founder and former CEO of “The Women’s
Book,” a community-based,
directory of local resources for women that contained
categorized lists of nonprofits and women-owned businesses,
products and services, and the profiles of a diverse range
of inspiring women leaders.
Kit Murphy, chief operating
officer, is especially eager to welcome Sheppard to Bricker.
“Excitement surrounding TaKeysha’s arrival – and the skills
and depth of experience she possesses – is felt across the
firm. We look forward to gaining the insights she has
acquired through her work in other, non-legal environments
which we believe will be a catalyst to elevating our
business development efforts.”
With offices throughout the
state, Bricker & Eckler is one of Ohio’s leading law firms.
Bricker represents a wide variety of clients, with
particular strength in the health care, public sector,
financial services and energy industries in Ohio and beyond.
The firm has a long history of promoting and supporting
diversity and inclusion in an ongoing effort to reflect the
communities and clients it serves.
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