Felicia Knight

President
The Knight Canney Group

Experienced public relations professional with a stellar record of accomplishment. Broadcast journalism background followed by years of high level government communications and political strategizing, working with international corporations, foundations, and governments.

Since 2008, Felicia Knight has worked with multinational corporations, local start-ups, and regional powerhouses in arenas as diverse as automobile manufacturing, workforce housing, cold storage logistics, higher education, and cultural diplomacy.

In recent years, as social media and digital outlets have given everyone a megaphone, Crisis Communications have become a greater part of her portfolio. As more businesses, organizations, and individuals become online targets in the world of “instant outrage,” they realize they need help to regain the narrative, speak their truth, and salvage their reputations.

Prior to 2008, she navigated a 20-year, award-winning career in broadcast journalism, after which, Felicia spent a decade in Washington, D.C. in senior communications positions in the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. As Communications Director for U.S. Senator Susan Collins, she oversaw all aspects of communications and media relations for the Senator’s personal offices in Washington and throughout the state of Maine, as well as for the committees chaired by Senator Collins.