Mihaela is a senior vice president at Dix & Eaton and a leader within the firm’s Protect enterprise platform. She brings more than two decades of experience advising senior executive teams on regulatory complexity, reputational risk and high-stakes issues that can materially impact enterprise value.
Mihaela helps organizations anticipate emerging challenges, engage critical stakeholders and build the trust required to operate and grow. Her work spans horizon scanning and risk insights, stakeholder engagement, issues management and crisis preparedness, and sustainability and ESG communications. She leverages AI-enabled intelligence and advanced analytics to sharpen foresight, identify emerging risk signals and inform more coordinated, data-driven decision-making. She is particularly experienced in advising companies facing regulatory scrutiny, market disruption, legacy liabilities or public acceptance challenges tied to innovation and emerging technologies.
Mihaela has counseled multinational corporations, industry associations and growth-stage companies across the U.S. and Europe in sectors including chemicals, agriculture, manufacturing and advanced technologies. She has advised leadership teams through complex regulatory proceedings, policy debates, activist pressure, environmental matters and reputation-defining moments.
She holds a Master of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Moldova State University. She is an alumna of Focus St. Louis CORO Women in Leadership.
Specializes in:
- Regulatory and public affairs strategy
- Issues management and crisis preparedness
- Horizon scanning and risk insights
- Sustainability and ESG communications
- Stakeholder engagement and trust-building
Languages:
- Romanian
- German
- French
- Russian
Enjoys:
- Spending time with the family
- Traveling
- Reading
- Learning languages
