Carl Folta

Carl Folta provides strategic communications counsel to companies and senior executives, drawing on nearly four decades of leadership in the communications field, with particular expertise in the high-profile media and entertainment industries. He has broad experience helping C-suite executives and boards manage consequential financial, legal and reputational challenges, including mergers and acquisitions, crisis situations, public litigation and business disputes, and financial and investor relations communication.

Prior to joining H/Advisors Abernathy, Carl headed global corporate communications for Viacom Inc, from 1994 to 2016, serving as chief public relations strategist and spokesperson and overseeing the company’s philanthropic and corporate social responsibility programs. Carl’s recent client engagements at Abernathy include crisis and litigation support for Diageo, Scholastic Corporation, California Blue Shield, Heinemann Publishing, Southern California Public Radio and Olympic Eagle Distributors; and financial communications and C-suite counsel for Forbes Media, Lionsgate Entertainment, IMAX Corporation, Barstool Sports, The Big3 basketball league and Gibson Brands.

Carl is passionate about broadening access to education and the arts and serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations including Literacy Inc., Get Schooled, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services and Circuit. He is also a Trustee of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.

Carl is a graduate of the College of Communication at Boston University and a recipient of the school’s Distinguished Alumni Award.