Katie Beirne Fallon is the Global Head of Corporate Affairs for Hilton. She is responsible for managing the company’s communications, government relations and corporate responsibility efforts.

Fallon has over a decade of experience serving as a top leadership aide in the highest levels of the U.S. government. Prior to Hilton, Fallon was Senior Advisor and Director of Legislative Affairs for President Obama. As the President’s chief liaison to Congress, she played a lead role in negotiating major bipartisan legislation and improving the relationship between the White House and Congress. Before becoming the President’s chief liaison to the Hill, Fallon served as his Deputy Communications Director at the White House where she devised and executed communication strategies for the President to promote his economic agenda across the country.

From 2011 until May 2013, Fallon was the Staff Director of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Center in the U.S. Congress. Fallon’s other roles in government and politics include Legislative Director to Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Deputy Staff Director of the Joint Economic Committee and Policy Director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Fallon is a member of the Board of Directors of Annaly Capital Management, American Hotel & Lodging Association, International Tourism Partnership and the Center for Employment Opportunities. She also serves on the Advisory Council of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.