brandy obvintsev

Brandy Obvintsev has spent over 25 years as a brand strategist, corporate culture designer, and communications professional focused primarily on B2B industrial businesses. In her corporate management roles, she directed brand strategy. public relations, events, change management, media buying, creative planning, merger and acquisition communications, and product promotions for leading industrial organizations, including Texaco, Nalco Energy Services, Cheniere, and CGGVeritas. 

In 2008, recognizing the need for collaboration, diversity, and talent management across all energy industry sectors, including hydrocarbon and alternative energy, she launched Energy People Connect, the industry’s first wholly integrated global social network and social media firm.   In 2011, she co-founded Shale Experts, the leading subscription-based platform for business intelligence related to unconventional gas.

Brandy has served on the development committee of the UN’s International Year of Planet Earth and as the Energy Chair for the American Marketing Association, Houston Chapter. She is a founding board member and Communications Director for TexSpace (texspace.org), a non-profit strategic communications organization to aligning civil, commercial, and military space for the benefit of Texas.   Since 2014, she has been the Principal of Gallant, a Houston-based Based Strategic Communications Firm that supports clients in complementary B2B Industrial markets including Chemicals and Synthetic Biology, Space, Oil&Gas and Geothermal. 

She is a sought-after executive coach who has supported and addressed audiences and teams of all sizes on generational and diversity issues, ESG sustainability, change management, global brand strategy, talent management, leadership development, strategic communications, professional networking, and social media. She is a certified Gallup leadership development coach.

Ms. Obvintsev holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the University of St. Thomas with a concentration in Communications. Brandy resides in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Alex, and their family.

Clifton Strengths: Strategic, Activator, Communication, Command, & Woo